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Netanel Lorch (born in 1925 in Kuenzelsau, Germany) is an Israeli former soldier, diplomat, historian, author and member of the Knesset.[1]

Early life and education

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Lorch was born in Germany, a son of lawyer Max Lorch and philologist Hannah Lorch. In 1935, following the rise of the Nazis to power, the family immigrated to Israel. He married Erika Frost, a librarian born in Vienna, with whom he had three children and nine grandchildren.[citation needed]

Lorch studied at the "Ma'ale" school and the "Mizrahi" teachers' seminary receiving his teaching certificate in 1943.[citation needed] He received an M.A. degree summa cum laude from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in History, Philosophy, and English in 1951.[citation needed] He received a Ph.D. degree from the Hebrew University in Political Science in 1986.[citation needed]

Career

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In 1941, Lorch joined the Haganah and served as a squad commander in the Gadna. In 1944, he volunteered for the Jewish Infantry Brigade, and upon his release in 1946, he returned to serve in the Haganah.[citation needed]

During the 1948 War of Independence, he served in the Etzioni Brigade as a platoon and company commander[2] His exploits as a commander in Jerusalem, repelling the Arab Legion attack on Jewish Jerusalem, are described in O Jerusalem by Collins and Lapierre.[3]

He performed military service in the Israel Defense Forces until 1955, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel. In 1950, he was appointed Aide-de-Camp to Chief of Staff Yigael Yadin.[citation needed] In 1952, he founded the Historical Division of the IDF.[citation needed] In 1952, he was appointed as temporary Aide-de-Camp to the new President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi.[citation needed] He was head of the Third Dimension (information about foreign powers) of the Shai, predecessor of the Mossad.[citation needed]

In 1955, Lorch joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs serving as Consul in Los Angeles, CA (1955-1958).[citation needed] He established the Israel Legation in Colombo, Sri Lanka (1958-1960),[citation needed] established and was director of the African Division of the Israel Ministry for Foreign Affairs, was Ambassador to Peru and Bolivia (1963-1967), was Director of the Information Division, and was Director of the Latin-American Division (1968-1972).[citation needed]

In 1972, Lorch was appointed Secretary General of the Knesset,[citation needed] and in 1981 he was elected President of the Union of Parliamentary Secretaries,[citation needed] despite strong opposition from Arab and other countries. He retired from the Knesset in 1983.[citation needed]

He held many public positions, including: President of the Central Institute for Cultural Relations with Latin America, Spain and Portugal, President of the Israel-Peru Friendship Association, special diplomatic envoy to the World Assembly of Churches (1968), and to the General Assembly of the United Nations (1968–70), member Executive Committee of the Board of Governors of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Chairman of the Public Administration Committee of the Israel Management Center, Chairman of The Movement for Tolerance, Chairman of the Jerusalem Family Center, Chairman of the Education Committee of Yad Ben Zvi, Chairman of the Committee for Selection of Outstanding Civil Servant, Chairman of the council for Selection of Outstanding Mayors. In 1983 he served as a research fellow at the Truman Institute for Peace Studies at the Hebrew University and as a lecturer at Bar-Ilan University and in Talpiot, an elite IDF training program.[citation needed]

His honors included the Order of Antonio Tamara Andrade - Gran Cruz (1997), the highest civil award in Peru, rarely bestowed on foreigners, and the Yitzhak Sade Prize for Military Literature (1989).[citation needed]

Lorch authored many books and articles, most of which deal with the military history of the State of Israel and the history of Israeli diplomacy and statecraft. His first book, Israel's War of Independence (Hebrew), is the first and most definitive work on the subject.[citation needed] The book was translated into English as The Edge of the Sword, with a foreword by S.L.A. Marshall and an epilogue by Yigael Yadin. Published in over 40 editions, it was included in the New York Times list of best books [4]. It is dedicated to the memory of his sister Ruth who died in the IDF.[citation needed]

He wrote books[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] and hundreds of articles for newspapers and magazines, in Hebrew, English, and Spanish.

References

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  1. ^ [https://main.knesset.gov.il/en/about/pages/departments/sgs.asp secretary-general of the Knesset
  2. ^ Lorch, Netanel (September 9, 1997). "All His Wars". The Jerusalem Post.
  3. ^ Collins, Larry (1988). O Jerusalem. Simon and Schuster.
  4. ^ Lorch, Netanel (1961). The Edge of the Sword. Putnam's.
  5. ^ Israel's Wars: The Arab War on the Jews Since 1920. Jerusalem: Keter. 1978.
  6. ^ Between Israel and the Nations. Tel Aviv: Am Oved. 1981.
  7. ^ The Yom Kippur War: October 6 - 24, 1973. Jerusalem: The Information Center. 1984.
  8. ^ Israel in the Grip of Superpowers. Tel Aviv: Systems. 1990.
  9. ^ Late Afternoon: My First Seventy Years. Ministry of Defense Publishing House. 1997.
  10. ^ Lorch, Netanel (1969). The Whispering. Maarakhot.
  11. ^ Lorch, Netanel (1976). One Long War. Keter.
  12. ^ Lorch, Netanel (1980). Las Guerras de Israel. Barcelona: Plaza y Janes.
  13. ^ Lorch, Netanel (1992). Shield of Zion. Howell Press.
  14. ^ Lorch, Netanel (1980). Israel Among the Nations. Am Oved.
  15. ^ Lorch, Netanel (1984). The Knesset From a Different Angle. Idanim-Yediot Aharanot.
  16. ^ Lorch, Netanel (1993). Major Knesset Debates. University Publications of America.
  17. ^ Lorch, Netanel (1995). El Libro de Netanel. Aurora.
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