Moshe Nativ

7th Brigade
Armored Corps
Manpower Directorate, 1978–1983^[2]

Battles/wars

Sinai War
Six-Day War
War of Attrition
Yom Kippur War
1982 Lebanon War

Other work

Director of the Jewish Agency for Israel
Chairman of Amigour
President of the Council for a Beautiful Israel
Chairman of Gymnasia Herzliya

Moshe Nativ (Hebrew: משה נתיב; born Moise Vegh; June 22, 1932^[3] – September 20, 2008^[1]) was Israel Defense Forces Major General and former head of the Manpower Directorate.^[2]^[4]

Biography

Nativ was born as Moise Vegh in 1932 in a Petrova, a small village in central Transylvania, Romania. His parents, Tzila and Yitzchak Vegh (Hebrew: יצחק וצילה וֵג), were Orthodox Jews.^[3] At the age of 3 his family moved to Botoșani. At the age of 14, inspired by the Zionist movement, Nativ ran away from home and immigrated to Israel. He fulfilled his plan through the Youth Aliyah in 1946. In 1951, he was joined by his brother and parents.^[3]

In 1949 he enlisted to the Israeli Defense Forces. He served in various capacities in the Armored Corps including: Operations officer of the 7th Brigade, Tank company commander, and Operations officer for the Armored Corps. During the Six-Day War he acted as the State adjutant general under the command of Israel Tal.

During the Yom Kippur War Nativ served as the assistant chief armored corps officer.^[3] After the war, Native was transferred to the manpower division of the IDF. He served as the head of the division and later as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel from 1975 to 1978.^[5] In 1978 he was appointed the head of the Manpower Directorate, a position he held until 1983.^[2] During his service, he completed his studies at the National Security College. He received his bachelor's degree from Tel Aviv University.^[3]

Later years

After his release from service, Native became the CEO of Hevrat HaOvdim. Native later served as the Director General of the Jewish Agency for Israel.^[6] In his later years Native served in many public offices including the president of the Council for a Beautiful Israel, chairman of the board of Gymnasia Herzliya, and the director of IAI.

Native died on September 20, 2008; he was survived by his wife, three children, and four grandchildren.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "אלוף (במיל') משה נתיב הלך לעולמו בגיל 76". Ynet. September 20, 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "MISSING INTELLIGENCE". Jerusalem Post. June 10, 1994. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "יקיר העלייה - אלוף (מיל.) משה נתיב ז"ל". Ruppin Academic Center. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
^ Naphtali Lau-Lavie (1998). Balaam's Prophecy: Eyewitness to History, 1939–1989. Associated University Presses. p. 430. ISBN 978-0-8453-4860-4.
^ Gal, Reuven (1986). A Portrait of the Israeli Soldier. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-313-24315-8.
^ Fred A. Lazin (April 2005). The Struggle for Soviet Jewry in American Politics: Israel versus the American Jewish Establishment. Lexington Books. p. 338. ISBN 978-0-7391-6141-8.