Moshe Dayan
Moshe Dayan
Moshe Dayanwas an Israeli military leader and politician. He was the second child born on the first kibbutz, but he moved with his family in 1921, and he grew up on a moshav. As commander of the Jerusalem front in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forcesduring the 1956 Suez Crisis, but mainly as Defense Minister during the Six-Day War in 1967, he became to the world a fighting symbol of the new state of...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth20 May 1915
CityDegania Alef, Israel
should-have two roles
In two cases I did not fulfill my role as defense minister, in that I did not stop things that I was sure should have been stopped.
israel independence limits
Take the American declaration of Independence. It contains no mention of territorial limits. We are not obliged to fix the limits of the State.
war lying army
It lies upon the people's shoulders to prepare for the war, but it lies upon the Israeli army to carry out the fight with the ultimate object of erecting the Israeli Empire.
blood gaza-strip demand
We should demand his blood not from the Arabs of Gaza but from ourselves. Let us make our reckoning today.
funny war names
If we lose this war, I'll just start another in my wife's name.
home thinking should
I don't think we should be a model family living in a model home.
knowledge fields experts
I am not supposed to be an expert in every field. I am supposed to be an expert in picking experts.
long want calm
I feel I've lived so long, and went through so much, that all I want is calm and rest.
america long tables
I have traveled a long road from the battlefield to the peace table.
fog defense lasts
If I had to resign every time the Cabinet disagrees with me, I could not last as a Defense Minister one week.
government israel causes
It was in our power to cause the Arab governments to renounce the policy of strength toward Israel by turning it into a demonstration of weakness.
eye want looks
I have only one eye. Do you want me to look at the road or the at the speedometer.
israel world aggressors
Israel cannot afford to stand against the entire world and be denounced as the aggressor.
hands gaza-strip ideas
The proposed policy [of raising the level of public service in the occupied territories] may clash with our intention to encourage emigration from both [Gaza] Strip and Judea and Samaria. Anyone who has practical ideas or proposal to encourage emigration-let him speak up. No idea or proposal is to be dismissed out of hand.