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Moshe Dayan

Also known as Moshe Daian

Israeli military leader and politician (1915–1981)

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Moshe Dayan was an Israeli military commander and government official who played a central role in the country's wars and politics during the mid-20th century. He matters because his military strategy and political decisions significantly shaped Israel's early history and its conflicts with neighboring Arab states.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Israel
Place of birth: Degania Alef
Place of death: Tel Aviv
Spouse: Ruth Dayan
Father: Samuel Dayan
Occupation: archaeologist
Position held: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Israel
Political party: Mapai
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: Hebrew
Religion: Jewish atheism
Award: Knight of the Legion of Honour
Conflict: Yom Kippur War
Military branch: Israel Defense Forces
Image: Moshe Dayan, Chief of General Staff.jpg
Number of children: 3
Work location: Jerusalem

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medical condition: one-eyed
Commons category: Moshe Dayan
cause of death: myocardial infarction
manner of death: natural causes
date of birth: 1915-05-20
date of death: 1981-10-16
Commons gallery: Moshe Dayan
allegiance: Israel
commander of (DEPRECATED): Israel Defense Forces
wears: eyepatch
name in native language: משה דיין
relative: Uzi Dayan
start of work period: 1932-00-00
end of work period: 1958-01-29

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Encyclopedic overview

Moshe Dayan (Hebrew: משה דיין‎; 20 May 1915 – 16 October 1981) 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.

In the 1930s, Dayan joined the Haganah, the pre-state Jewish defense force of Mandatory Palestine. He served in the Special Night Squads under Orde Wingate during the Arab revolt in Palestine and later lost an eye to a sniper in a raid on Vichy forces in Lebanon during World War II. Dayan was close to David Ben-Gurion and joined him in leaving the Mapai party and setting up the Rafi party in 1965 with Shimon Peres. Dayan became Defense Minister just before the 1967 Six-Day War.

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