{"id":4392,"date":"2021-11-24T13:32:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T13:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new2022.foz.co.il\/?p=4392"},"modified":"2022-11-17T13:39:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T13:39:29","slug":"israels-greatest-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fozmuseum.com\/blog\/israels-greatest-general\/","title":{"rendered":"Moshe Dayan: Israel\u2019s Greatest General"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4392\" class=\"elementor elementor-4392\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8b0beec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8b0beec\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-69da05d\" data-id=\"69da05d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c0f477 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c0f477\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With his black eyepatch and crooked smile, Moshe Dayan\u00a0was undoubtedly one of the most widely recognized Israeli figures of the mid-20th\u00a0century. He was a warrior, commander, politician and statesman, he was also the epitome of the brave, daring and new, during the formative years of the young State of Israel. \u00a0<\/p><p>Moshe Dayan was born on May 20, 1915, the second child born in Degania Alef, the first\u00a0kibbutz\u00a0(collective community) in the emerging Jewish state. While he moved with his family in 1921, he grew up on Nahalal, a\u00a0moshav\u00a0(farming cooperative) in the country\u2019s north.<\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4397\" src=\"https:\/\/fozmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/FOZ_FB_600x800_Mosche_Dajan_v_1-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Moshe Dayan\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fozmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/FOZ_FB_600x800_Mosche_Dajan_v_1-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/fozmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/FOZ_FB_600x800_Mosche_Dajan_v_1-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p><p>At a young age, Dayan joined the\u00a0Haganah, an illegal Jewish defense force and was later arrested and imprisoned (1939\u201341) by the then ruling British authorities. After his release, he led Jewish forces against the Vichy French in Syria, where he lost his left eye in action, thereafter wearing the black patch that became his hallmark. One of Dayan\u2019s military heroes was British Christian\u00a0Zionist\u00a0intelligence officer\u00a0Orde\u00a0Wingate, under whom he served in several Special Night Squad operations.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>After his experiences with Wingate, Dayan rose rapidly through the ranks of the Haganah and \u2014 after the declaration of the State of Israel in 1948 \u2014 in the newly formed Israel Defense Forces.<\/p><p>As commander of the\u00a0Jerusalem\u00a0Front in the\u00a01948 Arab\u2013Israeli War\u00a0and eventually\u00a0Chief\u00a0of Staff\u00a0of the\u00a0Israel\u00a0Defense Forces\u00a0(1953\u201358) during the 1956\u00a0Suez Crisis, as well as Defense Minister during the\u00a0Six-Day War\u00a0in 1967, Dayan became to the world a fighting symbol of the new State of Israel. He was also a controversial figure because of his independent approach to warfare and diplomacy, not always in accordance with his superiors. After the Yom Kippur War of 1973, Dayan was blamed as Minister of Defense for the lack of preparedness; he resigned after some time.<\/p><p>In 1977, following the election of\u00a0Menachem Begin\u00a0as Prime Minister, Dayan was expelled from the Labor Party because he joined Begin\u2019s Likud-led government as foreign minister, playing an important part in negotiating the\u00a0peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. Dayan resigned his post in October 1979 because of a disagreement with Begin over whether the Palestinian territories were an internal Israeli matter.<\/p><p>Moshe Dayan died on Oct. 16, 1981, at the age of 66 in\u00a0Tel Aviv. He is remembered as a soldier and statesman who led Israel to dramatic victories over its Arab neighbors and became a symbol of security to his countrymen. 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