Aharon Yariv ( he, אהרן רבינוביץ' יריב, 20 December 1920 – 7 May 1994) was an Israeli politician and general.

Biography

Aharon ("Aharale") Rabinovich (later Yariv) was born in

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in the

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. He

immigrated Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, and ...

Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 ...

at the age of 15 and studied at the

Pardes Hanna Agricultural High School Pardes Hanna Agricultural High School ( he, בית הספר התיכון החקלאי פרדס חנה) established in 1935 by the Palestine Farmers Association, is one of the oldest Agricultural education, agricultural high schools in Israel. It wa ...

. He began his military service in the

Haganah Haganah ( he, הַהֲגָנָה, lit. ''The Defence'') was the main Zionist paramilitary organization of the Jewish population ("Yishuv") in Mandatory Palestine between 1920 and its disestablishment in 1948, when it became the core of the ...

in 1938,Aharon Yariv, Israeli General, 74
The New York Times, 9 May 1994 and later the

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Military and political career

Yariv served in the

Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...

as a field officer. Among his duties he commanded the

Golani Brigade The 1st "Golani" Brigade ( he, חֲטִיבַת גּוֹלָנִי) is an Israeli military infantry brigade that is subordinated to the 36th Division and traditionally associated with the Northern Command. It is one of the five infantry brigade ...

. Later he served as the Israeli military attaché to

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. During 1953-1956 he was a member of the founding team and the first commander of the

IDF Command and Staff College The Command and Staff College ( he, המכללה הבין-זרועית לפיקוד ולמטה), abbreviated he, פּוּ"ם, פום, PUM, also translated as Inter-Service Command and Staff College, Israel, is intended for the training of sen ...

. From 1964 to 1972, he was head of

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, the IDF's military intelligence. After the

Munich Massacre The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack carried out during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, by eight members of the Palestinian people, Palestinian militant organization Black September Organization, Black September, who i ...

in 1972, he became Prime Minister Golda Meir's advisor on counterterrorism and directed

Operation Wrath of God Operation "Wrath of God" ( he, מבצע זעם האל ''Mivtza Za'am Ha'el''), also known as Operation "Bayonet", was a covert operation directed by Mossad to assassinate individuals involved in the 1972 Munich massacre in which 11 members of t ...

. During the

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of 1973 he led the Israeli military delegation at the Kilometer 101 talks with Egypt's General Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy which endeavoured to bring about a military disengagement treaty. After leaving the army, he joined the

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. He was elected to the

Knesset The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...

in the 1973 elections, and was appointed Transportation Minister, and then

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. He resigned from the latter post in 1975, and then from the Knesset shortly before the 1977 elections. In March 1979 he concluded the PLO had failed to disrupt normal life, halt immigration or deter tourism.Eveland, Wibur Crane (1980) ''Ropes of Sand. America's Failure in the Middle East.'' W.W. Norton. . Page 352.

Commemoration

Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin (; he, יִצְחָק רַבִּין, ; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77, and from 1992 until h ...

, Prime Minister at the time of his death, gave the eulogy at his funeral in 1994. The role of Yariv was played by

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's 2005 film ''

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''.

References

*Oren, Michael B. ''Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East''. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. , 76 p.

External links

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Eulogies from the Jafee Center for Strategic Studies
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