Uri Sagi
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Uri Sagi (Hebrew: אורי שגיא; born 5 August 1943) is an Israeli retired general who held several prominent posts including commander of the Golani Brigade and chief of the IDF's Military Intelligence Directorate.
In 2000–2003 Uri Sagi was the CEO of Mekorot, Israel's national water company.[1][2][3]
Biography
Uri Sagi was born in Kiryat Bialik during the Mandate era, a seventh generation native of Palestine. He is married to Gila and has three children. He had a fourth daughter born outside of marriage who died of leukemia at age 19.[4]
In 2012, years after his active military service, Sagi ran for the Awoda in the Knesset election. After allegations against him of sexual misconduct were brought before the party leadership in the mid-1970s, he withdrew his candidacy for the list.[5]
Military service
Sagi was drafted into the IDF in 1961 and did his military service in the
The Spy Machine
In 1998 he appeared in the documentary special The Spy Machine, produced by Open Media and Israfilm and shown on Channel 4.
References
- ^ "Syria Can be a Stabilizing Force" by Uri Sagie, Ex IDF Intelligence Chief
- ^ Mekorot gets union okay to cut 190 jobs
- ^ אורי שגיא: הוחמץ שלום עם סוריה
- ^ "חסמב"ה: הילדים הלא חוקיים של הסלבס בישראל". makorrishon.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ Winer, Stuart. "Ex-general quits Labor Party amid 39-year-old allegation of sexual misconduct". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
- ^ Akiva Eldar, Deciding What We Do Want, Not Only What We Don't, Haaretz, July 06, 2007.
- ^ Amir Oren, Former Israeli Intelligence Chief: Netanyahu and Barak Dangerously Stoking Flames of War, Haaretz, August 17, 2012.
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