- Benjamin Gantz
Aluf Benjamin "Benny" Gantz ( _he. בנימין "בני" גנץ, born 1959 inKfar Ahim ) is a general in theIsrael Defense Forces and currently Israel'smilitary attaché in theUnited States .Born in
Israel , Gantz was drafted into the IDF in 1977. He volunteered as a paratrooper in theParatroopers Brigade , and in 1979 became an officer after completing officer's training school. During his career Gantz has served in a number of different units, eventually becoming commander of the Judea and Samaria Division in 2000, commander of the Northern Corps in 2001, theIsraeli Northern Command , and finally reaching his current position in 2005. [ [http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:N63Buql_NT4J:www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/587010.html+idf+%22gadi+Eizenkot%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=6 "IDF chief announces new appointments to General Staff" from "Haaretz"] Google cache version]Gantz has received a number of degrees during his military service. In the IDF he graduated from the Inter-Arm Command and Staff College as well as the National Defense College. He also earned an M.A. in National Resource Management from the US
National Defense University . In Israel he studied atTel Aviv University and theUniversity of Haifa , receiving a B.A. in History and an M.A. in Political Science respectively.References
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