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…Jerusalem, he found himself in the Palmach’s crack Harel Brigade, under the command of a future Israeli chief-of-staff, Dado Elazar. His vision for Sayeret Matkal became Israel’s answer to the dangers identified by Rotem. But it had its origins in his experiences in the years aft...

…ning to get dark, perfect conditions for the ambush. But as we were waiting, Amit radioed me with a question from from Dado and Motta. “Where’s the armored car?” It’s still there, at the bottom of the road, I told them. “But there’s nothing it can do.” Bibi and his team had it i...

Dado sat me down and filled me in on what was obviously a changing situation. He said the terrorists had allowed the pilot, Reginald Levy, to come see Dayan and press their demands. He had brought with him a slab of light-yellow material to demonstrate the seriousness of the risk...

…no sign of wanting to go to bed. “It’s Manno,” said the voice on the line. Brigadier General Emanuel “Manno” Shaked was Dado’s chief of operations. “A plane has been hijacked,” he said. “It’s heading for Lod. It will land in about 30 minutes. They’ve got hostages. Get to the airp...

…rned out to be more elaborate than my arrival, though not at my instigation. With both Talik and Avraham in attendance, Dado presented me with my fifth tza/ash. It was not for Beirut. Not for the operation against the Syrian officers, or the unprecedented access our intelligence...

…nd have worked with. Now, again, with no real reason, you’ve stopped us. I see this as a breach of trust.” When neither Dado nor Motta replied, I went on: “I have to tell you openly. You can’t possibly judge the situation on the ground. Only we can. And you’re behaving as if you...

…old Danny to check for any sayeret marshals arriving on El Al flights and get them to join us. As | headed back to see Dado, we were nowhere close to a detailed plan on how to confront the hijackers. Nor did we have any orders. The people who would give them — Dado, Dayan and ul...

…old Danny to check for any sayeret marshals arriving on El Al flights and get them to join us. As | headed back to see Dado, we were nowhere close to a detailed plan on how to confront the hijackers. Nor did we have any orders. The people who would give them — Dado, Dayan and ul...

…security guards or any other interference, and to command and co-ordinate. We’d leave the same way we came in, by sea. Dado nodded. I found out later that he’d asked the same question of Manno, who had proposed a classic regular-army raid. They would block the road with ten arme...

…he outcome. It also took aim at two other commanders. Gorodish, as head of the southern command, was one. The other was Dado. As chief-of-staff, he was held ultimately responsible for the intelligence failings and for not having ordered at least a partial call-up of our reserves....

… join us was a tall, thin redhead we always called Zur. He’d had only 15 minutes to begin training when I got word that Dado — along with Ze’evi and Ahrahle Yariv — were on their way to see a run-through. As they filed into the hangar, I quickly explained the operational plan. I...

I had no direct link to Motta. Yet both he and Dado were

Dado and the other senior officers in the

… couldn’t be sure whether he was in favor of an assault. “By 0100, we’ll be ready to act.” Both of us went back to see Dado. He seemed encouraged, especially when I said we’d be ready to move by one in the morning. He told me the pilot of the plane had been in contact with the c...

demanded a meeting with Dado before our attack in Rue Verdun. Amit died in the fighting near Ismailia, at the northern end of the canal, as Arik Sharon’s units pushed on after the crossing. The day before the end of the war, both Amitai and Amiram Levin were part of an operation...