Uzi Dayan Explained

Uzi Dayan
Native Name Lang:he
Order:2nd
Office:National Security Advisor (Israel)
Term Start:September 2000
Term End:September 2002
Predecessor:David Ivri
Successor:Ephraim Halevi
Birth Date:4 January 1948
Birth Place:Mandatory Palestine
Suboffice1:Likud
Office1:Faction represented in the Knesset
Subterm1:2019
Suboffice2:Likud
Subterm2:2020–2021
Party:Likud
Branch:Israel Defense Force
Serviceyears:1966–2002
Rank:Major General
Battles:Yom Kippur WarLebanese Civil War

Second Intifada

Aluf (Major General, res.) Uzi Dayan (born January 4, 1948) is a former general in the Israel Defense Forces and an Israeli politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Likud from 2020 to 2021.

Biography

Uzi Dayan is a nephew of Moshe Dayan, grandson of Shmuel Dayan and cousin of Assi Dayan, Yael Dayan and Yehonatan Geffen. His father, Zorik, was killed in the Battle of Ramat Yohanan in April of the year he was born.[1] His mother Mimi remarried in March 1950 after having met Moshe Rabinovitch in Rome the previous summer. They had two children of their own, Dan (b. 1951) and Michal (b. 1956).[1] Dayan was raised in HaYogev.

Dayan was an undergraduate at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he studied under Robert Aumann[2] and received a B.Sc. in mathematics and physics. He subsequently studied at Stanford University, earning an M.Sc. in operations research.[3]

Dayan is married to Professor, the daughter of Professor Igal Talmi. They have three children: one son called Itai and two daughters called Aviva and Zohar.[3] They reside in Kokhav Ya'ir.

Military career

Dayan served in the Sayeret Matkal from 1966 to 2002 and became commander of the unit. He served as head of Central Command, Deputy Chief of Staff, and headed the Israeli National Security Council (2000–2002). He was a member and later head of an elite commando unit that reportedly made eight to ten attempts to assassinate Yasser Arafat.[4]

Political career

Dayan was a founder of the Tafnit party which ran in the 2006 legislative elections. In mid-2008, the party joined Likud.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Uzi . Dayan . This is the Way it Was . 2009-09-06 . 2016-03-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184357/http://www.palyam.org/English/IS/Rabinovitch_Moshe . dead .
  2. Web site: A Conversation with Uzi Dayan . Council on Foreign Relations . 2005-11-01 . 2009-09-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060719211356/http://www.cfr.org/publication/9157/conversation_with_uzi_dayan_rush_transcript_federal_news_service_inc.html . 2006-07-19 . dead .
  3. Web site: Limmud NY 2009 . LummudNY . 2009-09-06 . 2016-03-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190338/http://us.conf.masteragenda.com/h/lny09/conf_presenter/943.html . dead .
  4. News: Was Israel prepared to kill a journalist to get to Arafat?. BBC News. 22 March 2018.
  5. News: Gil . Hoffman . Uzi Dayan joins Likud, hails Netanyahu for fight on corruption . The Jerusalem Post . 2008-07-28 . 2009-09-05 .