Amos Malka

Amos Malka was born in 1953 in Haifa

Amos Malka was born on January 24, 1953, in the Kiryat Haim neighborhood of Haifa. His parents came from Morocco.

He joined the Armored Corps in 1972 and fought in the Yom Kippur War. He later rose through the armored command ranks and led Battalion 429 in the First Lebanon War, where he was wounded. He commanded several brigades and founded the Menashe Brigade near Jenin during the First Intifada.

He became a brigadier general in 1992 and a major general in 1996, when he took over the Ground Forces Command. From 1998 he headed Military Intelligence. He assessed that a deal with Yasser Arafat was possible under certain terms and warned Ehud Barak that Arafat would not accept less.

Malka retired from the IDF in 2002 and went into business. He founded AM-DASC and has chaired companies including Albar and Plasan Sasa. In 2023 he spoke out against the judicial reform. He is married to Noni and lives in Tel Aviv.