Shlomo Inbar

Shlomo Inbar was born in 1929 in Palestine

Shlomo Inbar, born Borstein, was born on January 1, 1929, in Tel Aviv to Yehudit and Yissachar Borstein. He grew up in Netanya, where he was among the first pupils at the local Bialik kindergarten and school. His younger brother is Yehiel Borstein.

He earned a law degree in 1957 from the School of Law and Economics. He also earned a degree in electrical engineering from the Technion in 1965.

He joined the Haganah as a signals officer and served as signal officer of Battalion 133 in the Alexandroni Brigade in the War of Independence. He later held signal posts, including deputy signal officer of Division 38 in the Sinai campaign and signal officer of the Armored Corps from 1958. In 1966 he became deputy Chief Signal Officer and served in that role in the Six-Day War.

In military intelligence he commanded Unit 848, later Unit 8200, where budgets grew and many engineers were recruited. In August 1972 he became Chief Signal Officer and held the post during the Yom Kippur War. In 1975 he was promoted to major general and made head of the Defense Ministry research and development unit, and in 1977 he became IDF attaché in Washington and Canada.

He left the IDF in 1981. He then worked on rebuilding kibbutzim and advised companies such as Pelephone and Bezeq on technology and communications. He heads the association commemorating fallen soldiers of the Signal Corps.