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Moshe Dayan

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Moshe Dayan

1915–1981

Israeli military leader and politician (1915–1981)

Early 20th Century

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"Speech at Cuyahoga Community College" — April 16, 1975

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Biography

Moshe Dayan was an Israeli military leader and politician. As commander of the Jerusalem front in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (1953–1958) during the 1956 Sinai War, and as Defense Minister during the Six-Day War in 1967, he became a worldwide fighting symbol of the new state of Israel.

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1915
Birth

Israeli general and politician, 5th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Israel) (d. 1981)

May 20 →
1973
Event

aviones caza de las fuerzas aéreas israelíes sospechan que un avión libio de pasajeros Boeing 737 de la empresa Libyan Arab Airlines es un avión enemigo y lo derriban. De 113 civiles solo sobreviven 5 (1 tripulante y 4 pasajeros). El ministro de Defensa de Israel, Moshe Dayan, mencion�� un «error de apreciación», e Israel pagó una compensación económica a los familiares de las víctimas.

February 21 →
1979
Event

Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policy towards the Arabs.

October 21 →
1981
Death

Israeli general (b. 1915)

October 16 →

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