Tzvi Tzur ( צבי צור in Hebrew ) (1923 - December 28, 2004) was the Israel Defense Forces' 6th Chief of Staff and an Israeli public figure. Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by 6 million people mainly in Israel, parts of the Palestinian territories, the United States and by Jewish communities around the world. ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (Hebrew: צבא ×”×”×’× ×” 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, comprising the Israel army, Israel air force and Israel navy. ... The term Chief of Staff can refer to: The White House Chief of Staff, the highest-ranking member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States. ...

Early life

Tvi Tzur was born in Russia in 1923 as Czera Czertenko and immigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine when he was very young. In 1936, at the peak of the Great Arab Uprising and the 1936-1939 pogroms he joined the Hagannah in order to help protect the Jews from Arab rioters. 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Map of the territory under the British Mandate of Palestine. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Great Uprising, Great Revolt, or Great Arab Revolt was a violent rebellion by Arabs in the British Mandate of Palestine which lasted from 1936 to 1939. ... The Haganah (Hebrew: Defense, הגנה) was a Zionist military organization in Palestine during the British mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948. ...

Military career

With the outbreak of Israel War of Independence he was appointed as a battalion leader in the Givati Brigade. Tzur was the founder of the fast jeep reconnaissance company "Samson's Foxes" (שועלי שמשון), which waged bitter battles in the southern front. After the end of the war, he undertook organizing roles and went to study manpower management in the United States. The 1948 Arab-Israeli War, called the War of Independence (Hebrew: מלחמת העצמאות) by Israelis and al Nakba (Arabic: النكبة, the catastrophe) by Arabs, was the first in a series of wars in the Arab-Israeli conflict. ... The Givati Brigade (חטיבת גבעתי) is one of the Israeli Defense Forces infantry brigades. ... Jeep is an automobile marque (and registered trademark) of Chrysler Corporation Division. ... Mixed reconaissance patrol of the Polish Home Army and the Soviet Red Army during Operation Tempest, 1944 Reconnaissance is the military term for the active gathering of information about an enemy, or other conditions, by physical observation. ...

In 1956 he was promoted to the rank of Major General and was appointed as the commander of the centeral front. In 1958 he was appointed as deputy chief of staff and went for long period of study in France. He returned on September 1960. 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with 30 days. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He replaced Chaim Laskov as the IDF chief of staff. Chaim Laskov (1919-1983) was an Israeli public figure and the fifth Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces. ...

Chief of Staff

In January 1961 Tzur was appointed as the IDF Chief of Staff. One of his first actions was to appoint Major General Yitzhak Rabin as his deputy. Tzur's term was relatively quiet, except for border incidents with Syria which shelled Israeli settlement from the Golan Heights. The biggest IDF operation during Tzur's term was held on March 16, 1962, when the Golani Brigade raided Syrian outposts to the north of the Sea of Galilee in order to stop Syrian shelling. 7 Israeli soldiers and 30 Syrian soldiers were killed during the battle. However, the shelling was not stopped in the area and on August 19, 1963, Syrian forced murdered two settlers in Almagor settlement. 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin (or Yitschak Rabin) (יצחק רבין in Hebrew), (March 1, 1922 – November 4, 1995) was an Israeli politician and general. ... Sites on the Golan in blue are Israeli settlement communities. ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Golani Brigade חטיבת גולני (aka. ... The Sea of Galilee with the Jordan River flowing out of it to the south and into the Dead Sea The Sea of Galilee is Israels largest freshwater lake, approximately 53 kilometers (33 miles) in circumference, about 21 km (13 miles) long, and 13 km (8 miles) wide; it... August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Tzur sought to draw quality manpower to the IDF and decided in June 1961 to provide officers with a private car for their personal usage. The model chosen was a Citroën 2CV. June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Citroën is a French automobile manufacturer, started in 1919 by André Citroën, today part of the PSA Peugeot Citroën Group. ... 1960 2CV. Notice suicide doors The 2CV (deux chevaux - French, literally two horses, from the tax horsepower rating) was a popular French car made by Citroën. ...

