Yitzhak Mordechai
| Yitzhak Mordechai | |
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| Date of birth | 22 November 1944 |
| Place of birth | Near Zakho, Iraq |
| Year of aliyah | 1949 |
| Knessets | 14, 15 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 1996–1999 | Likud |
| 1999–2001 | Centre Party |
| Ministerial roles | |
| 1996–1999 | Minister of Defense |
| 1999–2000 | Deputy Prime Minister |
| 1999–2000 | Minister of Transport |
Yitzhak Mordechai (Hebrew: יצחק מרדכי, born 22 November 1944) is an Israeli former general and politician. He served as a member of the Knesset between 1996 and 2001, and as Minister of Defense and Minister of Transport. He retired from political life after being indicted for sexual assaults during his military service and later periods.
Mordechai was born in Akre or AqrahIraqi Kurdistan, and made aliyah to Israel in 1949. He holds a BA in history from Tel Aviv University and an MA in Political Science from the University of Haifa.
In 1962 he enlisted to the Combat Engineering Corps of the IDF and later joined the Paratroopers Brigade. In the 1973 Yom Kippur War, he was battalion commander in the Battle of the Chinese Farm in Sinai, and was decorated with the Medal of Courage. In 1984, in what became known as the Kav 300 affair, Mordechai, then a Brigadier General, was framed for the killing of two Palestinian bus hijackers. Mordechai was tried, and acquitted when the truth became known. He was promoted to the rank of Major-General in 1986, and became known as the "General of the Three Commands", after serving as commander of all three territorial commands (North, Center and South). The First Intifada broke out in December 1987, when Mordechai was commander of the Southern Command. As commander of the Northern Command he commanded over Operation Accountability in 1993. Mordechai retired from active service in 1995 after 33 years of service, when new Chief of General Staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak did not appoint him as his deputy.
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