Brig. Haim Bar-Lev to Succeed Rabin as Chief of Staff i6-Friday, December 8, 1967
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The cabi- Bar-Lev.
net announced that Brig. Haim
Gen. Bar-Lev, formerly Brotz-
Bar-Lev. 43. has been named chief
lawski, was born in Austria in
of staff of Israel's armed forces.
1924, spent most of his childhood
effective in January. and will be
in Yugoslavia and came to Israel
promoted in rank to major gen- with his family in 1939 at the
eral. He will succeed Maj. Gen.
age of 15. He studied at the agri-
Yitzhak Rabin, who. reliable
cultural school at Mikve Israel
sources said, will be appointed
and later joined Palmach, the
Israel ambassador to the United
famed shock troops of Hagana,
States.
the Jewish defense force, prior
The name of Gen. Bar-Lev. who
to establishment of the State of
is presently deputy chief of staff.
Israel.
was formally submitted to the -
The young tsar-Lev rose rapidly
cabinet by Defense Minister Moshe through the ranks. Israel's war for
Dayan. Ile noted that the termina- independence in 1948 found him a
tion date of Gen. Rabin's appoint-
ment and the -choice of his succes-
sor were made by Prime Minister
Levi Eshkol earlier this year when
he still held the portfolio of de-
fense minister. Gen. Dayan spoke
with high praise of the qualifica-
tions of both generals Rabin and
battalion eommander in the Negev
repulsing Egyptian attacks from
' Sinai. During the Sinai campaign
of 1956 he commanded the ar-
mored brigade that routed the
Egyptians at El Arish and Rata.
During last June's Six-Day War.
General Bar-Lev served as deputy
chief of staff.
The generz: studied at military
schools in Britain and France and
at Columbia University in New
York where he earned a masters'
degree in business administration
and economics. He is married and
the father of a son and a daughter.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
British See Advantage for T heir Autos in Israel
LONDON (JTA) — The British
and Israeli currency devaluations
will give the British automotive
and machinery industries a big ad-
vantage over their American and
Continental competitors in the Is-
raeli market, according to the Lon-
don Financial Times.
Prices of the British cars and
machinery exported to Israel will
remain more or less on the same
level as before devaluation, since
the exchange rate between sterling
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and the Israel pound remained
unchanged.
Imports from America and other
countries which did not devalue
will, however, be about 15 per
cent higher in cost. Last year,
when Israel's imports were sharp-
ly restricted by the recession ac-
companying the realignment of the
Israeli economy, Britian sold
motor vehicles to the value of $33,-
600,000 to Israel. Sales were con-
siderably higher in the boom year
of 1965.
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