Tzur also prepared the IDF for a war with the Arab armies and built up the defense forces so that it could stop Arab attacks. In August 1961, the president of Egypt, Gamal Abdul Nasser revealed that Israel obtained Dassault Mirage III jet fighters, to counter Egyptian Soviet-made MiG-19s. The Mirages proven themself very well and served as the Israeli Air Force's main fighter for many years. The Mirages contributed a lot to Israel's victory in the Six-Day War and the elimination of the combined Arab airpower of Egypt, Syria and Jordan. Tzur also acquired Centurion tanks and MIM-23 Hawk surface-to-air missiles. The integration of thess weapons into the IDF enabled it to defeat the Arab armies in the Six-Day War. Note: as an adjective (stressed on the second syllable instead of the first), august means honorable. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Gamal Abdel Nasser (Arabic: جمال عبد الناصر) Gamal Abdel Nasser (January 15, 1918 - September 28, 1970) was the second President of Egypt after Muhammad Naguib and is considered one of the most important Arab leaders in history. ... Former South African Air Force Mirage IIICZ The Dassault Mirage III is a supersonic fighter aircraft designed in France during the 1950s, and manufactured both in France and a number of other countries. ... The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 (NATO reporting name Farmer) is a third-generation Soviet, single-seater jet engined fighter aircraft. ... The Israeli Air Force (IAF) (Hebrew: חיל האוויר Heyl haAvir) is the air force of the Israel Defense Forces. ... The Six-Day War (Hebrew: מלחמת ששת הימים transliteration: Milhemet Sheshet Hayamim), also known as the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Six Days War, or June War, was fought between Israel and its Arab neighbors Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. ... The Raytheon MIM-23 HAWK is a surface-to-air missile. ... A surface-to-air missile (SAM) is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft. ...

On July 5, 1961, Israel launched the Shavit missile, igniting great technological pride in Israel, but also adding to the a regional arms race. July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Shavit (Hebrew: comet) is a launch vehicle produced by Israel. ...

Tzur retired from duty in December 1963. December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Civlian career

After his retirement Tzur was appointed as the general manager of Mekorot, Israel's national water company. In 1965 he became a Knesset memember on behalf of Rafi - David Ben Gurion's party, but retired shortly after he was elected and continued to work in Mekorot. Water (from the Old English word wæter; c. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... The Knesset (כנסת, Hebrew for assembly) is the Parliament of Israel. ... Rafi may refer to Rafi, an Israeli political party in the 1960s. ... David Ben-Gurion David Ben-Gurion (October 16, 1886—December 1, 1973; Hebrew: דוד בן גוריון) was the first Prime Minister of Israel. ...

With the appointment of Moshe Dayan as the Minister of Defense in May 1967, Tzur was asked to assist Dayan. Tzur served as an adviser to the Minister of Defense for seven years. Gen. ... This article is about the month of May. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

After that, Tzur served at several managing positions, including the Israeli Aicraft Industries, the shipping company ZIM and "Hevra le-Israel". ZIM has the following meanings: GAZ-12 ZIM, a limousine produced at the GAZ between 1950 and 1960. ...

Tzur was active in public affairs until his last days, and on April 29 2004 he signed a letter of support in Ariel Sharon's Israel's unilateral disengagement plan of 2004. April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... Ariel Sharon, the eleventh Prime Minister of Israel, spent many years in the Israel Defense Forces before being elected in March 2001. ... Israels unilateral disengagement plan (also known as the disengagement plan, תוכנית ההינתקות) is a proposal by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to remove all permanent Israeli presence in the Gaza Strip and northern Samaria (part of what is known as The West Bank to the Palestinians, the UN, and...

Chaim Laskov (1919-1983) was an Israeli public figure and the fifth Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces. ... The term Chief of Staff can refer to: The White House Chief of Staff, the highest-ranking member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States. ... 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, comprising the Israel army, Israel air force and Israel navy. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin (or Yitschak Rabin) (יצחק רבין in Hebrew), (March 1, 1922 – November 4, 1995) was an Israeli politician and general. ...

See also

• List of Israel's Chiefs of the General Staff