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Moshe Karadi ( he, משה קראדי; born 1960) is a former
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
i
police officer
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and general
commissioner
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of the
Israel Police
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between 2004 and May 1, 2007.
Karadi was born and raised in
Bat Yam
Bat Yam ( he, בַּת יָם or ) is a city located on Israel's Mediterranean Sea coast, on the Central Coastal Plain just south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area and the Tel Aviv District. In 2020, it had a population ...
, and currently resides in
Rishon LeZion
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. He is married with three children.
Karadi has a
bachelor's degree
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in
criminology
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from the
Bar Ilan University
Bar-Ilan University (BIU, he, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic i ...
and a
master's degree
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public administration
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from the
University of Haifa
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.
Karadi served in the
Paratroopers Brigade
The 35th Brigade ( he, חֲטִיבַת הַצַּנְחָנִים, ''Hativat HaTzanhanim''), also known as the Paratroopers Brigade, is an infantry brigade unit of paratroopers within the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and forms a major part of ...
in the
Israel Defense Forces
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and attained the rank of
major
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. He left the army in 1984 and immediately joined the
Israel Border Police
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.
In 1991 he became the commander of the
Old City border police, and in 1996 became the commander of the Lakhish Region.
He became the commander of the police's Southern Command in October 2002 and from there appointed general commissioner on August 1, 2004. During this time, he oversaw the preparation and participation of the police in
Israel's unilateral disengagement plan
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Th ...
of the summer of 2005. Karadi was criticized for some of the police suppressive tactics used against protesters.
Karadi resigned his position on February 18, 2007, following the publicity of the findings of the
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, and continued his post until May 1, 2007, when
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As a ...
, the next general commissioner, assumed office.
References
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Israeli disengagement from Gaza
Israeli police chiefs
Living people
1960 births
People from Bat Yam
Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent