David Ivry | |
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דוד עברי | |
![]() Ivry in October 2001 | |
Israeli Ambassador to the United States | |
In office 2000–2002 | |
Preceded by | Zalman Shoval |
Succeeded by | Daniel Ayalon |
1st National Security Advisor (Israel) | |
In office March 1999 – January 2000 | |
Preceded by | Inaugural holder |
Succeeded by | Uzi Dayan |
Personal details | |
Born | 1934 (age 89–90) Tel Aviv, Mandate Palestine |
Military career | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Service/ | ![]() |
Years of service | 1952–1982 |
Rank | ![]() |
Commands | Commander of the flight-instruction school at Tel Nof Airbase, Commander of the first Israeli squadron of the French Dassault Mirage, Commander of the Israeli Air Force |
Battles/wars | Suez Crisis Six-Day War War of Attrition 1982 Lebanon War South Lebanon conflict |
Other work | Director of the Israeli National Security Council |
David Elkana Ivry (Hebrew: דוד אלקנה עברי; born 1934) is a Major General (retired) in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). As commander of the Israeli Air Force (IAF) he played a key role in Operation Opera, the destruction of the Iraqi nuclear reactor located 990 miles from Israel, in 1981.[1] In 1999, Ivry was appointed first director of the Israeli National Security Council. From 2003 to 2021, he served as the Vice President of Boeing International and president of Boeing Israel.[2] Ivry was the Israeli Ambassador to the United States from 2000 to 2002.
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