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Gidon Meiri

Gidon Meiri is a retired IDF colonel who commanded infantry units and later worked in aviation security.

born 1944Commanding Golani's Battalion 12Commanding Brigade 300El Al aviation security

Born: 7 March 1944, Bustan HaGalil
Occupation: military officer
Rank: aluf mishne
Wars: Yom Kippur War, Six-Day War, War of Attrition

Gidon Meiri was born in 1944 in Bustan HaGalil

Gidon Meiri was born on March 7, 1944. His parents, Arye and Esther, came from Galicia and helped found Moshav Beit Yosef in 1937. After the moshav was shelled in 1948, the family moved to Haifa, changed its name to Meiri, and settled in Bustan HaGalil in 1949.

He went to elementary school in Acre and high school in Kiryat Haim. As a boy he trained as a boat skipper with the Hapoel Acre sea club.

He joined the Golani Brigade in 1962 and fought in the Six-Day War and the Yom Kippur War. He later commanded Battalion 12 and Brigade 300 and served as commander of the South Lebanon area. He ended his active service at the end of 1979.

From 1980 to 1983 he was security officer for El Al in New York. After earning a bachelor's degree at Tel Aviv University, he joined El Al's security division in 1985 and became deputy head for operations in 1986. He took part in talks on an aviation agreement with Poland, and El Al flights to Warsaw began in 1987.

Milestones in Gidon Meiri's life

1944
Born on March 7.
1962
Drafted into the Golani Brigade.
1976
Appointed commander of Brigade 300.
1977
Appointed commander of the South Lebanon area.
1979
Ended his active IDF service.
1980
Became El Al security officer in New York.
1986
Became deputy head of El Al security for operations.
1987
El Al flights to Warsaw began after talks he joined.

Gidon Meiri served in Golani Brigade

He served in the Golani Brigade from 1962, commanding a support company in the Six-Day War and later Battalion 12 and Brigade 300, retiring as a colonel. He also fought in the Yom Kippur War and commanded the South Lebanon area.

Golani Brigade