Matti Peled
| Mattityahu Peled | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Matti Peled |
| Born | 20 July 1923 Haifa, Mandatory Palestine |
| Died | 10 March 1995 |
| Allegiance |
 Israel
|
| Service/branch |
 Haganah Israel Defense Forces
|
| Years of service | 1941-1970 |
| Rank |
 Major General
|
| Commands held | Givati Brigade, Military Commander of Jerusalem, Commander of Occupied Gaza in 1956, Quartermaster General in the 1960s |
| Battles/wars |
Israeli Independence War Suez Crisis Six-Day War |
| Other work | Professor for Arabic Languages, Tel Aviv University, Member of Knesset (see below) |
| Mattityahu Peled | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 July 1923 |
| Place of birth | Haifa, Mandatory Palestine |
| Date of death | 10 March 1995 (aged 71) |
| Knessets | 11 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 1984–1988 | Progressive List for Peace |
Mattityahu "Matti" Peled (Hebrew: מתתיהו "מתי" פלד, born Mattityahu Ifland on 20 July 1923, died 10 March 1995) was a well-known Israeli public figure who was at various periods of his life a professional military man who reached the rank of Aluf (Major General) in the IDF and was a member of the General Staff during the Six-Day War of 1967; a notable scholar who headed the Arabic Language and Literature Department of Tel Aviv University; a radical peace activist and a leading proponent of Israeli dialogue with the PLO and of complete withdrawal from the Occupied Territories in whose conquest he personally had a major role; and a member of the Knesset who often expressed controversial views considered "extreme left" in Israeli terms, yet was treated with considerable respect by staunch political people.
Peled was born in 1923 in Haifa, then the main port of the British Mandate of Palestine, and grew up in Jerusalem. Like many youth of that period, he was involved in one of the Socialist Zionist youth movements. At the age of 18 he joined the Palmach, the newly created Jewish paramilitary defense organization, as Palestine was becoming threatened by Rommel's rapid advance across North Africa. After Rommel's defeat in 1943 however, Peled was involved in various acts against the continuing British rule. He served in the Palmach's Jerusalem Platoon together with Yitzhak Rabin, with whom Peled was to maintain lifelong contact.
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