Pinhas Kopel
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Pinhas Kopel (Hebrew: פנחס קופל, January 15, 1918 – November 5, 1997) was the first commander of the Israel Border Police and the third inspector general (also called General Commissioner) of the Israel Police.
Koppel was born on January 15, 1918 (2 Shvat 5678 on the
He graduated the first officers course of the Haganah in 1939, and in 1941, after the outbreak of the Second World War, he volunteered in the British Army and served on various fronts. In 1946, he was discharged with the rank of sergeant major and joined the Dan Transportation Cooperative (now the Dan Bus Company) as a bus driver.[1] He continued to be a member of the Haganah, and in 1947 he joined the permanent staff of the Haganah and served as an instructor.
In the
Koppel left the army in 1950 as a major and transferred to the General Security Service. In 1953, with the establishment of the Israel Border Police, Kopel was appointed as the force's first commander.
In May 1964, he was appointed to succeed
He died on November 5, 1997 (5 Cheshvan 5758) and was buried in the Police cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.
The Israel Border Police Heritage and Commemoration Center (Hebrew: מרכז המורשת וההנצחה של משמר הגבול), near Barkai, is named for him.
References
Further reading
- Touro CollegeLibraries. p. 4530.
External links
- Pinhas Kopel at the Israel Police website
- Pinhas Kopel at the Israel War Veterans League website