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Mattityahu "Matti" Peled ( Hebrew : מתתיהו "מתי" פלד ; born Mattityahu Ifland , 20 July 1923 – 10 March 1995) was an Aluf ( Major General ) in the IDF . He was a member of the General Staff during the Six-Day War of 1967, and headed the Arabic Language and Literature Department of Tel Aviv University . A radical peace activist and a leading proponent of Israeli dialogue with the PLO and of complete withdrawal from the Occupied Territories , he was a member of the Knesset who often expressed controversial views considered "extreme left" in Israeli terms.
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Mattityahu "Matti" Peled ( , born Mattityahu Ifland on 20 July 1923, died 10 March 1995) was a well-known Israeli public figure who was at various periods of his life a professional military man who reached the rank of Aluf ( Major General ) in the IDF and was a member of the General Staff during the Six Day War of 1967; a notable scholar who headed the Arabic Language and Literature Department of Tel Aviv University ; a radical peace activist and a leading proponent of Israeli dialogue with the PLO and of complete withdrawal from the Occupied Territories in whose conquest he personally had a major role; and a member of the Knesset who often expressed controversial views considered "extreme left" in Israeli terms, yet was treated with considerable respect by staunch political opponents.
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( Learn how and when to remove this message ) member of the Knesset Mattityahu "Matti" Peled ( , born Mattityahu Ifland on 20 July 1923, died 10 March 1995) was a well-known Israeli public figure who was at various periods of his life a professional military man who reached the rank of Aluf ( Major General ) in the IDF and was a member of the General Staff during the Six-Day War of 1967; a notable scholar who headed the Arabic Language and Literature Department of Tel Aviv University ; a radical peace activist and a leading proponent of Israeli dialogue with the PLO and of complete withdrawal from the Occupied Territories in whose conquest he personally had a major role; and a member of the Knesset who often expressed controversial views considered "extreme left" in Israeli terms, yet was treated with considerable respect by staunch political people.
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( Learn how and when to remove this message ) member of the Knesset Mattityahu "Matti" Peled ( , born Mattityahu Ifland on 20 July 1923, died 10 March 1995) was a well-known Israeli public figure who was at various periods of his life a professional military man who reached the rank of Aluf ( Major General ) in the IDF and was a member of the General Staff during the Six-Day War of 1967; a notable scholar who headed the Arabic Language and Literature Department of Tel Aviv University ; a radical peace activist and a leading proponent of Israeli dialogue with the PLO and of complete withdrawal from the Occupied Territories in whose conquest he personally had a major role; and a member of the Knesset who often expressed controversial views considered "extreme left" in Israeli terms, yet was treated with considerable respect by staunch political people.
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Israeli politician, general, and peace activist Mattityahu "Matti" Peled ( ; 20 July 1923 – 10 March 1995), born Mattityahu Ifland , was a well-known Israeli public figure who was at various periods of his life a professional military man who reached the rank of Aluf ( Major General ) in the IDF and was a member of the General Staff during the Six-Day War of 1967; a notable scholar who headed the Arabic Language and Literature Department of Tel Aviv University ; a radical peace activist and a leading proponent of Israeli dialogue with the PLO and of complete withdrawal from the Occupied Territories in whose conquest he personally had a major role; and a member of the Knesset who often expressed controversial views considered "extreme left" in Israeli terms, yet was treated with considerable respect by staunch political people.
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well-known israeli public figure who was at various periods of his life a professional military man who reached
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aluf
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