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Moshe Dayan: Story of My Life- An Autobiography
This is the revealing autobiography of a soldier who never forgot his roots as a farmer, a loner who rose to the highest echelons of government.
640 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1976
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October 23, 2025
هذه سيرة ذاتية لواحد من أبطال دولة من أكثر الدول الاستيطانية الوحشية في العصر الحديث، وهو إذ يروي قصة حياته، يؤرخ لنشئة وفتوة دولته العنصرية، لكن بشكل تسويقي يغلب عليه الطابع الملائكي
ولا يملك القارئ المتخفف من أي معرفة مسبقة بتاريخ إسرائيل وصراعها مع العرب، إلا الإعجاب برواية موشى لتاريخ تلك الدولة وكفاحها في التأسيس وشجاعتها في الحرب ورغبتها في السلام، وتسامحها مع جيرانها الفلسطينين! .. وسط أمواج من الشعوب المعادية الممتلئة بالكراهية.. هكذا ستفهم وتقتنع إذا كنت قارئاً أميّاً في تاريخ تلك العصابة
وموشى ديان من مواليد فلسطين العثمانية عام 1915 لأبوين يهوديين هاجرا من أوكرانيا، وسرعان ما التحق موشى بعصابات الهاجاناه، وحضر معظم حروب إسرائيل الكبرى مع العرب، وبعضها كان وزيرا للدفاع فيه، كما في حربي 67 و73.. ولا شك أنه شاهد ومشارك وقائد لكثير من فظائع وجرائم ومذابح هذا الكيان.. لكنك لن تجد أثراً لذلك في تلك السيرة البيضاء.. بل تجد دولة لا تحارب إلا دفاعاً عن نفسها، وعندما تمتلك مفاتيح القدس لا تمنع حق العرب والمسلمين بل تعطيهم الحرية الكاملة، التي كان اليهود يُمنعون منها حين كانت القدس تحت حكم العرب!.. وطبعا من يصدق هذا التاريخ الزائف، فأخبار اليوم تكفيه في معرفة حقائق الماضي والمستقبل..لاسيما مع كيان قائم على التزوير والتضليل
ولا عجب فيما سطره موشى في هذه السيرة - الممتعة في أسلوبها بالمناسبة - لكن العجب فيما ابتُلي به العرب من حكام وملوك ورؤساء، فهم ما بين خائن وأحمق..
انظر مثلاً ما فعله حكام العرب عام 48 بفلسطين، فهُجّر على إثرها نصف سكان فلسطين واحتل اليهود 78٪ من أرض فلسطين، بعد ان كانوا يمتلكون فعليا 7٪ فقط وبعد ان حكمت لهم الأمم المتحدة ب55٪ من مساحة فلسطين
ولا تسأل عن النكسة، حين أعلن عبدالناصر ما يشبه الحرب في مايو 67، فاحتلت إسرائيل في يونيو من نفس العام، سيناء وغزة من مصر، والجولان من سوريا، والقدس والضفة من الاردن!!
ثم اذهب إلى أكتوبر 73 وبعد الانتصارات العربية المدوية المفاجئة في بداية الحرب، حتى تدخل السادات في الخطة فتكبدت القوات المصرية خسائر فادحة واستلمت إسرائيل زمام المبادرة بعد ان كانت في موقف المنهزم المذعور
فلا أدري هل هؤلاء الحكام يعملون لصالح العرب أم لصالح إسرائيل!
This is an autobiography of one of the heroes of a state belonging to one of the most brutal settler-colonial countries in the modern era. While narrating his life story, he chronicles the genesis and youth of his racist state, but in a marketing-like style with an overwhelmingly angelic tone.
A reader unburdened by any prior knowledge of Israel's history and its conflict with the Arabs can only be impressed by Moshe's account of that state's history, its founding struggle, its bravery in war, its desire for peace, and its tolerance towards its Palestinian neighbors!... amidst waves of hate-filled, hostile peoples... This is what you would understand and be convinced of if you were an illiterate reader regarding the history of that gang.
Moshe Dayan was born in Ottoman Palestine in 1915 to Jewish parents who had emigrated from Ukraine. He quickly joined the Haganah gangs and participated in most of Israel's major wars with the Arabs, serving as Minister of Defense in some of them, like the '67 and '73 wars... There is no doubt that he was a witness, participant, and leader in many of the atrocities, crimes, and massacres of this entity... But you will find no trace of that in this whitewashed biography... Instead, you find a state that only fights in self-defense, and when it holds the keys to Jerusalem, it does not prevent the rights of Arabs and Muslims but grants them complete freedom – a freedom that Jews were denied when Jerusalem was under Arab rule!.. Of course, anyone who believes this false history need only look at today's news to know the truths of the past and the future... especially with an entity built on forgery and deception.
It is no wonder what Moshe wrote in this biography – which is, by the way, enjoyable in its style – but the wonder lies in the calamity that has befallen the Arabs in their rulers, kings, and presidents; they range from traitors to fools..
Look, for example, at what the Arab rulers did in 1948 with Palestine. Consequently, half of Palestine's population was displaced, and the Jews occupied 78% of the land of Palestine, after they had actually owned only 7% and after the United Nations had ruled for them to have 55% of Palestine's area.
And do not ask about the Naksa (Setback), when Nasser declared something akin to war in May '67, so Israel occupied in June of the same year: Sinai and Gaza from Egypt, the Golan from Syria, and Jerusalem and the West Bank from Jordan!!
Then go to October '73: after the startling, resounding Arab victories at the beginning of the war, Sadat intervened in the plan, causing the Egyptian forces to suffer heavy losses, and Israel seized the initiative after being in a state of terrified defeat.
So, I don't know: are these rulers working for the benefit of the Arabs or for the benefit of Israel.
ولا يملك القارئ المتخفف من أي معرفة مسبقة بتاريخ إسرائيل وصراعها مع العرب، إلا الإعجاب برواية موشى لتاريخ تلك الدولة وكفاحها في التأسيس وشجاعتها في الحرب ورغبتها في السلام، وتسامحها مع جيرانها الفلسطينين! .. وسط أمواج من الشعوب المعادية الممتلئة بالكراهية.. هكذا ستفهم وتقتنع إذا كنت قارئاً أميّاً في تاريخ تلك العصابة
وموشى ديان من مواليد فلسطين العثمانية عام 1915 لأبوين يهوديين هاجرا من أوكرانيا، وسرعان ما التحق موشى بعصابات الهاجاناه، وحضر معظم حروب إسرائيل الكبرى مع العرب، وبعضها كان وزيرا للدفاع فيه، كما في حربي 67 و73.. ولا شك أنه شاهد ومشارك وقائد لكثير من فظائع وجرائم ومذابح هذا الكيان.. لكنك لن تجد أثراً لذلك في تلك السيرة البيضاء.. بل تجد دولة لا تحارب إلا دفاعاً عن نفسها، وعندما تمتلك مفاتيح القدس لا تمنع حق العرب والمسلمين بل تعطيهم الحرية الكاملة، التي كان اليهود يُمنعون منها حين كانت القدس تحت حكم العرب!.. وطبعا من يصدق هذا التاريخ الزائف، فأخبار اليوم تكفيه في معرفة حقائق الماضي والمستقبل..لاسيما مع كيان قائم على التزوير والتضليل
ولا عجب فيما سطره موشى في هذه السيرة - الممتعة في أسلوبها بالمناسبة - لكن العجب فيما ابتُلي به العرب من حكام وملوك ورؤساء، فهم ما بين خائن وأحمق..
انظر مثلاً ما فعله حكام العرب عام 48 بفلسطين، فهُجّر على إثرها نصف سكان فلسطين واحتل اليهود 78٪ من أرض فلسطين، بعد ان كانوا يمتلكون فعليا 7٪ فقط وبعد ان حكمت لهم الأمم المتحدة ب55٪ من مساحة فلسطين
ولا تسأل عن النكسة، حين أعلن عبدالناصر ما يشبه الحرب في مايو 67، فاحتلت إسرائيل في يونيو من نفس العام، سيناء وغزة من مصر، والجولان من سوريا، والقدس والضفة من الاردن!!
ثم اذهب إلى أكتوبر 73 وبعد الانتصارات العربية المدوية المفاجئة في بداية الحرب، حتى تدخل السادات في الخطة فتكبدت القوات المصرية خسائر فادحة واستلمت إسرائيل زمام المبادرة بعد ان كانت في موقف المنهزم المذعور
فلا أدري هل هؤلاء الحكام يعملون لصالح العرب أم لصالح إسرائيل!
This is an autobiography of one of the heroes of a state belonging to one of the most brutal settler-colonial countries in the modern era. While narrating his life story, he chronicles the genesis and youth of his racist state, but in a marketing-like style with an overwhelmingly angelic tone.
A reader unburdened by any prior knowledge of Israel's history and its conflict with the Arabs can only be impressed by Moshe's account of that state's history, its founding struggle, its bravery in war, its desire for peace, and its tolerance towards its Palestinian neighbors!... amidst waves of hate-filled, hostile peoples... This is what you would understand and be convinced of if you were an illiterate reader regarding the history of that gang.
Moshe Dayan was born in Ottoman Palestine in 1915 to Jewish parents who had emigrated from Ukraine. He quickly joined the Haganah gangs and participated in most of Israel's major wars with the Arabs, serving as Minister of Defense in some of them, like the '67 and '73 wars... There is no doubt that he was a witness, participant, and leader in many of the atrocities, crimes, and massacres of this entity... But you will find no trace of that in this whitewashed biography... Instead, you find a state that only fights in self-defense, and when it holds the keys to Jerusalem, it does not prevent the rights of Arabs and Muslims but grants them complete freedom – a freedom that Jews were denied when Jerusalem was under Arab rule!.. Of course, anyone who believes this false history need only look at today's news to know the truths of the past and the future... especially with an entity built on forgery and deception.
It is no wonder what Moshe wrote in this biography – which is, by the way, enjoyable in its style – but the wonder lies in the calamity that has befallen the Arabs in their rulers, kings, and presidents; they range from traitors to fools..
Look, for example, at what the Arab rulers did in 1948 with Palestine. Consequently, half of Palestine's population was displaced, and the Jews occupied 78% of the land of Palestine, after they had actually owned only 7% and after the United Nations had ruled for them to have 55% of Palestine's area.
And do not ask about the Naksa (Setback), when Nasser declared something akin to war in May '67, so Israel occupied in June of the same year: Sinai and Gaza from Egypt, the Golan from Syria, and Jerusalem and the West Bank from Jordan!!
Then go to October '73: after the startling, resounding Arab victories at the beginning of the war, Sadat intervened in the plan, causing the Egyptian forces to suffer heavy losses, and Israel seized the initiative after being in a state of terrified defeat.
So, I don't know: are these rulers working for the benefit of the Arabs or for the benefit of Israel.
October 6, 2024
كعادتي بمناسبة شهر أكتوبر أفضل قراءة كتاب يتعلق بالحرب
وقررت أن يكون كتابا مترجما هذا العام
وإستقريت على هذا الكاتب لأحد صقور إسرائيل وأحد المؤسسين للكيان الصهيوني
برغم أن الكتاب أصلا سيرة ذاتية ولكن يمكن إعتباره عن الحرب كذلك
فحوالى تسعه أعشاره عن الحرب بدءً من عصابات الهاجاناه حتى حرب أكتوبر
قسم ديان الكتاب لثماني أبواب و40 فصلا :
الباب الأول
بدايات موشيه ديان يحكى الظروف المحيطة بولادته ولماذا سمى موشيه ومن أين جاء اسم ديان ولماذا هاجر أهله إلى فلسطين برغم أنهم لم يضطهدوا ف روسيا وكانت حياتهم طبيعية !!
ثم كيف إنضم للهاجاناه ف ال14 من العمر و بررها كذبا بالدفاع عن القرى اليهودية ضد هجمات العرب المتوحشون وكيف منعت سلطات الإنتداب البريطاني أنشطه الهاجاناه بعد أن كانت تتعاون معها وزجت به وبرفاقه ف السجن
وبعد خروجه من السجن عمل كجندي إستخبارات في الجيش البريطاني أثناء الحرب العالمية الثانية وفقد عينه اليسرى فى إحدى المعارك التى خاضها في تلك الفترة
الباب الثاني
يتحدث فيه عن قيام دولة إسرائيل وعن الصعوبات الجمة التى واجهتتها
خاصة من الدول العربية التى لم تهدأ لهذا القرار
وقررت الدخول بجيوشها لطرد العصابات اليهودية و إبطال إعلان الدولة
وكون الفرقة 98 كوماندوز وخاض معاركها في صحراء النقب
ثم محادثاته مع عبد الله التل الذي كلفه ملك الأردن بشأن القدس
الباب الثالث
عين ديان رئيسا للأركان في الجيش الإسرائيلي وبهذا يكون صاحب القرار العسكري في العمليات الحربية
و كانت فرصة ذهبية للصهاينة عندماأمم عبد الناصر القناة وعقدت فرنسا النية على ضرب مصر و يحكي كم التعقيدات السياسية والعسكرية والإقتصادية الرهيبة التى صاحبت الموقف و إنتهت بإستيلاء إسرائيل على سيناء و إنسحابها منها بعد 4 أشهر ونصف تقريبا
الباب الرابع
أقصر فصول الكتاب لأن فيه
تخلى ديان عن مناصبه العسكرية وتحول لوزير الزراعة والري
أو إلى مواطن عادي كما يقول وكيف أنهم متطورون في الزراعة وطلبت دول عدة خاصة في إفريقيا التعاون معهم في هذا المجال
ولكن هل يبعد عن الحرب ؟
كلا !
لقد عمل مراسلا حربيا في فيتنام عام 1966 !!!
و رأى كيف يخوض الجيش الأمريكي المعارك ف الغابات وهى البيئة المختلفة تماما عن صحارى النقب وسيناء
يستكمل
October 22, 2021
Moshe Dayan was one of Israel's greatest military heroes and political leaders.
He commanded the Israeli forces that won the Suez War of 1956, and directed the Israeli victory in the Six Day War forced on Israel by Arab nations in 1967.
Dayan served as the Israel Army Chief of Staff from 1953 to 1958, Minister of Agriculture from 1959 to 1964, and Minister of Defence from 1967 to 1974.
He was blamed, and reviled, by many Israelis for Israel's disastrous lack of preparation before being attacked by Arab armies in the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
Here he discusses his life but particularly the wars of Israel's survival from the War of Independence to the Yom Kippur War and the resultant political fallout are described in detail. He begins by describing his kibbutz boyhood in Degania, Israel, and his early involvement in the Jewish defence militia in the then Palestine Mandate, the Haganah. Here we read about the ravages of pre-state Israel by the early Arab terrorist movement in the 1930s, the ruthless Kassimiya, named after terrorist pioneer Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, after which the murderous military wing of Hamas is today named. He discusses his imprisonment by the British authorities and his part in World War II in the a Jewish Palestine division of the British army after his release in 1941. Fighting in Lebanon and Syria against the Vichy French, where he lost his eye.
He describes his heroic role in the 1948 War of Independence. The Suez War and the diplomatic and political machinations behind it including the gross hypocrisy of the Soviets who had just raped Hungary and massacred it's people. Yet on November 5 1956, Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin sent rocket-rattling threats to the prime ministers of France , Britain and Israel. The dispatch to Ben-Gurion expressed Soviet Russia's 'unqualified condemnation of the criminal acts of the aggressors' against Egypt and demanded Israel stop the military operations at once and withdraw from Egyptian territory. The letter added that the 'whole of peace-loving humanity condemned Israel which was 'acting as an instrument of external imperialistic forces' Shades of the rhetoric of the leftwing media and universities today and a great foreshadow of their hypocrisy is it not?
