1915-1981. Israeli general and politician. As 
minister of defence 1967 and 1969-74, he was 
largely responsible for the victory over 
neighbouring Arab states in the 1967 Six-Day 
War, but he was criticized for Israel's 
alleged unpreparedness in the 1973 October 
War and resigned along with Prime Minister 
Golda Meir. Foreign minister from 1977, Dayan
resigned in 1979 in protest over the refusal
of the Begin government to negotiate with the
Palestinians.