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Member of the Knesset since 1974.
LLB (law) degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Father of two sons.
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1928
Born in Moshav Kfar Malal
1942
Joined the Haganah.
1943
War of Independence platoon commander and subsequently infantry company commander in the Alexandroni Brigade. Wounded at Latrun in the battle to break the siege over Jerusalem.
1949-1950
Golani brigade reconnaissance company commander.
1951-1952
Intelligence officer of Central Command and Northern command.
1952-1953
Middle Eastern studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and infantry reserve battalion commander.
1953
Founder and commander of the special 101 unit established to fight against Arab terror raids.
1954-1955
Parachute brigade commander in reprisal operations and the Sinai war.
1957
Studied at the Staff College in Great Britain Promoted to rank of Colonel.
1958-1962
Infantry School commander, infantry brigade commander and armored brigade commander.
1964-1965
Appointed Head of General Staff, Northern Command.
1966
Appointed Head Training Department and promoted to Major-General.
1967
1966Six Day War: commander of the armored division which stormed the main Egyptian fortified deployment at Um Katef Abu Agilla in Sinai and , after large scale armored battles in Central Sinai, reached the Suez Canal.
1969-1973
G.O.C of Southern Command, including command of the Suez Canal front in the war of Attrition and the war against terror in the Gaza area. In 1971 destroyed PLO terror bases in the Gaza area, which remained calm for many years as a result of this operation.
1974
First elected as Knesset member
1975
Appointed as security advisor to Prime Minister Rabin.
1977
Appointed Minister of Agriculture in the first government, which Menahem Begin established. Member of the Inner Cabinet. Chairman of the Ministerial Settlement Committee. Initiated and executed large scale plan to settle Judea, Samaria, the Gaza Strip and the Galilee.
1981-1983
Minister of Defense, during " Shalom Hagalil" (the war in Lebanon 1982) war which brought about the destruction of the infrastructure of the PLO in Lebanon and the expulsion of its commanding members and headquarters from Beirut.
1984-1990
1984-90Ministry of Industry and Trade in the National Likud Government and a member of the Inner Cabinet.
1990-1992
1990-92Ministry of Construction and Housing, member of the Inner Cabinet and chairman of the Ministerial Committee for Immigration and Absorption
1996
Minister of National Infrastructures, Member of Inner Cabinet.
1998
Appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and Head of the Permanent Status Negotiations with the Palestinians.
1999
Following the May 1999 National elections, appointed acting National Chairman of Chairman of Likud Party. In September 1999, Elected as National Chairman of the Party.
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|The Golon Heights | On The Temple Mount | About YESHA|
|Arafatīs Letter to PM Rabin | U.S. Letters of Assurance |
|Israel Policy on Jerusalem | Jerusalem International Dipomacy|
|Palestinian Media Watch | Jerusalem Embassy Act|
|False Moslem Claimīs | Popes Visit to Israel 03/22-26/00|
|Barak Gov. "White Papers" 11/20/00 |UN RES. 242 - 338| |
