Ami Ayalon
Date of birth	27 June 1945 (1945-06-27) (age 62)
Knesset(s)	17th (current)
Party	Labor
Gov't roles (current in bold)	Minister without Portfolio

Ami Ayalon (Hebrew: עמי איילון‎; born 27 June 1945) is an Israeli politician and Knesset member representing the Labor Party. He was formerly head of the Shin Bet, Israel's secret service, and commander-in-chief of the Navy. He came in second to Ehud Barak in a Labor party leadership election in June 2007, and was appointed a Minister without Portfolio in September 2007. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... The Elections for the 17th Knesset were held in Israel on 28 March 2006. ... A Minister without Portfolio is a government minister with no specific responsibilities. ... “Hebrew” redirects here. ... is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... The Israel Labor Party (Hebrew: העבודה, Ha‘Avoda (Labor), officially מפלגת העבודה הישראלית, Mifleget Ha‘Avoda HaIsra’elit) is a center-left political party in Israel. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not include all significant viewpoints. ... The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (Hebrew: צבא ההגנה לישראל Tsva Ha-Haganah Le-Yisrael ([Army] Force [for] the Defense of Israel), often abbreviated צהל Tsahal, alternative English spelling Tzahal, is the name of Israels armed forces... Ehud Barak (Hebrew: אֵהוּד בָּרָק) (born Ehud Brog on February 12, 1942) is an Israeli politician, former Prime Minster, and current Minister of Defense and leader of Israels Labor Party. ... Five candidates ran in the 2007 Israeli Labor Party leadership elections: Ehud Barak attempted again to return to politics, this time after the move of Shimon Peres to Kadima and with Amir Perets as the Labor Party leader. ... A Minister without Portfolio is a government minister with no specific responsibilities. ...

Biography

Ami Ayalon was born in Tiberias. His parents moved to Palestine in the 1930s. His mother came as a young girl to study in Jerusalem; his father, Yitzhak, was one of the founders of a kibbutz in the Jordan Valley, where he worked until retirement as a carpenter. ^[1]Ayalon graduated from Bar Ilan University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1980. In 1992, he received a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University. He is married and the father of three.^[2] Hebrew טבריה (Standard) Teverya Arabic طبرية Government City District North Population 39 900 (a) Jurisdiction 10 000 dunams (10 km²) Tiberias (British English: ; American English: ; Hebrew: , Tverya; Arabic: , abariyyah) is a town on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, Lower Galilee, Israel. ... Bar-Ilan University (BIU, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן) is a university in Ramat Gan, a suburb of Tel Aviv, Israel. ... A B.A. issued from the University of Tennessee. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... The Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree is one of several master level professional public affairs degrees that provides training in public policy and project/program implementation (more recently known as public management). ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ...

Military and security service

Ayalon served his entire military service in the Israeli Navy. Ayalon enlisted in 1963 and volunteered for the Shayetet 13 navy commando unit. In 1969, Ayalon was decorated with the Medal of Valor, Israel's highest award, for his conduct in Operation Bulmus 6 - the assault on fortified Green Island, Egypt (jointly with Sayeret Matkal). In 1979, Ayalon was appointed commander of Shayetet 13, and was once again decorated - this time for carrying out a long list of operations without casualties. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (Hebrew: צבא ההגנה לישראל Tsva Ha-Haganah Le-Yisrael ([Army] Force [for] the Defense of Israel), often abbreviated צהל Tsahal, alternative English spelling Tzahal, is the name of Israels armed forces... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Commando (disambiguation). ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... For other medals of the same name, see Medal of Valor (disambiguation). ... Operation Bulmus 6, also known as the Green Island Raid, was a military raid conducted by special operations units of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) against an Egyptian early warning radar and ELINT station located on a small island in the Gulf of Suez on the night of July 19... Green Island is a small artificial island in the Red Sea at the southern mouth of the Suez Canal. ... Sayeret Matkal (Hebrew: סיירת מטכל, translation: General Staff Reconnaissance unit) is the elite special forces unit of the Israeli Defence Force (IDF). ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ...

Ayalon, receiving the rank of admiral, served as commander of the Israeli Navy from 1992 through 1996.^[3] For other uses, see Admiral (disambiguation). ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...

Following Yitzhak Rabin's assassination in 1995, Ayalon was "parachuted" into the post of head of the Shin Bet (Israel's internal security service). He retired in 2000. For other persons named Rabin, see Rabin (disambiguation). ... Site of the rally before the assassination: Rabin Square and Tel Aviv City Hall during the day. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not include all significant viewpoints. ... For other uses, see Security (disambiguation). ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...

Peace activity

On 25 June 2003, Ayalon launched, together with Palestinian professor Sari Nusseibeh, a peace initiative called "The People's Voice". The goal of the initiative is to collect as many signatures of Israelis and Palestinians as possible for the peace plan guidelines supporting a two-state solution without the right of return for Palestinian refugees. is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The term Palestinian has other usages, for which see definitions of Palestinian. ... Sari Nusseibeh Sari Nusseibeh (born in 1949), is a Palestinian professor of philosophy and president of the Al-Quds University in Jerusalem (Al Quds is the Arabic name for Jerusalem). ... A peace dove, widely known as a symbol for peace, featuring an olive branch in the doves beak. ... The Peoples Voice (called in Hebrew המפקד הלאומי, literally The National Census) is an Israeli-Palestinian civil initiative dedicated to advancing the process of achieving peace between Israel and the Palestinians. ... The two-state solution is the name for a class of proposed resolutions of the long-running Arab-Israeli conflict now explicitly backed by the Israeli and United States governments. ... The term Right of return refers to the principle in international law that members of an ethnic or national group have a right to immigration and naturalization into the country that they, the destination country, or both consider to be that groups homeland, independent of prior personal citizenship in... In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a Palestinian refugee is a refugee from Palestine created by the Palestinian Exodus, which Palestinians call the Nakba (نكبة, meaning disaster). History Most of the refugees had already fled by the time the neighboring Arab states intervened on the side of Palestinians...

