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          Rafael "Raful" Eitan was an Israeli general, former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (Ramatkal) and later a politician, a Knesset member....

          Rafael Eitan

          Israeli general and politician

          For the former Mossad operative and director of the Israeli Bureau of Scientific Relations, and leader of Gil, see Rafi Eitan.

          Rafael "Raful" Eitan (Hebrew: רפאל "רפול" איתן; 11 January 1929 – 23 November 2004) was an Israeli general, former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (Ramatkal) and later a politician, a Knesset member, and government minister.

          Rafael Eitan was an Israeli politician and intelligence officer.

        1. Rafael Eitan was an Israeli politician and intelligence officer.
        2. This autobiography of one of Israel's most controversial military and political leaders offers an insider's view of Israel's military strategies and.
        3. Rafael "Raful" Eitan was an Israeli general, former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (Ramatkal) and later a politician, a Knesset member.
        4. A soldier's story: the life and times of an Israeli war hero / by Raful Eitan.
        5. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia.

          6. Early life

          Rafael Eitan was born Rafael Kaminsky in the moshav of Tel Adashim[1] near Nazareth in 1929, to Eliyahu and Miriam Eitan, Ukrainian Jewish immigrants to Palestine. His father was one of the founders of the Jewish defense organization Hashomer.

          Rafael was raised in the community of Tel Adashim. Zvi Nishri (Orloff), a pioneer in modern physical education in Israel, was his uncle.[2] Late in life he reportedly said that he was descended from a Subbotnik family that had served as guards to the tsar.[1] According to Nahum Barnea,