Yom Tov Samia (; born 18 June 1954) is a retired
Israeli general. He was head of the
Israel Defense Forces
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...
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Southern Command from January 2001 to December 2003. He retired from military service as a
major general.
Biography
Samia was born in
Pardesiya, grew up in
Netanya
Netanya (also known as Natanya, he, נְתַנְיָה) is a city in the Northern Central District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa, between Poleg stream and Wingate I ...
, and now lives in
Tel Aviv. He holds a
Ph.D. in
sociology and
political science. In 1998 he won the
Tel Aviv University's Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies's
Tshetshik Prize for Israel's Security for his research on ''"The Organizational Climate of the IDF's Field Units."''
Samia was president and CEO of the BARAN Group, is currently (2008) president of "Yam Deshers" LTD, president and CEO of Israel Corp (Biofuels), S. B. Security, Katz Logistics, Orgad Holding, E.D.S. Israel, Girit Celadon Israel (Gates and Checkpoints systems).
He writes for various magazines on issues of national security, such as this 2007 article from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs entitled ''Weapons Smuggling from Egypt to Gaza: What Can Egypt and Israel Do?''
Weapons Smuggling from Egypt to Gaza
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References
External links
Guardian Protection Special ProfileThe Peres Center for PeaceJerusalem Center for Public Affairs
Living people
Israeli generals
Tel Aviv University alumni
University of Haifa alumni
1954 births
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