Although Ayalon promotes traditional left-wing ideas, he insists he is not a part of the Israeli left and spurns the Israeli peace camp for its hostility toward the Israeli public and especially toward the settlers. Ayalon managed to outrage many left-wing activists when he said that only Ariel Sharon and the Likud could bring peace. “Leftism” redirects here. ... The Israeli peace camp is a collection of political and non-political movements which desire to promote peace, mainly with the Arab neighbours of Israel (the Palestinians, Syria and Lebanon) and encourage co-existence with the Arab citizens of Israel. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Israeli settlement. ...   (Hebrew: , also known by his diminutive Arik אָרִיק) (born February 27, 1928) is a former Israeli politician and general. ... Likud (Hebrew: ליכוד, literally means consolidation) is a centre-right political party in Israel. ...

He took part in the "Mate ha-Rov" demonstration in support of the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and made a very critical speech against the Israeli peace camp. He said:

We, who protest here, did not succeed in sinking through to the majority of the people. The majority is silent and therefore has no influence. I will tell you why the majority is not here. They are not here because we didn't manage to settle in the hearts [Hebrew: להתנחל בלבבות, originally a phrase invented by the settlers] of this true majority, the majority that makes the difference. We didn't manage to talk and perhaps we didn't even want to. We turned the settlers of Yesha into enemies and in an overbearing manner we banished them to the outskirts. We will only succeed when the grief of the evacuees will overcome the joyous cry of the evacuators. We claimed the desire for peace solely as our own. The majority sits at home and is quiet, although it wants out of Gaza the same as we do. The majority doesn't care, and shouldn't care, which person signs the accords to end the [Israeli-Palestinian] conflict. In order to get out of Gaza, the majority of the people must not be silent. ^[4] Yesha (ישע) is a Hebrew acronym for Judea Samaria Gaza (the West Bank and Gaza Strip), areas Israel gained control over in the Six-Day War of June 1967. ...

Political career

In 2006, Ayalon was elected to the Knesset on the Israeli Labor Party's list, but was not given a position in the cabinet when Labor entered a coalition with Kadima. Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Type Unicameral Speaker of the Knesset Dalia Itzik, Kadima since May 4, 2006 Deputy Speaker Majalli Wahabi, Kadima since May 4, 2006 Members 120 Political groups Kadima Labour-Meimad Shas Likud Last elections March 28, 2006 Meeting place Knesset, Jerusalem, Israel Web site www. ... The Israel Labor Party (Hebrew: העבודה, Ha‘Avoda (Labor), officially מפלגת העבודה הישראלית, Mifleget Ha‘Avoda HaIsra’elit) is a center-left political party in Israel. ... Kadima (Hebrew: קדימה, Forward) is a political party in Israel. ...

As of the end of May, 2007, Ayalon is one of two candidates for the leadership of the Labor Party in ongoing party primaries. As of January 2007, public opinion polls showed Ayalon leading the race, followed by former Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Ophir Pines-Paz.^[5] He retained this lead, and just four days before the poll, on 25 May, was four points ahead of his closest rival, Ehud Barak, on 35% to Barak's 31%.^[6] Ehud Barak (Hebrew: אֵהוּד בָּרָק) (born Ehud Brog on February 12, 1942) is an Israeli politician, former Prime Minster, and current Minister of Defense and leader of Israels Labor Party. ... Ophir Pines-Paz (Hebrew: , born 11 July 1961) is an Israeli politician and former Interior Minister. ...

In the May 28, 2007 round of voting, Ayalon and Barak were the leading vote-getters, with Peretz trailing in third. With neither Ayalon nor Barak having received 40 percent of the vote, the two faced one other in a runoff on June 12, 2007, when Barak won.

In September 2007 he was appointed to the Israeli cabinet as a Minister without Portfolio, and is a member of the security cabinet. He was also appointed chairman of the Knesset State Control Committee, and is responsible for implementing the recommendations outlined in the state comptroller's report on the performance of the Home Front Command during the 2006 Lebanon War.^[7] The Cabinet of Israel is a formal body comprised of government officials chosen and led by a Prime Minister. ... Combatants Hezbollah Lebanon Amal[2] LCP[3] PFLP-GC[4]  Israel Commanders Hassan Nasrallah Dan Halutz Moshe Kaplinsky[11] Udi Adam Strength 600-1,000 active fighters 3,000-10,000 reservists[5] Up to 10,000 ground troops. ...

See also

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to:

Ami Ayalon

• National Census
• Israeli peace camp

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References

1. ^ http://www.zionism-israel.com/ezine/visionofpeace.htm
2. ^ http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/903677.html
3. ^ Ayalon's Knesset profile
4. ^ הפגנת ה-150 אלף: פרץ הלהיב, איילון מתח ביקורת Ynet, 16 May 2004 (in Hebrew)
5. ^ Israel's Political Drama: Labor Looks for a New Chief World Politics Watch, 10 January 2007
6. ^ Barak, Ayalon neck and neck in Labor primaries. Retrieved on 2007-05-25.
7. ^ Labor MK Ayalon to join cabinet as a minister without portfolio Haaretz, 12 September 2007

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External links

• Ami Ayalon on the official Knesset website (in English)