the elite troops of the Haganah, and he was commander of a small unit, as far as I know. "He was one of these guys who were taken out of high school at the age of 17 and recruited to the army in ...

Gen. Shaltiel was born in Hamburg and settled in Israel in 1923. After a military career in Haganah and the Israel Army he joined the Foreign Service and served as Israeli minister and ambassador ...