Yigael Yadin

Yigael Yadin
Nama asli	יגאל סוקניק
Lahir	(1917-03-20)20 Maret 1917 Yerusalem, Kekaisaran Utsmaniyah
Meninggal	28 Juni 1984(1984-06-28) (umur 67) Yerusalem, Israel
Pengabdian	Haganah Israel Defense Forces
Lama dinas	1932–52
Pangkat	Lieutenant General Chief of Staff
Perang/pertempuran	1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine Perang Dunia II Israeli War of Independence
Pekerjaan lain	Archeologist

Yigael Yadin (Ibrani: יִגָּאֵל יָדִין, terlahir Yigael Sukenik (bahasa Ibrani: יגאל סוקניק‎) 20 Maret 1917 – 28 Juni 1984) adalah seorang Yahudi Israel yang merupakan arkeolog, politikus, Chief of Staff kedua dari Israel Defense Forces. Even as an archeologist, Yadin never completely abandoned public life. On the eve of the Six-Day War, he served as a military adviser to prime minister Levi Eshkol, and following the Yom Kippur War, he was a member of the Agranat Commission that investigated the actions that led to the war.

Political career

Yigael Yadin
Knesset	9
Faksi yang diwakili di Knesset
1977–1978	Democratic Movement for Change
1978–1981	Democratic Movement
1981	Independent
Jabatan menteri
1977–1981	Deputy Prime Minister

In 1976 Yadin formed the Democratic Movement for Change, commonly known by its Hebrew acronym Dash, together with Professor Amnon Rubinstein, Shmuel Tamir, Meir Amit, Meir Zorea, and many other prominent public figures. The new party seemed to be an ideal solution for many Israelis who were fed up with alleged corruption in the Labor Alignment (the dominant party in Israel from its founding and up to that time), which included the Yadlin affair, the suicide of Housing Minister Avraham Ofer, and Leah Rabin's illegal dollar-denominated account in the United States. Furthermore, Dash was a response to the increasing sense of frustration and despair in the aftermath of the 1973 war, and the social and political developments that followed in its wake. Many people regarded Yadin, a warrior and a scholar, as the quintessential prototype of the ideal Israeli, untainted by corruption, who could lead the country on a new path.

In the 1977 elections, which transformed the Israeli political landscape, the new party did remarkably well for its first attempt to enter the Knesset, winning 15 of the 120 seats. As a result of the election, Likud party leader Menachem Begin was initially able to form a coalition without Dash (or parties to its left), significantly lowering the bargaining power of Dash. Dash joined the coalition after a few months. As the new Deputy Prime Minister, Yadin played a pivotal role in many events that took place, particularly the contacts with Egypt, which eventually led to the signing of the Camp David Accords and the peace treaty between Israel and its neighbor. Nevertheless, Dash itself proved to be a failure, and the party broke up into numerous splinter factions; Yadin joined the Democratic Movement, but it too split up and he sat as an independent MK for the remainder of his term. During a cabinet meeting, May 1981, while still Deputy Prime Minister, he accused Chief of Staff Rafael Eitan of "lying to the government" and told Prime Minister Begin "You have lost control of the defence establishment." He retired from politics in 1981. --> Yadin menikah dengan Carmela (née Ruppin), yang bekerja bersamanya selama kariernya dalam menerjemahkan dan menyunting buku-bukunya dan bersama-sama mereka mempunyai dua orang putri, Orly dan Littal. Ia meninggal pada tahun 1984 dan dikebumikan dalam pemakaman militer di Mount Herzl, Yerusalem. Aktor Israel, Yossi Yadin, adalah saudara laki-lakinya.

Karya

• Views of the Biblical World. Jerusalem: International Publishing Company J-m Ltd, 1959.
• The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands. McGraw-Hill, 1963.
• Masada: Herod’s Fortress and the Zealots’ Last Stand. New York: Random House, 1966.
• Hazor (Schweich Lectures for 1970)
• The Bar Kochba Caves. (Hebrew). Maariv, 1971
• Bar-Kokhba: The Rediscovery of the Legendary Hero of the Last Jewish Revolt Against Imperial Rome, 1971
• The Temple Scroll published posthumously London, Weidenfeld & Nicholson,1985

Yigael Yadin published many research papers and ancient text explanations, at the Hebrew University press (in Hebrew):

• The Sons of Light against Sons of Darkness (from the Qumran Caves), 1955
• The Message of the Scrolls, 1957
• The Hidden Scrolls, 1958
• The book of Ben Sira, 1965
• Teffilin of Head from the Qumran caves, 1969
• The Temple Scroll (from the Qumran caves), 1977

Sumber

• Neil A. Silberman "A Prophet from Amongst You: The Life of Yigael Yadin, Soldier, Scholar, and Mythmaker of Modern Israel" Addison Wesley (1994).

Lihat pula

• List of Israel's Chiefs of the General Staff
• List of Israel Prize recipients
• Yadin

Pranala luar

• Yigael Yadin di situs web Knesset
• Photographs and film footage of Yadin and his archaeological excavations
• Interviews with the late Professor Yigael Yadin related to his archeological discoveries

Templat:Chiefs of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces