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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 Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (1953–1958) during the 1956 Suez Crisis, but mainly 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 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 Defence Minister just before the 1967 Six-Day War. After the Yom Kippur War of 1973, during which Dayan served as Defense Minister, he was blamed for the lack of preparedness; after some time he resigned. In 1977, following the election of Menachem Begin as Prime Minister, Dayan was expelled from the Labor Party because he joined the Likud-led government as Foreign Minister, playing an important part in negotiating the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel.
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Moshe Dayan 20 May 1915 Degania Alef, Beirut Vilayet, Palestine
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| Died |
16 October 1981 (aged 66) Tel Aviv, Israel
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| Zodiac | Taurus |
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Yaël Dayan 1st child with Rachel Dayan Female b. 12 Feb 1939 d. 18 May 2024 Age: 85 (at death) 1939-2024 Israeli politician -
Udi Dayan 2nd child with Rachel Dayan Male b. 1942 d. 19 Nov 2017 Age: 75 (at death) 1942-2017 Israeli, Artist -
Assi Dayan 3rd child with Rachel Dayan Male b. 23 Nov 1945 d. 1 May 2014 Age: 68 (at death) 1945-2014 Israeli film director, actor, screenwriter and producer
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