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Yigal Yadin

Yigael Yadin
Ygal Yadin - Lt Gel 1949-1952.jpg
Native name יגאל סוקניק
Born (1917-03-20)20 March 1917
Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
Died 28 June 1984(1984-06-28) (aged 67)
Jerusalem, Israel
Allegiance
Years of service 1932–52
Rank

IDF rav aluf.svg Rav Aluf (highest rank)

Battles/wars
Other work Archeologist
Yigael Yadin
Knessets 9
Faction represented in Knesset
1977–1978 Democratic Movement for Change
1978–1981 Democratic Movement
1981 Independent
Ministerial roles
1977–1981 Deputy Prime Minister

IDF rav aluf.svg Rav Aluf (highest rank)

Yigael Yadin (Hebrew: יִגָּאֵל יָדִין‎, born Yigael Sukenik (Hebrew: יגאל סוקניק‎‎) 20 March 1917 – 28 June 1984) was an Israeli archeologist, politician, and the second Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces.

Yadin was born in 1917 to noted archeologist Eleazar Sukenik and educationalist and women's rights activist Hasya Sukenik-Feinsod. He joined the Haganah at age 15, and served there in a variety of different capacities. In 1946, however, he left the Haganah following an argument with its commander Yitzhak Sadeh over the inclusion of a machine gun as part of standard squad equipment.

He was a university student when, in 1948, shortly before the State of Israel declared its independence, he was called back to active service by David Ben-Gurion. He was Head of Operations during Israel's War of Independence, and was responsible for many of the key decisions made during the course of that war. In June 1948 he threatened to resign during the Generals' Revolt during which he accused Ben-Gurion of attempting "to transform the army as a whole into an army of one political party (Mapai)".


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