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Jews from Ukraine: Yaakov Dori - from Odessa self-defense to the first Chief of Staff of Israel and...
Sep 28, 2026 - The story of the first Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces did not begin in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, or Haifa. It began in Odessa — a city -...
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