Mordechai Bar-On
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Mordechai Bar-On (Hebrew: מרדכי בר-און, born 26 December 1928) is an Israeli historian, former IDF Chief Education Officer and politician.
Biography
Born in Tel Aviv during the Mandate era, Bar-On was a member of the IDF's first officer training course in 1948. He became a platoon commander and company commander in the Givati Brigade, and in 1954 established the Academic Pool. The following year he became head of the History Department of the General Staff, before being appointed head of the Chief of Staff's bureau in 1958.
From 1961 until 1963 he served as the deputy Chief Education Officer in the Education and Youth Corps, before becoming its head in 1963. He was demobilized in 1968.
After leaving the IDF, he worked for the Jewish Agency for Israel, heading its Youth and Pioneering Department until 1977.[1]
He became one of the leaders of the Peace Now movement, and was elected to the Knesset in 1984 on the Ratz list. However, he resigned from the Knesset on 26 November 1986, and was replaced by David Zucker.[2]
Books
Books Bar-On has authored include:
- The Gates of Gaza: Israel’s Road to Suez and Back, 1955–1957 (1994)
- In Pursuit of Peace: A History of the Israeli Peace Movement (1996)
- Never-ending Conflict: Israeli Military History (2004)
- Moshe Dayan: Israel's Controversial Hero (2012)
References
- ^ Mordechai Bar-On: Public Activities Knesset website
- ^ Knesset Members in the Eleventh Knesset Knesset website
External links
- Official website
- Mordechai Bar-On on the Knesset website
- 1928 births
- Living people
- People from Tel Aviv
- Jews in Mandatory Palestine
- Israeli anti-war activists
- Israeli soldiers
- Heads of the Jewish Agency for Israel
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
- School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University alumni
- Members of the 11th Knesset (1984–1988)
- Ratz (political party) politicians