During his account of the Yom Kippur War Dayan describes how the Soviet News Agency Tass actually gave a false version of reports that Israel had started the war! The anti-Israel media of today had mentors!
I think Dayan is too generous in his assessment of Henry Kissinger, who deliberately urged Nixon not to help Israel after she was attacked in 1973, saying the USA should 'let the Israelis bleed a little'. He also describes Golda Meir's popularity among American Jews, quite saddening to think of how liberal American Jews today have disgracefully abandoned Israel, out of fashionable expediency
Dayan shows his wisdom with statements like 'Dreams could be very pleasant but one had to live with reality'
He ends the autobiography by describing the vision of Israel, the eternal bond of Israel to the Jewish people, and the duty of Israelis to live up to the vision of a pioneering society and enjoy the fruits of the country's own labour 'A courageous state prepared to fight to the death to defend itself, a people of ideas and ideals striving to achieve its national historic purpose-the revival of the Jewish nation in it's homeland'.
The descriptions of military campaigns is a must read for any enthusiast of military history.
Merged review:
Moshe Dayan was one of Israel's greatest military heroes and political leaders.
He commanded the Israeli forces that won the Suez War of 1956, and directed the Israeli victory in the Six Day War forced on Israel by Arab nations in 1967.
Dayan served as the Israel Army Chief of Staff from 1953 to 1958, Minister of Agriculture from 1959 to 1964, and Minister of Defence from 1967 to 1974.
He was blamed, and reviled, by many Israelis for Israel's disastrous lack of preparation before being attacked by Arab armies in the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
Here he discusses his life but particularly the wars of Israel's survival from the War of Independence to the Yom Kippur War and the resultant political fallout are described in detail. He begins by describing his kibbutz boyhood in Degania, Israel, and his early involvement in the Jewish defence militia in the then Palestine Mandate, the Haganah. Here we read about the ravages of pre-state Israel by the early Arab terrorist movement in the 1930s, the ruthless Kassimiya, named after terrorist pioneer Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, after which the murderous military wing of Hamas is today named. He discusses his imprisonment by the British authorities and his part in World War II in the a Jewish Palestine division of the British army after his release in 1941. Fighting in Lebanon and Syria against the Vichy French, where he lost his eye.
He describes his heroic role in the 1948 War of Independence. The Suez War and the diplomatic and political machinations behind it including the gross hypocrisy of the Soviets who had just raped Hungary and massacred it's people. Yet on November 5 1956, Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin sent rocket-rattling threats to the prime ministers of France , Britain and Israel. The dispatch to Ben-Gurion expressed Soviet Russia's 'unqualified condemnation of the criminal acts of the aggressors' against Egypt and demanded Israel stop the military operations at once and withdraw from Egyptian territory. The letter added that the 'whole of peace-loving humanity condemned Israel which was 'acting as an instrument of external imperialistic forces' Shades of the rhetoric of the leftwing media and universities today and a great foreshadow of their hypocrisy is it not?
Dayan describes how the Soviets and their proxies armed the Arabs with massive modern armaments free of charge in order to try to destroy Israel.
During his account of the Yom Kippur War Dayan describes how the Soviet News Agency Tass actually gave a false version of reports that Israel had started the war! The anti-Israel media of today had mentors!
I think Dayan is too generous in his assessment of Henry Kissinger, who deliberately urged Nixon not to help Israel after she was attacked in 1973, saying the USA should 'let the Israelis bleed a little'. He also describes Golda Meir's popularity among American Jews, quite saddening to think of how liberal American Jews today have disgracefully abandoned Israel, out of fashionable expediency.
Among the best chapters in the book was the chapter of the terrorist atrocities by the bloodthirsty Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in 1974 at Kiryat Shmona in which 18 Israelis , of which eight were children were murdered and Maalot where 105 Jewish children were taken hostage by terrorists grenades and automatic weapons. They killed 22 children and wounded 68 more . Dayan describes his contact with wounded survivors on the scene of the massacre.
After their defeat in the Yom Kippur War of 1973 the Arab realized they could never defeat Israel in a conventional war, embarked ona diabolical twin campaign of terror against Israeli civilians (mainly targeting women and children) and the largest most venomous propaganda campaign in history with the willing aid of the new left which is reaping its evil fruits today in the demonization and de legitimization of Israel, accompanied by the economic genocide waged known as Boycott, Divestment and Sanction, so much a part of today's climate.
Dayan shows his wisdom with statements like 'Dreams could be very pleasant but one had to live with reality'
He ends the autobiography by describing the vision of Israel, the eternal bond of Israel to the Jewish people, and the duty of Israelis to live up to the vision of a pioneering society and enjoy the fruits of the country's own labour 'A courageous state prepared to fight to the death to defend itself, a people of ideas and ideals striving to achieve its national historic purpose-the revival of the Jewish nation in it's homeland'.
The descriptions of military campaigns is a must read for any enthusiast of military history.
He commanded the Israeli forces that won the Suez War of 1956, and directed the Israeli victory in the Six Day War forced on Israel by Arab nations in 1967.
Dayan served as the Israel Army Chief of Staff from 1953 to 1958, Minister of Agriculture from 1959 to 1964, and Minister of Defence from 1967 to 1974.
He was blamed, and reviled, by many Israelis for Israel's disastrous lack of preparation before being attacked by Arab armies in the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
Here he discusses his life but particularly the wars of Israel's survival from the War of Independence to the Yom Kippur War and the resultant political fallout are described in detail. He begins by describing his kibbutz boyhood in Degania, Israel, and his early involvement in the Jewish defence militia in the then Palestine Mandate, the Haganah. Here we read about the ravages of pre-state Israel by the early Arab terrorist movement in the 1930s, the ruthless Kassimiya, named after terrorist pioneer Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, after which the murderous military wing of Hamas is today named. He discusses his imprisonment by the British authorities and his part in World War II in the a Jewish Palestine division of the British army after his release in 1941. Fighting in Lebanon and Syria against the Vichy French, where he lost his eye.
He describes his heroic role in the 1948 War of Independence. The Suez War and the diplomatic and political machinations behind it including the gross hypocrisy of the Soviets who had just raped Hungary and massacred it's people. Yet on November 5 1956, Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin sent rocket-rattling threats to the prime ministers of France , Britain and Israel. The dispatch to Ben-Gurion expressed Soviet Russia's 'unqualified condemnation of the criminal acts of the aggressors' against Egypt and demanded Israel stop the military operations at once and withdraw from Egyptian territory. The letter added that the 'whole of peace-loving humanity condemned Israel which was 'acting as an instrument of external imperialistic forces' Shades of the rhetoric of the leftwing media and universities today and a great foreshadow of their hypocrisy is it not?
During his account of the Yom Kippur War Dayan describes how the Soviet News Agency Tass actually gave a false version of reports that Israel had started the war! The anti-Israel media of today had mentors!
I think Dayan is too generous in his assessment of Henry Kissinger, who deliberately urged Nixon not to help Israel after she was attacked in 1973, saying the USA should 'let the Israelis bleed a little'. He also describes Golda Meir's popularity among American Jews, quite saddening to think of how liberal American Jews today have disgracefully abandoned Israel, out of fashionable expediency
Dayan shows his wisdom with statements like 'Dreams could be very pleasant but one had to live with reality'
He ends the autobiography by describing the vision of Israel, the eternal bond of Israel to the Jewish people, and the duty of Israelis to live up to the vision of a pioneering society and enjoy the fruits of the country's own labour 'A courageous state prepared to fight to the death to defend itself, a people of ideas and ideals striving to achieve its national historic purpose-the revival of the Jewish nation in it's homeland'.
