Biography of Moshe Dayan Israeli general and statesman. For 25 years, he figured prominently in all of Israel's wars and more than anyone else personified his country's determination to survive. He was born on a kibbutz (cooperative farm) near Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee) on May 20, 1915. At the age of 14 he joined the Haganah (Jewish militia), which defended Jewish settlements from Arab attacks, and later received special antiguerrilla training from the British. When the British outlawed the Haganah in 1939, Dayan was arrested. Released in 1941, he served with the Allied forces that liberated Lebanon and Syria from the