Bezalel Treiber

Bezalel Treiber was born in 1952

Bezalel Treiber was born in 1952 and grew up in Beit Yehoshua. He was one of 3 sons of Menachem and Mina Treiber, who were among the founders of the village.

He volunteered for the Shaked reconnaissance unit, trained there and became an infantry officer. He fought on the southern front in the Yom Kippur War, was wounded and returned to service. He later commanded Battalion 17, headed the Chief of Staff's bureau in 1984 and ended his service as deputy chief infantry and paratroopers officer.

After the army he was a deputy director at the Israel Airports Authority, and in 2005 he became head of the land crossings authority. As head of the Defense Ministry's logistics and assets division, he oversaw building IDF bases, the fence on the Egypt border and unloading the weapons ship Klos C.

He became acting head of Rahel in June 2014, and the government approved him as head in November 2015 for a term of 4 years. He left the post in January 2018 and retired.