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Moshe Kaplinsky

Nickname(s)	Kaplan
Born	(1957-01-20) 20 January 1957 (age 67) Gedera, Israel
Allegiance	Israel
Service / branch	Israel Defense Forces
Years of service	1976–present
Rank	Aluf
Commands	Sayeret Golani (1982–1985), Golani Brigade (1993–1997), "Galilee" Territorial Division (1999–2001), Israeli Central Command (2002–2005), Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Israel Defense Forces (2005–2007)
Battles / wars	1982 Lebanon War, 1982-2000 South Lebanon conflict, First Intifada, al-Aqsa Intifada

Maj. Gen. Moshe Kaplinsky (Hebrew: משה קפלינסקי; born January 20, 1957) is an Israeli army general and businessman who served as CEO of the Israeli subsidiary of Better Place. Most recently, he was Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces. He was previously head of the Israel Defense Forces's Central Command, whose area of responsibility includes the West Bank. As Deputy Chief of the General Staff he was second in command of the Israel Defense Forces.

In August 2002, he took over as chief of the Central Command from Major General Yitzhak Eitan. As head of Central Command, Kaplinski was an ex officio member of the IDF general staff; he oversaw, among other things, area commanders for the northern and southern parts of the West Bank (referred to as Samaria and Judea, respectively).

Kaplinski is a veteran of the Golani Brigade. His previous positions include:

Military secretary to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, promoted to Major General (2001–2002)
Commander of the Galilee territorial division during the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon *Commander of the Golani infantry brigade (1993–1995).

Kaplinski has a BA in economics and business management from Bar-Ilan University and an MBA from Tel Aviv University. He is a graduate of the US Army's Advanced Infantry Officers Course (Fort Benning, Georgia).

On December 8, 2006 Kaplinski told a meeting of mayors and local council leaders that Iran had a nuclear capability that would "threaten not only Israel, but all of Europe."^[1]

References

Bio from IDF

^ PM: Time for UN to sanction Iran Archived 2011-09-17 at the Wayback Machine, Yaakov Katz, Jerusalem Post.

v t e Heads of Central Command
Ayalon (1948–1952) Avidar (1952–1953) Ayalon (1954–1956) Tzur (1956–1958) Amit (1958–1959) Geva (1960–1966) Narkis (1966–1968) Ze'evi (1968–1972) Efrat (1973–1977) Levi (1977–1981) Orr (1981–1983) Lipkin-Shahak (1983–1986) Barak (1986–1987) Mitzna (1987–1989) Mordechai (1989–1991) Yatom (1991–1993) Tamari (1993–1994) Yatom (1994) Biran (1994–1995) Dayan (1996–1998) Ya'alon (1998–2000) Eitan (2000–2002) Kaplinsky (2002–2005) Naveh (2005–2007) Shamni (2007–2009) Mizrahi (2009–2012) Alon (2012–2015) Numa (2015–2018) Padan (2018–2020) Yadai (2020–2021) Fox (2021–2024) Bluth (2024–present)

v t e Deputy Chiefs of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
Tzvi Ayalon (1948–1949) Mordechai Maklef (1949–1952) Haim Laskov (1955–1956) Tzvi Tzur (1958) Yitzhak Rabin (1961–1963) Haim Bar-Lev (1967–1968) Israel Tal (1973) Yekutiel Adam (1978–1982) Moshe Levi (1982–1983) David Ivry (1983–1985) Dan Shomron (1985–1986) Amir Drori (1986–1987) Ehud Barak (1987–1991) Amnon Lipkin-Shahak (1991–1994) Matan Vilnai (1994–1997) Shaul Mofaz (1997–1998) Uzi Dayan (1998–1999) Moshe Ya'alon (1999–2002) Gabi Ashkenazi (2002–2004) Dan Halutz (2004–2005) Moshe Kaplinsky (2005–2007) Dan Harel (2007–2009) Benny Gantz (2009–2010) Yair Naveh (2010–2013) Gadi Eizenkot (2013–2014) Yair Golan (2014–2017) Aviv Kohavi (2017–2018) Eyal Zamir (2018–2021) Herzi Halevi (2021–2022) Amir Baram (2022–)

v t e Military Secretaries to the Prime Minister
Nehemiah Argov (1948–54; 1956–1957) Haim Ben-David (1957–1963) Yisrael Lior (1963–1974) Efraim Poran (1974–1981) Azriel Nevo (1981–1993) Danny Yatom (1993–1996) Zeev Livne (1996–1997) Gadi Eizenkot (1999–2001) Moshe Kaplinsky (2001–2002) Yoav Gallant (2002–2005) Gadi Shamni (2005–2007) Meir Kalifi (2007–2009) Yohanan Locker (2010–2012) Eyal Zamir (2012–2015) Eliezer Toledano (2015–2018) Avi Bluth (2018–2021) Avi Gil (2021–2024) Roman Gofman (2024–present)

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