The descriptions of military campaigns is a must read for any enthusiast of military history.
Merged review:
Moshe Dayan was one of Israel's greatest military heroes and political leaders.
He commanded the Israeli forces that won the Suez War of 1956, and directed the Israeli victory in the Six Day War forced on Israel by Arab nations in 1967.
Dayan served as the Israel Army Chief of Staff from 1953 to 1958, Minister of Agriculture from 1959 to 1964, and Minister of Defence from 1967 to 1974.
He was blamed, and reviled, by many Israelis for Israel's disastrous lack of preparation before being attacked by Arab armies in the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
Here he discusses his life but particularly the wars of Israel's survival from the War of Independence to the Yom Kippur War and the resultant political fallout are described in detail. He begins by describing his kibbutz boyhood in Degania, Israel, and his early involvement in the Jewish defence militia in the then Palestine Mandate, the Haganah. Here we read about the ravages of pre-state Israel by the early Arab terrorist movement in the 1930s, the ruthless Kassimiya, named after terrorist pioneer Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, after which the murderous military wing of Hamas is today named. He discusses his imprisonment by the British authorities and his part in World War II in the a Jewish Palestine division of the British army after his release in 1941. Fighting in Lebanon and Syria against the Vichy French, where he lost his eye.
He describes his heroic role in the 1948 War of Independence. The Suez War and the diplomatic and political machinations behind it including the gross hypocrisy of the Soviets who had just raped Hungary and massacred it's people. Yet on November 5 1956, Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin sent rocket-rattling threats to the prime ministers of France , Britain and Israel. The dispatch to Ben-Gurion expressed Soviet Russia's 'unqualified condemnation of the criminal acts of the aggressors' against Egypt and demanded Israel stop the military operations at once and withdraw from Egyptian territory. The letter added that the 'whole of peace-loving humanity condemned Israel which was 'acting as an instrument of external imperialistic forces' Shades of the rhetoric of the leftwing media and universities today and a great foreshadow of their hypocrisy is it not?
Dayan describes how the Soviets and their proxies armed the Arabs with massive modern armaments free of charge in order to try to destroy Israel.
During his account of the Yom Kippur War Dayan describes how the Soviet News Agency Tass actually gave a false version of reports that Israel had started the war! The anti-Israel media of today had mentors!
I think Dayan is too generous in his assessment of Henry Kissinger, who deliberately urged Nixon not to help Israel after she was attacked in 1973, saying the USA should 'let the Israelis bleed a little'. He also describes Golda Meir's popularity among American Jews, quite saddening to think of how liberal American Jews today have disgracefully abandoned Israel, out of fashionable expediency.
Among the best chapters in the book was the chapter of the terrorist atrocities by the bloodthirsty Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in 1974 at Kiryat Shmona in which 18 Israelis , of which eight were children were murdered and Maalot where 105 Jewish children were taken hostage by terrorists grenades and automatic weapons. They killed 22 children and wounded 68 more . Dayan describes his contact with wounded survivors on the scene of the massacre.
After their defeat in the Yom Kippur War of 1973 the Arab realized they could never defeat Israel in a conventional war, embarked ona diabolical twin campaign of terror against Israeli civilians (mainly targeting women and children) and the largest most venomous propaganda campaign in history with the willing aid of the new left which is reaping its evil fruits today in the demonization and de legitimization of Israel, accompanied by the economic genocide waged known as Boycott, Divestment and Sanction, so much a part of today's climate.
Dayan shows his wisdom with statements like 'Dreams could be very pleasant but one had to live with reality'
He ends the autobiography by describing the vision of Israel, the eternal bond of Israel to the Jewish people, and the duty of Israelis to live up to the vision of a pioneering society and enjoy the fruits of the country's own labour 'A courageous state prepared to fight to the death to defend itself, a people of ideas and ideals striving to achieve its national historic purpose-the revival of the Jewish nation in it's homeland'.
The descriptions of military campaigns is a must read for any enthusiast of military history.
February 22, 2016
هذا الكتاب كعادة السير الذاتية يحاول كتابها تعظيم نفسه وغض الطرف عن أخطائه وقليلون هم من يتحلون بالشجاعة وأمام شخصية مثل موشيه ديان يعدها الإسرائيليون من الأبطال وبعيدًا عن أى عواطف تجاه الكيان الصهيوني لم أرى فى هذه السيرة ما يجعلنى أن اصفه بشجاعة الكلمة والصدق
هذه السيرة مليئة بالأكاذيب والتناقضات التى تفضح الصورة التى كان يحاول أن يرسمها موشيه ديان لنفسه وللكيان الذى ينتمى إليه وسط قليل من الحقائق كى يجعل البعض يظن أن الكذب لا يتم عن عمد
من هذه الأكاذيب روايته عن مشاجرة له مع صديق عربي ورغم المشاجرة ونزوح الصديق العربي عن المنطقة التى استولى عليها اليهود وطردهم للبدو ومنعهم من الرعي وقيام الصديق بالإعتداء على ديان إلا أن قلب ديان الطيب لا يحمل له أى ضغينة!! وهو أمر لا يفعله الأسوياء فقليل من الغضب لا يضر الأصدقاء!
ومن الأكاذيب أيضا والتى لايجب أن تخرج من جنرال عسكري هو الإدعاء بقوة العرب خلال حرب 1948 التى أراها كانت أشبه بالمظاهرة العاطفية تجاه القضية الفلسطينية واتسمت الجيوش العربية بالضعف الناتج عن نقص الخبرة القتالية وأيضا وقوع تلك الدول للإحتلال الإنجليزي أو الفرنسي وهو ما وقف عائق تجاه بناء جيوش حديثة وهو نفس الحال فى حرب 1967 بالإضافة لعامل رئيسي لدينا نحن العرب وهو الخطاب الناصري العاطفي المنفصل عن واقع حال الجيش المصري واعتماد الرئيس جمال عبد الناصر على أهل الثقة دونًا عن أهل الخبرة والصراع على السلطة بين عبد الحكيم عامر وبينه وانعدام الخبرة والكفاءة التى تؤهل عبد الحكيم عامر لشغل أعلى منصب فى الجيش المصري وما زاد الطين بلة هو القرار غير المسئول الذى اتخذه عبد الحكيم عامر بالإنسحاب الفوري من سيناء دون خطة تكفل الحماية لقواته
