Zvi Zamir

Biography:

Zvi Zamir born Zvicka Zarzevsky was a Major General in the Israel Defense Forces and the Director of the Mossad from 1968 to 1974. Born in Poland Zamir immigrated with his family to the then British Mandate of Palestine when only seven months old. At the age of 18 Zamir began his military career first as a soldier in the Haganah's Palmach a unit that included future Israeli leaders among the likes of Moshe Dayan and Yitzhak Rabin.