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Moshe Dayan
Acting
20 May 1915
† 16 Oct 1981
Degania Alef, Ottoman Empire [now Israel]
Biography
Moshe Dayan (20 May 1915 – 16 October 1981) was an Israeli military leader and politician. As commander of the Jerusalem front in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (1953–1958) during the 1956 Sinai War, and as Defense Minister during the Six-Day War in 1967, he became a worldwide fighting symbol of the new state of Israel.
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Moshe Dayan's Movies
67%
The Spy Who Fell to Earth
01 Apr 2019
72%
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
11 Apr 1974
65%
Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres
13 Jul 2022
60%
Leila Khaled: Hijacker
30 Nov 2005
80%
A Wall in Jerusalem
20 Nov 1968
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Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder
01 Jan 1979
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Six Days in June
18 May 2007
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Sebastia
01 Oct 2020
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Gaza: A Forever War
11 Mar 2024
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The 18th conference of the United Kibbutz
01 Feb 1960