ثم تأتي أكبر الأكاذيب التى يحاول الكيان الصهيوني الترويج لها هو أن انتصار مصر فى حرب كيبور 6 أكتوبر 1973 ليس حقيقيا وأن المغامرة التليفزيونية التى قام بها شارون والمسماة بالثغرة تثبت نجاح إسرائيل فى هزيمة مصر وهنا لا يوجد عاقل ينكر حدوث الثغرة لكن أيضا أن يتحدث جنرال عسكري ليوحي أن هذه الثغرة تثبت نجاح إسرئايل فى قلب طاولة الحرب يجعلنى أشك فى خبرته العسكرية ويثبت بما لايدع مجال للشك أنه كاذب فالثغرة لم تنفيها القيادة المصرية وخير مثال مذكرات المشير الجمسى عن حرب أكتوبر ومذكرات الفريق سعد الدين الشاذلى ومذكرات الرئيس الراحل محمد أنور السادات ومن خلال القراءات لهذه المذكرات وكذلك الأحاديث التليفزيونية لذكرى حرب 6 أكتوبر أن الثغرة كان يمكن احتوائها ولكن احتوائها كان سيكلف الجانبين الكثير من الخسائر البشرية والتى تستطيع مصر تحملها بعكس إسرائيل واستطيع أن أقول أن حدوث هذا الإحتواء وإنهاء تلك الثغرة كان سيكون بمثابة ماسادا جديدة لليهود وبكائية جديدة وحيث أن الرئيس الراحل محمد أنور السادات خاض حرب 1973 لكسر حالة اللاحرب واللاسلم ولدفع أمريكا للوقوف فى صف الحق العربي بعد أحاديث كسنجر وتلميحه بأن المنتصر هو من يملي شروطه واستراتيجة السادات كانت العبور من أجل الوقوف على أرض صلبة تجبر إسرائيل على الإنسحاب من الأراضي المحتلة عن طريق المفاوضات وفى حالة إنهاء الثغرة أو الماسادا كان يستحيل الجلوس على مائدة المفاوضات كما لا يغيب عن الأذهان الجسر الجوي الأمريكي ورعاية أمريكا الدائمة للكيان الصهيوني وأنها لن تقف موقف المتفرج حال قيام مصر بقتل القوات الإسرائيلية فى الثغرة
والأكاذيب لاتنتهى عندما يذكر خرق مصر لوقف إطلاق النار 452 مرة ودائما هى التى تبدأ وأعتقد إذا كتب بحدوث خروقات من كلا الجانبين كانت ستكون أقرب للواقعية ولاتكشف كذبه
ثم يتحدث عن الغضب الشعبي تجاهه بعد حرب كيبور 6 أكتوبر 1973 فى تناقض يثبت الكذب فالمنتصر لايقدم استقالاته مرتين أثناء القتال والمنتصر يقابله شعبه بحب وفخر وإجلال
فى النهاية هناك كثير عندى يحتاج إلى إجابات وخاصة الجانب السوري حيث نظريا ومن الواقع الجغرافي كانت سوريا هى التى تستطيع أن تهدد الداخل الإسرئيلي وكانت تستطيع أن تخفف العبء عن الجانب المصري لا العكس كما حدث من تطوير مصر الهجوم فى غياب حائط الصواريخ وهو ماجعلها تخسر الكثير من الدبابات بالإضافة لوجود تقارب سوفيتي سوري وسرعة الإستجابة لتسليحهم كانت أفضل من مصر
أخيرا من مستوطنة عوفيرا بشرم الشيخ أو ما يطلق عليها مساكن اليهود بشرم الشيخ حيث اسكن بها منذ عام 1987 كتبت هذه المراجعة
وهذا دليل آخر على من انتصر ;)
هذه السيرة مليئة بالأكاذيب والتناقضات التى تفضح الصورة التى كان يحاول أن يرسمها موشيه ديان لنفسه وللكيان الذى ينتمى إليه وسط قليل من الحقائق كى يجعل البعض يظن أن الكذب لا يتم عن عمد
من هذه الأكاذيب روايته عن مشاجرة له مع صديق عربي ورغم المشاجرة ونزوح الصديق العربي عن المنطقة التى استولى عليها اليهود وطردهم للبدو ومنعهم من الرعي وقيام الصديق بالإعتداء على ديان إلا أن قلب ديان الطيب لا يحمل له أى ضغينة!! وهو أمر لا يفعله الأسوياء فقليل من الغضب لا يضر الأصدقاء!
ومن الأكاذيب أيضا والتى لايجب أن تخرج من جنرال عسكري هو الإدعاء بقوة العرب خلال حرب 1948 التى أراها كانت أشبه بالمظاهرة العاطفية تجاه القضية الفلسطينية واتسمت الجيوش العربية بالضعف الناتج عن نقص الخبرة القتالية وأيضا وقوع تلك الدول للإحتلال الإنجليزي أو الفرنسي وهو ما وقف عائق تجاه بناء جيوش حديثة وهو نفس الحال فى حرب 1967 بالإضافة لعامل رئيسي لدينا نحن العرب وهو الخطاب الناصري العاطفي المنفصل عن واقع حال الجيش المصري واعتماد الرئيس جمال عبد الناصر على أهل الثقة دونًا عن أهل الخبرة والصراع على السلطة بين عبد الحكيم عامر وبينه وانعدام الخبرة والكفاءة التى تؤهل عبد الحكيم عامر لشغل أعلى منصب فى الجيش المصري وما زاد الطين بلة هو القرار غير المسئول الذى اتخذه عبد الحكيم عامر بالإنسحاب الفوري من سيناء دون خطة تكفل الحماية لقواته
ثم تأتي أكبر الأكاذيب التى يحاول الكيان الصهيوني الترويج لها هو أن انتصار مصر فى حرب كيبور 6 أكتوبر 1973 ليس حقيقيا وأن المغامرة التليفزيونية التى قام بها شارون والمسماة بالثغرة تثبت نجاح إسرائيل فى هزيمة مصر وهنا لا يوجد عاقل ينكر حدوث الثغرة لكن أيضا أن يتحدث جنرال عسكري ليوحي أن هذه الثغرة تثبت نجاح إسرئايل فى قلب طاولة الحرب يجعلنى أشك فى خبرته العسكرية ويثبت بما لايدع مجال للشك أنه كاذب فالثغرة لم تنفيها القيادة المصرية وخير مثال مذكرات المشير الجمسى عن حرب أكتوبر ومذكرات الفريق سعد الدين الشاذلى ومذكرات الرئيس الراحل محمد أنور السادات ومن خلال القراءات لهذه المذكرات وكذلك الأحاديث التليفزيونية لذكرى حرب 6 أكتوبر أن الثغرة كان يمكن احتوائها ولكن احتوائها كان سيكلف الجانبين الكثير من الخسائر البشرية والتى تستطيع مصر تحملها بعكس إسرائيل واستطيع أن أقول أن حدوث هذا الإحتواء وإنهاء تلك الثغرة كان سيكون بمثابة ماسادا جديدة لليهود وبكائية جديدة وحيث أن الرئيس الراحل محمد أنور السادات خاض حرب 1973 لكسر حالة اللاحرب واللاسلم ولدفع أمريكا للوقوف فى صف الحق العربي بعد أحاديث كسنجر وتلميحه بأن المنتصر هو من يملي شروطه واستراتيجة السادات كانت العبور من أجل الوقوف على أرض صلبة تجبر إسرائيل على الإنسحاب من الأراضي المحتلة عن طريق المفاوضات وفى حالة إنهاء الثغرة أو الماسادا كان يستحيل الجلوس على مائدة المفاوضات كما لا يغيب عن الأذهان الجسر الجوي الأمريكي ورعاية أمريكا الدائمة للكيان الصهيوني وأنها لن تقف موقف المتفرج حال قيام مصر بقتل القوات الإسرائيلية فى الثغرة
والأكاذيب لاتنتهى عندما يذكر خرق مصر لوقف إطلاق النار 452 مرة ودائما هى التى تبدأ وأعتقد إذا كتب بحدوث خروقات من كلا الجانبين كانت ستكون أقرب للواقعية ولاتكشف كذبه
ثم يتحدث عن الغضب الشعبي تجاهه بعد حرب كيبور 6 أكتوبر 1973 فى تناقض يثبت الكذب فالمنتصر لايقدم استقالاته مرتين أثناء القتال والمنتصر يقابله شعبه بحب وفخر وإجلال
فى النهاية هناك كثير عندى يحتاج إلى إجابات وخاصة الجانب السوري حيث نظريا ومن الواقع الجغرافي كانت سوريا هى التى تستطيع أن تهدد الداخل الإسرئيلي وكانت تستطيع أن تخفف العبء عن الجانب المصري لا العكس كما حدث من تطوير مصر الهجوم فى غياب حائط الصواريخ وهو ماجعلها تخسر الكثير من الدبابات بالإضافة لوجود تقارب سوفيتي سوري وسرعة الإستجابة لتسليحهم كانت أفضل من مصر
أخيرا من مستوطنة عوفيرا بشرم الشيخ أو ما يطلق عليها مساكن اليهود بشرم الشيخ حيث اسكن بها منذ عام 1987 كتبت هذه المراجعة
وهذا دليل آخر على من انتصر ;)
August 6, 2016
he was fond of Israel, lived his live chasing and protecting land which he didn't belong to.. he believed the lie and lived to protect it.. but once and for all, Palestine will forever be Palestine..
