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Meir Zorea

Meir Zorea was an Israeli major general and a Knesset member, and a founder of the Democratic Movement for Change.

1923 to 1995Military Cross in the Jewish BrigadeCommanding the IDF Northern CommandCo-founding the Democratic Movement for Change

Born: 14 March 1923, Chișinău
Died: 24 June 1995, Ma'agan Michael
Occupation: politician, military officer
Party: Democratic Movement for Change
Education: Hebrew Reali School
Rank: aluf
Wars: World War II, 1948 Palestine war, Suez Crisis

Meir Zorea was born in 1923 in Chișinău

Meir Zorea was born Meyer Zarodinsky in Chișinău, Bessarabia, in 1923. As a small child he moved with his parents to Mandatory Palestine. He studied at the Alliance school in Tel Aviv and the Hebrew Reali School in Haifa.

He joined the Haganah at 16 and served in the Special Night Squads. He enlisted in the British Army in 1942 and later served in the Jewish Brigade. He received the Military Cross for leading his men under fire at the Senio River in Italy in 1945.

In the War of Independence he commanded a battalion in the Jerusalem area. He later led the IDF Officer School, the Armored Corps and the General Staff Branch. After the Night of the Ducks affair in 1959 he was moved to Northern Command, and he retired in 1962 as a major general.

He headed the Israel Lands Authority and served as acting Soldiers' Ombudsman. In 1976 he founded the Democratic Movement for Change with Yigael Yadin and sat in the Knesset from 1977 to 1978. He died in 1995.

Meir Zorea's life in 9 milestones

1923
Born in Chișinău.
1942
Enlisted in the British Army.
1945
Received the Military Cross.
1956
Returned to the IDF to command the Armored Corps.
1959
Appointed head of Northern Command.
1962
Retired from the IDF as a major general.
1976
Co-founded the Democratic Movement for Change.
1977
Entered the Knesset.
1995
Died.

Meir Zorea served in the military

He commanded a battalion in the War of Independence and later headed the Armored Corps, the General Staff Branch and Northern Command. He retired in 1962 as a major general.