About Chaim Herzog
Chaim Herzog was an Irish-Israeli politician, military officer, lawyer and author who served as President of Israel from 1983 to 1993. Born in Belfast and raised primarily in Dublin, the son of Ireland's Chief Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, he immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1935. He served in the Haganah Jewish paramilitary group during the 1936–1939 Arab revolt and in the British Army during World War II. Following the end of the British Mandate and Israel's Declaration of Independence in 1948, he served in the Israel Defense Forces and fought in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. He remained in the Israeli military as an officer following the war until retiring in 1962 with the rank of major-general.
Notable works:
The Arab-Israeli Wars: Arab-Israeli Wars: War and Peace in the Middle East from the 1948 War of Independence to the Present
Awards:
honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem|honorary doctor of Tel Aviv University|honorary doctorate of Haifa University
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