I liked to read the book because Moshe dayan's life is in a way or another goes on the same pattern with the birth of what is called Israel..
but those horrible lies and justification to all of their bloody acts, robbery, taking over lands and lives, fraudulence and awful pretending,without any feeling of shame or guilt made me sick !!
I can't deny that they made a great job by making this Israel with all of it's progress and complete life even it came with blood and sword, money and power.. but those people who make me sick always, because they live on blood and flesh of other people, made a great job iin no time !
Thanks to MAMA America :(
I liked to read the book because Moshe dayan's life is in a way or another goes on the same pattern with the birth of what is called Israel..
but those horrible lies and justification to all of their bloody acts, robbery, taking over lands and lives, fraudulence and awful pretending,without any feeling of shame or guilt made me sick !!
I can't deny that they made a great job by making this Israel with all of it's progress and complete life even it came with blood and sword, money and power.. but those people who make me sick always, because they live on blood and flesh of other people, made a great job iin no time !
Thanks to MAMA America :(
May 23, 2014
واحد من أكثر الشخصيات العسكرية المجرمة التي قاتلت من أجل فكرتها .
وضعت 5 تجوم لسببين :
أولاً : أنّك قد اعترفت بكرهكم الأبدي والأزلي للعرب ، وأن العرب يحملون ذات المشاعر اتجاهكم .. فلم لا يُمسك الحكام العرب ذلك الكتاب ويقرأون ..
ولمَ لا يمسك محمود عباس هذا الكتاب ويقرأ تلك الفقرة التي أمركم بها بن جوريون أن تطيلوا المفاوضات مع الأردن لأكبر قدر ممكن حتّى تحدثوا على الأرض الفارق ..
وبنفس الوقت ألا توافقوا على أي مقترح كائن ! ..
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ثانياً : أنْك قد اعترفت في أول الكتاب ، أنّك لا تعرف اسم عائلتك ، لأن الجميع قد نسوه :D !
فسُمّيت عائلتك على اسم وظيفة أبيك ( القاضي ) وهي بالعبرية دايان !
فهذا اعتراف صريح بأنّك لا أصل ولا فصل لك ، ولا نسب ولا حسب ..
وبنفس الوقت أنا أملك اسم عائلتي كاملاً مكمّلا بعشرين اسم !
صادقٌ كنتَ وأنت الكاذب ، عندما قلت أنّه لم تُقم مستعمرة لنا في أرض فلسطين إلا على أنقاض قرية عربية ..
وضعت 5 تجوم لسببين :
أولاً : أنّك قد اعترفت بكرهكم الأبدي والأزلي للعرب ، وأن العرب يحملون ذات المشاعر اتجاهكم .. فلم لا يُمسك الحكام العرب ذلك الكتاب ويقرأون ..
ولمَ لا يمسك محمود عباس هذا الكتاب ويقرأ تلك الفقرة التي أمركم بها بن جوريون أن تطيلوا المفاوضات مع الأردن لأكبر قدر ممكن حتّى تحدثوا على الأرض الفارق ..
وبنفس الوقت ألا توافقوا على أي مقترح كائن ! ..
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ثانياً : أنْك قد اعترفت في أول الكتاب ، أنّك لا تعرف اسم عائلتك ، لأن الجميع قد نسوه :D !
فسُمّيت عائلتك على اسم وظيفة أبيك ( القاضي ) وهي بالعبرية دايان !
فهذا اعتراف صريح بأنّك لا أصل ولا فصل لك ، ولا نسب ولا حسب ..
وبنفس الوقت أنا أملك اسم عائلتي كاملاً مكمّلا بعشرين اسم !
صادقٌ كنتَ وأنت الكاذب ، عندما قلت أنّه لم تُقم مستعمرة لنا في أرض فلسطين إلا على أنقاض قرية عربية ..
May 19, 2019
An excellent book that tells the history of Israel through the perspective of one of the most interesting figures of the 20th century.
Admittedly, the book took longer for me to read that most of Dayan's military campaigns put together, but that's due to the richness of the book's content with his fascinating insight on what happened and why it happened.
Admittedly, the book took longer for me to read that most of Dayan's military campaigns put together, but that's due to the richness of the book's content with his fascinating insight on what happened and why it happened.
November 23, 2014
The life of Moshe Dayan is indeed very interesting. By reading it one gets to understand much better the historical and political issues involved in the isralei - palestinian question and how this matter got entangled with most of the 20th century geopolitical evolution. Moshe Dayan was a natural born soldier, being involved with the zionist undercovered military machine since his teens. His rise to power was connected to the clear leadership he exerted on his soldiers, and not to political arrangements. In this sense Dayan was always among his soldiers, much more a "primus inter pares" than an unreachable strategist that sees battle from a map room. The book is very sincere and in many points he opens his heart and one can see the joy (as for example in the episode of the liberation of Jerusalem) and sadness (when he talks about the dead young officers during the yom kippur war). It is important to notice, however, that despite being such a telented soldier, one can not say that Dayan succeeded as a politician. His mandate as Minister of Agriculture receives almost no atention in the book and one can see that his heart was not at it. Other episodes that deserved more atention, like the Lavon affair and the creation of Rafi are quite superficially touched.
June 16, 2013
The story of the life of Moshe Dayan parallels the story of modern day Israel. They are essentially one and the same.
Born in Palestine in 1915, Moshe Dayan has complete understanding of the history of the region and very ably relates that information to his readers.
This book recounts the bitter struggle for nationhood and for the survival of the young fledgling nation of Israel from Arab enemies all around it who would like nothing more than to utterly destroy Israel and the Jews.
It's been several decades since Israel has been in an all-out war for survival, but constant harassment from terrorists continues with alarming regularity.
I fully recommend this book for all who wish to learn more about the fulfillment of God's promise to restore Israel as a nation, the actual event taking place in 1948.
Born in Palestine in 1915, Moshe Dayan has complete understanding of the history of the region and very ably relates that information to his readers.
This book recounts the bitter struggle for nationhood and for the survival of the young fledgling nation of Israel from Arab enemies all around it who would like nothing more than to utterly destroy Israel and the Jews.
It's been several decades since Israel has been in an all-out war for survival, but constant harassment from terrorists continues with alarming regularity.
I fully recommend this book for all who wish to learn more about the fulfillment of God's promise to restore Israel as a nation, the actual event taking place in 1948.
October 22, 2020
Bunch of lies and egoism ! He disregarded a lot of historical facts during the whole Arab- Israeli conflict and magnified minor nonsense acts.
Der Yasin Mascara
Dishonoring the egyptian captives during the 6 days war-1967 before killing all of them in the desert with cold blood (some were burried alive- documented)
Kantara - East battle
Capturing of Assaf Yaguri ( Commander of tanks battalion) during the tanks battle on the 8th of October 1973
He mentioned that Israel replied to the sinking of Eilat destroyer by sinking 2 egyptian corvettes. Never read about this in any historical book !!
If Israel have won Youm Kippur day in Sinai it would have never retreated an inch as the current case at Gulan heights.
Der Yasin Mascara
Dishonoring the egyptian captives during the 6 days war-1967 before killing all of them in the desert with cold blood (some were burried alive- documented)
Kantara - East battle
Capturing of Assaf Yaguri ( Commander of tanks battalion) during the tanks battle on the 8th of October 1973
He mentioned that Israel replied to the sinking of Eilat destroyer by sinking 2 egyptian corvettes. Never read about this in any historical book !!
If Israel have won Youm Kippur day in Sinai it would have never retreated an inch as the current case at Gulan heights.
May 29, 2014
أولا أقدم الشكر لمن أهدانى هذا الكتاب لقرائته
ثانيا هذا الكتاب ليس صالحا لكل اﻷعمار العقلية وأعتقد أنى لم أصل إلى تلك المرحلة
ثالثا أنت مخطيء لو ظننت أن هذا الكتاب سيفضح المؤامرات الخفية والمجازر غير اﻵدمية لبنى صعيون
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تشعر فى معظم الكتاب أن هناك محاولة لتجميل إسرائيل وإظهارها بمظهر مريد السلام وأنها مظلومة فى جميع الحروب التى خاضتها
تشعر أيضا أن هناك اقتصاص لصفحات كثيرة من تاريخ إسرائيل خصوصا تلك الصفحات الدموية السوداء
تنفضح لك بعض الشخصيات المصرية والعربية مدعية الوطنية والدهاء والمقاومة الباسلة
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ينبغى عليك ئان تقرأ مذكرات جنرالات الحرب المصريين حتى تكتمل الصورة
نصيحتى: لن تستفيد كثيرا إذا قرأته
ثانيا هذا الكتاب ليس صالحا لكل اﻷعمار العقلية وأعتقد أنى لم أصل إلى تلك المرحلة
ثالثا أنت مخطيء لو ظننت أن هذا الكتاب سيفضح المؤامرات الخفية والمجازر غير اﻵدمية لبنى صعيون
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تشعر فى معظم الكتاب أن هناك محاولة لتجميل إسرائيل وإظهارها بمظهر مريد السلام وأنها مظلومة فى جميع الحروب التى خاضتها
تشعر أيضا أن هناك اقتصاص لصفحات كثيرة من تاريخ إسرائيل خصوصا تلك الصفحات الدموية السوداء
تنفضح لك بعض الشخصيات المصرية والعربية مدعية الوطنية والدهاء والمقاومة الباسلة
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ينبغى عليك ئان تقرأ مذكرات جنرالات الحرب المصريين حتى تكتمل الصورة
نصيحتى: لن تستفيد كثيرا إذا قرأته
March 9, 2023
Moshe Dayan shares his account of early life on a kibbutz, of joining the Hagganah at age 14, his time as a political prisoner, the Israeli Independence War, the Suez Crisis, his relationship with David Ben Gurion, his observations of the Veitnam Conlflict, the Six-day War, and Yom Kippur War. Toward the final fifty pages it seems that Dayan is presening "his side of the story", due to the criticism he came under after the Yom Kippur War.
Per friends in the West Bank his family still owns over 300 archeological treasures (ivory) Dayan stole from Sebastia.
Per friends in the West Bank his family still owns over 300 archeological treasures (ivory) Dayan stole from Sebastia.
October 21, 2017
كتاب من السير الذاتية
يحكى عن أبشع ظابط فى العسكرية الصهيونية
كلب من الكلاب ..كيف كانوا يتآمروا على هذه الدولة والأمة ؟!
يطلقوا على المقاومة عصابات التخريب
كنت اقرأ وأنا احترق غيظا أننا بتلك السفاهة التى تجعلنا لا نشعر بعدو مثل هذا
ليتنا يوما ندرك الدرس
يحكى عن أبشع ظابط فى العسكرية الصهيونية
كلب من الكلاب ..كيف كانوا يتآمروا على هذه الدولة والأمة ؟!
يطلقوا على المقاومة عصابات التخريب
كنت اقرأ وأنا احترق غيظا أننا بتلك السفاهة التى تجعلنا لا نشعر بعدو مثل هذا
ليتنا يوما ندرك الدرس
December 16, 2014
أمورة اوى جانيت ... لما انت انتصرت في 6 اكتوبر كنت مقدم استقالتك ليه .. ده انت كداب كدب الابل
Want to read
November 28, 2012lol
January 13, 2022
Era marti dupã-amiazã, în prima zi de dupã Rãzboiul de sase Zile. Cu douãzeci si patru de ore în urmã, artileria iordanianã bombardase zonele evreiesti ale Ierusalimului. Brigada de parasutisti a lui Motta Gur intrase în actiune dupã miezul noptii si, dupã ore de lupte înversunate în întuneric, capturase fortificatiile Legiunii Arabe din suburbiile nordice ale Orasului Vechili. Uri Ben-Ari tocmai dãduse de stire cã brigada sa mecanizatã a capturat Colina Francezã, în felul acesta drumul spre Muntele Scopus era aproape deschis, iar Scopus, care timp de nouãsprezece ani a fost o enclavã israelitã în teritoriul iordanian ostil, era pe cale de a fi legat de jumãtatea evreiascã a Ierusalimului. M-am hotãrât sã merg acolo.
Elicopterul meu a aterizat în afara coridorului conventional al Ierusalimului, unde Uzi Narkiss îsi instalase Comandamentul Central al cartierelor generale înaintate. El mi-a spus cã lupta încã se desfãsura si cã nu fusese fãcutã legãtura cu Muntele Scopus. Nu aveam însã timp de asteptat si 1-am zorit pe Uzi sã treacã la actiune. M-a condus la un parc de vehicule si a oprit la un car de luptã blindat. Din fericire, conducãtorul n-a putut sã porneascã motorul, asa încât am urcat într-un autoturism de comandã deschis si într-un jeep. Erau cu mine seful de operatiuni Ezer Weizman si adjunctul sãu Gândi, precum si secretarul meu militar, losua Raviv. A condus Uzi, iar eu am stat lângã el — o schemã familiarã, ca atunci când mersesem de la E-Tor, din Golful Suezului, la sarm-el-seik, cu vreo zece ani înainte, în timpul campaniei din Sinai. Nici atunci drumul nu fusese încã curãtat de inamic.
Elicopterul meu a aterizat în afara coridorului conventional al Ierusalimului, unde Uzi Narkiss îsi instalase Comandamentul Central al cartierelor generale înaintate. El mi-a spus cã lupta încã se desfãsura si cã nu fusese fãcutã legãtura cu Muntele Scopus. Nu aveam însã timp de asteptat si 1-am zorit pe Uzi sã treacã la actiune. M-a condus la un parc de vehicule si a oprit la un car de luptã blindat. Din fericire, conducãtorul n-a putut sã porneascã motorul, asa încât am urcat într-un autoturism de comandã deschis si într-un jeep. Erau cu mine seful de operatiuni Ezer Weizman si adjunctul sãu Gândi, precum si secretarul meu militar, losua Raviv. A condus Uzi, iar eu am stat lângã el — o schemã familiarã, ca atunci când mersesem de la E-Tor, din Golful Suezului, la sarm-el-seik, cu vreo zece ani înainte, în timpul campaniei din Sinai. Nici atunci drumul nu fusese încã curãtat de inamic.
January 16, 2024
My Amazon review May 3, 2017: There at the Birth
Superb look at the history of Israel through the eyes of one of the pivotal figures from the critical years of 1947-1974. Anyone wanting an understanding of how modern Israel rose from and through those formative events (the War of Independence, the Sinai Crisis, the 6-Day War and Yom Kippur) woud be well-served by Dayan's book. I still remember as a 12-year old in America in 1967 the photos of the great Moshe Dayan in Time and Life magazines after the 6-Day War and the youthful amazement at events I had little to no grasp of. This is not a highly introspective work, although you will learn much of his thoughts and motivations. Perhaps the external events were more than enough to explain. The picture that emerges of Dayan is of a man with great humanity and with sympathy and respect for his Arab opponents. I suppose that some biographies may call him arrogant or something but this is the work of a man with humility as well. Highly recommended for the student of Israeli and Middle East history and a period that will be looked back on as the birth of the nation of Israel.
