Topic: Ephraim Sneh
Quotes
A nation facing this kind of threat should consider its priorities
Iran threat cited by Israeli minister Jul 02, 2007
I think that in light of how great the threat is and how badly a serious response is needed, the defense establishment isn't getting what it needs
Iran threat cited by Israeli minister Jul 02, 2007
It's an attack on the national airline of Israel, one must assume it's terrorism
Feds dig into motive, name of LAX gunman Jul 05, 2002
It's an attack on the national airline of Israel, one must assume it's terrorism
Israeli minister: El Al attack 'terrorism' Jul 04, 2002
For more than two decades, the structure of the Israeli forces was based on the assumption that Egypt is in no way a potential threat to Israel
Jittery Israel spars with Iran's navy Feb 22, 2011
Efraim Sneh (Hebrew: אפרים סנה, born 19 September 1944) is an Israeli politician, physician, and a retired Brigadier General in the Israel Defense Forces. He was a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party between 1992 and 2008 and served in several ministerial posts. He currently heads the Yisrael Hazaka party, which he established in May 2008.
Born in Tel Aviv in 1944, Sneh is the son of Moshe Sneh, who was one of the heads of the Haganah. His father was elected to the first Knesset as a representative of Mapam, before defecting to Maki, the Israeli Communist Party.
Sneh served in the Nahal infantry battalion from 1962 to 1964. He studied medicine at Tel Aviv University and specialized in internal medicine. Once he finished his studies he returned to military service as a battalion doctor, then as a brigade doctor for the Paratroopers Brigade. In the Yom Kippur War he commanded a medical unit of the brigade in the Battle of The Chinese Farm and battles west of the Suez canal. Sneh also commanded the medical unit at Operation Entebbe, served as commander of the elite Unit 669 and as commander of the security zone in south Lebanon. His last role in the IDF was as head of the civilian administration of the West Bank.
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