Moshe Dayan

20 May 1915 – 16 October 1981

Moshe Dayan was an Israeli military commander and politician, born in 1915 at Degania Alef. He served as Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces from 1953 to 1958 and as Minister of Defense during the 1967 and 1973 wars. As Foreign Minister he took part in the negotiations that produced the 1979 Egypt-Israel peace treaty.

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Born at Degania Alef
20 May 1915

Dayan was born on the kibbutz of Degania Alef, then in Ottoman Palestine.

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Joined the Haganah
1929

Dayan enlisted in the Jewish paramilitary organisation as a teenager.

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Lost his left eye during the Allied invasion of Lebanon and Syria
June 1941

A rifle round struck the binoculars he was using, and he wore an eyepatch thereafter.

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Served as Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
December 1953 – January 1958

Dayan commanded the IDF, including during the 1956 Suez Crisis.

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Elected to the Knesset and appointed Minister of Agriculture
1959 – 1964

Dayan entered parliament with Mapai and joined the cabinet.

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Appointed Minister of Defense
June 1967 – June 1974

He held the defence portfolio through the 1967 Six-Day War and the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

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Appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs
1977 – 1979

Dayan joined Menachem Begin's government as foreign minister and resigned in 1979.

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Took part in the negotiations leading to the Egypt-Israel peace treaty
March 1979

He participated in the Camp David talks and the treaty signed in Washington in March 1979.

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Died in Tel Aviv
16 October 1981

Dayan died of a heart attack at the age of 66.

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