Moshe Dayan

Politician

In 1959, a year after he retired from the IDF, Dayan joined Mapai, the leftist block in Israeli politics, then led by David Ben-Gurion. Until 1964 he served as the minister of agriculture. Dayan joined with the group of Ben-Gurion loyalists who defected from Mapai in 1965 to form Rafi. Levi Eshkol, the following Prime Minister disliked Dayan; however when tensions began to rise in early 1967, Eshkol decided to hand over the position of Minister of Defense (previously also occupied by him, in spite of Eshkol's never serving in the army) to the charismatic Dayan.

Related Topics:
1959 - Mapai - 1964 - Agriculture - 1965 - Rafi - Levi Eshkol - Prime Minister - 1967

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