Superb look at the history of Israel through the eyes of one of the pivotal figures from the critical years of 1947-1974. Anyone wanting an understanding of how modern Israel rose from and through those formative events (the War of Independence, the Sinai Crisis, the 6-Day War and Yom Kippur) woud be well-served by Dayan's book. I still remember as a 12-year old in America in 1967 the photos of the great Moshe Dayan in Time and Life magazines after the 6-Day War and the youthful amazement at events I had little to no grasp of. This is not a highly introspective work, although you will learn much of his thoughts and motivations. Perhaps the external events were more than enough to explain. The picture that emerges of Dayan is of a man with great humanity and with sympathy and respect for his Arab opponents. I suppose that some biographies may call him arrogant or something but this is the work of a man with humility as well. Highly recommended for the student of Israeli and Middle East history and a period that will be looked back on as the birth of the nation of Israel.
November 25, 2025
قد لا تكون حرب اكتوبر ٧٣ نصر مطلق و خسرت مصر على مائدة المفاوضات اكثر مما خسرت فى ساحة القتال ، الا انها كانت نقطة فارقة فى تاريخ الصراع مع الصهاينه، حين فتح الله على جنده و أراهم ان بيت الصهاينه اوهن من بيت العنكبوت إن أرى المؤمنون الله من انفسهم خيرا. العجيب ان من يشككون فى انجاز حرب اكتوبر من بنى جلدتنا فلا ارى دافع له سوى امرين، عصبية مقيته يحكم بها على المصريين بناء على مواقف حكام لم يختارهم المصريون يوما (كما لم يختار اي عربي حاكمه) ، أو هزبمه نفسيه لا تسمح لخياله ان تكون مقارعة الصهاينه والانتصار عليهم امرا ممكنا حتى لو حدث بالفعل، فيجد فى الهاسبرا الصهيونيه ما يؤيد فكرة الهزيمه النفسية و ان ما حدث كان بأرادة الصهاينه و تواطئ منهم كجزء من مخطط كبير. و على نفس المنوال تنسج الهاسبرا القصص حول أكتوبر ٢٠٢٣ و أنه مخطط لأحتلال غزة و ترخيل الفلسطينين و هذا يجد لدى المهزومين نفسيا صدى كبير يريح ضمائرهم للأستسلام للأقوى.
January 25, 2022
One of the greatest general in the history. A man of sheer will to defend the Promised Land, Israel. His love for his country and great intellect in war made the whole world regarded him one of the pillars in the formation of a young Israel. Moshe Dayan deserves respect and great honor. His legacy as Minister of Defense, defending Israel especially in the Yom Kippur War shall be remembered. The Great Moshe Dayan - Unconquerable Indeed.
January 2, 2020
I wanted to read about the person Moshe Dayan. Instead I got 650 military history book without a single citation. Critical moments in Dayan’s life - like the death of his moth or brother or even his divorce and remarriage are treated as half paragraphs in the diatribe of military jargon. Interesting person nonetheless.
November 20, 2020
لا أعرف لماذا قام المترجم بترجمة هذا الكتاب وهو يعلم ان دايان رجل يهودي و بالطبع يتمني أن تكون اسرائيل أعظم بلاد العالم
أين الحيادية في الترجمة ؟ ولماذا إتهامه الدائم بالكذب ؟ اكان يتوقع أن يحب مصر ويتهم جيشه بالخراب والبحث الدائم عن الحرب
أي كان فدايان رجل حرب من الطراز الرفيع
وكان رحلة قيمة في معرفة العقل اليهودي ومعرفة كيف كان يدار المطبخ اليهودي
أين الحيادية في الترجمة ؟ ولماذا إتهامه الدائم بالكذب ؟ اكان يتوقع أن يحب مصر ويتهم جيشه بالخراب والبحث الدائم عن الحرب
أي كان فدايان رجل حرب من الطراز الرفيع
وكان رحلة قيمة في معرفة العقل اليهودي ومعرفة كيف كان يدار المطبخ اليهودي
November 2, 2022
حلو كسرد للتاريخ من منظور اخر بس ممل جدا ومش مفيد وهتلاقي كتير موشى بينحاز لنفسه بطريقه دفاعية أثناء شرحه للأحداث منها كان فيها منتصر ومنها انهزم فخلت تجربة الكتاب مس احسن حاجة والصراحة مكملتش نص الكتاب
April 2, 2025
This memoir is not only important for all the historical details that it reveals (from an Israeli pov ofc), but also, what it decides to stay silent about. Derrida was right, every biography is a matter of framing a certain truth, i.e an act of Power.
November 28, 2025
Fascinating though sometimes a bit of repetition. I felt it was a privilage to be on this life journey as told I think with great honesty by the author (a book to read irrespective of the political views of the reader in what is currently this very sad time for this troubled region)
October 3, 2017
مهم. يجب ان أقرأه باللغة الإنجليزية لما تحتويه الترجمة العربية من تحيز
November 10, 2018
I really admired his courageous success and, what I considered as Kurd, how should we build our future on the bases of our inheritance in this land, unfortunately That we miss in our leadership.
September 21, 2019
كتاب تنمية بشرية لأفراد العصابات الصهيونية 😂
June 5, 2024
Easy to read. Detailed and interesting account of Dyan’s storied career.
October 6, 2025
great book!!!
April 16, 2021
I just finished reading Story of My Life by Moshe Dayan. The book is fascinating.
I am quite familiar with the back-story of the Zionist settlement of what is now the State of Israel. I find the tale inspiring each time I read about it. He was born, if I remember correctly, around 1911 in Ottoman-empire controlled Palestine. He was one of the original Sabras, or Jews born in what is now Israel, that made it to national leadership.
He famously lost his eye in a military accident in the early 1940s. Nevertheless, his role in the 1948 and 1956 Wars was heroic and his role as Israel's Defense Minister in the 1967 rout of the Arab forces legendary. He does not come out looking so well in the 1973 War, but as he points out the international situation had decidedly tipped against Israel during that period. In 1967 Israel was still the darling of many of the countries in the world, though France had started shifting from being an ally of Israel to neutrality in favor of the Arabs. By then Algeria had gained independence and many of their people, along with other Arabs didn't hang around for the "fun." During the period between 1967 and 1973 the Soviet Union began adventuring in the area. Further, by 1973 world oil supplies had tightened, even before the "Arab oil embargo." Thus, Dayan's freedom of action was limited.
Dayan, as the author, obviously portrayed himself in the best light possible, certainly with regard to his limited discussion of his personal life. Other accounts do not paint a rosy picture. That being said, a leader in a country as embattled as Israel, and of a people who have had it as tough as the Jews, tend not to be saints.
On the positive side, he highlights his interest in archaeology and nature. The epilogue (spoiler alert) is particularly moving. I highly recommend this book.
I am quite familiar with the back-story of the Zionist settlement of what is now the State of Israel. I find the tale inspiring each time I read about it. He was born, if I remember correctly, around 1911 in Ottoman-empire controlled Palestine. He was one of the original Sabras, or Jews born in what is now Israel, that made it to national leadership.
He famously lost his eye in a military accident in the early 1940s. Nevertheless, his role in the 1948 and 1956 Wars was heroic and his role as Israel's Defense Minister in the 1967 rout of the Arab forces legendary. He does not come out looking so well in the 1973 War, but as he points out the international situation had decidedly tipped against Israel during that period. In 1967 Israel was still the darling of many of the countries in the world, though France had started shifting from being an ally of Israel to neutrality in favor of the Arabs. By then Algeria had gained independence and many of their people, along with other Arabs didn't hang around for the "fun." During the period between 1967 and 1973 the Soviet Union began adventuring in the area. Further, by 1973 world oil supplies had tightened, even before the "Arab oil embargo." Thus, Dayan's freedom of action was limited.
Dayan, as the author, obviously portrayed himself in the best light possible, certainly with regard to his limited discussion of his personal life. Other accounts do not paint a rosy picture. That being said, a leader in a country as embattled as Israel, and of a people who have had it as tough as the Jews, tend not to be saints.
On the positive side, he highlights his interest in archaeology and nature. The epilogue (spoiler alert) is particularly moving. I highly recommend this book.
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