Yitzhak Dadon

Yitzhak Dadon was born in 1951 in Casablanca

Yitzhak Dadon, also called Jack, was born on November 29, 1951, in Casablanca, Morocco. He immigrated to Israel in 1961.

He joined the IDF in 1971 and served in the Haruv reconnaissance unit of the Paratroopers until 1975, leaving as a major. He earned a BA and an MA in political science at the University of Haifa, and an MBA from the Israel branch of the University of Derby.

In the Border Police he commanded its forces in Judea and Samaria and in Jerusalem. In 1985 the Foreign Ministry sent him to West Africa to train forces and set up units. He later moved to the Israel Police, where he commanded the Lachish region and served as deputy commander of the Northern District and deputy head of the Operations Division.

Promoted to major general, he commanded the Border Police from 1998 to 2001 and set up units including its undercover unit. From 2001 to 2004 he was the Internal Security Ministry and Israel Police attaché in the United States and Canada.

He retired from the Israel Police in October 2005. He lives in Jerusalem, is married to Shoshana, and has 4 children.