Lau-Lavie Biography Portrays Moshe Dayan as Great Hero
giving him the patch that has ers, this biography is valuable whined along the narrow streets
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Much has been written about Is-
made him world famous in that for the facts it relates about the! of the Old City, Dayan became
rael's minister of defense and hero
association of the major military! the first national leader to de-1
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distinctive appearance as a hero
in Israel's defensive operations,
dangers when fighting figures, including General Itzhak I dare from the Wailing Wall:.
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General Moshe Dayan. Few, how- I who defied
Rabiri
and
the
numerous
others!
'We
have
returned
to
the
holiest,
for ideals and principles that be-
ever, are as complete in details
who later became Dayan's suc- of our holy places, never again
came dear to him.
about him and his family as the
to
part
from
it.'"
cessors in Israel's defensive
newest biography by N. Lau-Lavie,
In his introduction, the author,
Appropriately, the biography con-
struggles.
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"Moshe Dayan," published by a noted Israeli political correspond-
Especially interesting in this eludes with an account of the near-
Friends and Relatives
Hartmore Press, Hartford, Conn.
ent, quotes an interesting summary
The special value of this work is of Dayan's qualities by David Ben- work is the description of Dayan's death experience when he under-
friendship with King Abdullah of took a personal archaeological ex-
its emphasis on the family back- Gurion. When Dayan resigned as
ground, the relationship the emi- chief of staff of Israel's armed Jordan who might have made ploit on March 20, 1968. He
forces in
1958, Ben-Gurion said:
nent leader had and
continues
to was rushed to the
hospital,
semi-
conscious
and before being
treated
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alities, his personal interests and
telephone and after making several
attitudes and his hobbies and dedi- courage bordering upon the lunatic,
. important calls he permitted the
medical staff to treat him for his •
cated labors in behalf of his offset and balanced by a profound
tactical and strategic intelligence."
injuries. Lau-Lavie concludes:
people.
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"Later when the chief of the hospi-
We learn here a great deal about
Lau-Lavie's view is that "no pub-
tal, Prof. Chaim Shiba, was asked
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the character of the man, his inter- lic figure in modern Israel iias
about his patient, he replied: 'He
est in archaeology, his role as a aroused more passionate admira-
behaves
like
a
hero,
like
Moshe
disciplinarian with his children.
tion. or more bitter hostility, than
Dayan.' "
The volume is significant in its Moshe Dayan. Many of Israel's
It is in this spirit that the great
review of the military career of senior politicians—leaders of the
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' tribute is paid to Dayan in this
a dedicated Israeli who began in 111apai party to which Dayan form-
splendid biographical sketch.
the Ilagana, who worked with erly belonged—regard him as a •
and befriended General Orde tempestous man, indifferent to-
MOSHE DAYAN
Wingate, who served with the wards the beliefs and institutions
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British in the world war, was in- they have cherished since the early
of pioneering socialist Zion- peace with Israel if he had not
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Dayan's is exactly the sort of per- in current world history in Dayan's
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sonality that appeals to his fellow trip to Vietnam, his conversations
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of
the
older
Zionist
leaders:
a
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The biographical data provided had passed on to the Israeli de-
here clarifies this view. The thor- fense forces. but Cairo, at least,
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ough account of the family back- had no hesitation in announcing
ground, the description of the that Dayan had gone to Vietnam to
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his relationship with Wingate, the
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There are graphic descriptions
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report of the impression left upon
of Dayan's rise to his present
him and his family when his broth-
position, the clamor for his lead-
er, Zohar, was killed in an en-
; ership during the critical month
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of May 1967, the triumph in the
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they joined the Israeli forces in the
Six-Day War and Dayan's pres
conflict in 1947—and many other
ence at the Wailing Wall on the
incidents point to an interesting
first day of the success of his
and impressive personality who is
forces in Jerusalem. He is not a
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leaving an indelible mark on Jew-
religious man, but he shared the
ish history.
spiritual uplift when the Western
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Wall was regained and his biog-
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rapher states: "While bullets still
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