Mattityahu Peled | |
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| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1984–1988 | Progressive List for Peace |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 July 1923 Haifa, Mandatory Palestine |
| Died | 10 March 1995 (aged 71) Israel |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Israel |
| Branch/service |  Haganah Israel Defense Forces |
| Years of service | 1941-1970 |
| Rank |  Major General |
| Commands | Givati Brigade, Military Commander of Jerusalem, Commander of Occupied Gaza in 1956, Quartermaster General in the 1960s |
| Battles/wars | 1948 Palestine war Suez Crisis Six-Day War War of Attrition |
Mattityahu "Matti" Peled (Hebrew: מתתיהו "מתי" פלד; born Mattityahu Ifland, 20 July 1923 – 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 political peers.[1][2]
- ^ Obituary: General Matti Peled | The Independent (16, March 1995)
- ^ Peled, Mattityahu. "Knesset Member Profile". Knesset.