"The East"

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YORAM EAST (2 FEBRUARY 1942 - OCTOBER 13, 2010) WAS A JOURNALIST, WRITER, PAINTER AND OFFICER IN THE IDF.

BIOGRAPHY
THE EAST WAS BORN IN JERUSALEM IN 1942. HIS FATHER WAS A WITNESS TO THE EAST, AND HIS MOTHER FROM GERMANY. AT THE AGE OF 16 AND A HALF, HE JOINED THE IDF AND VOLUNTEERED FOR PARATROOPERS, WHERE HE WAS RESCUED IN THE BATTALION 890. IN PARATROOPERS, A TRAINING COURSE TOOK PLACE AND PARTICIPATED IN TRAINING AND OPERATIONAL ACTIVITY IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE BATTALION AND THE DIVISION, AS WELL AS A COURSE FROM THE “FIRM” COURSES. AFTER COMPLETING A COURSE OF INFANTRY OFFICERS, HE WAS APPOINTED COMMANDER OF A DEPARTMENT IN THE PARATROOPERS AND LATER SERVED IN A SOUTH COMMAND ARENA, TO THE TIME OF SHAKED. AFTER HIS RELEASE OF BREAD IN JERUSALEM IN THE RESERVE DIVISION OF THE PARATROOPERS 55. LEMAN WHO WAS RELEASED FROM THE ARMY WAS A COMMUNICATIONS MAN, WROTE A GERMAN TELEVISION NETWORK AND THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY, AND WAS SENT TO COVER IRAN AND OTHER COUNTRIES. IN 1978, HE RE-ENTERED THE IDF.

THE EAST WAS WOUNDED IN HIS LEG AND RELEASED FROM THE IDF, STUDIED A HALF-YEAR PAINTING IN THE BEZALELS, AND IN THE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS IN THE VATICAN IN GERMANY. HE THEN RETURNED TO ISRAEL, WHERE HE MET HIS WIFE AT YATTA – A CHRISTIAN GERMANY, THE DAUGHTER OF FORMER DEPUTY MAYOR OF MAINZ – WHO VISITED ISRAEL. THEY MARRIED IN 1962 IN CYPRUS, IN JANUARY 1964, AFTER THE CONVERSION, THEY WERE MARRIED AGAIN IN ISRAEL. BEATATA ALSO REPLACED HER NAME TO BHUT-MY AND CREATED HER HUSBAND’S TIES WITH THE CHRISTIAN POPULATION IN SOUTHERN LEBANON. IN THOSE YEARS, THE LEAGUE WAS A MEMBER OF RELIGIOUS COERCION.

AFTER HIS MARRIAGE HE WORKED IN VARIOUS WORKS, INADVERTENTLY, A SECURITY CENTER IN THE BORDER GUARD, A JOURNALIST IN THE MIDDLE EAST BRANCH ON GERMAN TELEVISION, AND THE SECRETARY OF THE YOUNG BRIGADE IN JERUSALEM.

THE EAST FOUGHT IN JERUSALEM, IN THE WAY YOU AND THE ROCKEFELLER MUSEUM. DURING THE YOM KIPPUR WAR, A JOURNALIST TURNED AROUND THE FRONTS. AFTER THE WAR, HE LEFT HIS WORK ON GERMAN TELEVISION, AND MOVED TO THE NEGEV WITH HIM. THE EAST DID NOT LIKE THE LIFE OF THE KIBBUTZ, AND MOVED TO MALALA, WHERE HE BEGAN WORKING AS AN IDF CORRESPONDENT, THEN ON ISRAELI TELEVISION AND IN JERUSALEM POST. HIS WIFE ALSO WORKED AS A JOURNALIST.

HIS ACTIVITY IN LEBANON
THE EAST AND HIS WIFE RECRUITED THE EVENTS IN SOUTHERN LEBANON FOLLOWING THE OUTBREAK OF THE CIVIL WAR AND BEGAN TO ESTABLISH TIES WITH THE CHRISTIAN FORCES. THEY ALSO BEGAN TO ASSIST THE MEDICAL CARE FOR THE LEBANESE IN THE CLINIC ESTABLISHED AT THE PATMA GATE, AFTER IMPLEMENTING THE GOOD FENCE POLICY. IN 1977, HE WASFRIENDED R. SADA HADDAD, WHO RECEIVED THE COMMAND OF THE FREE LEBANON ARMY. HADDAD STAYED IN THEIR HOME IN MALALA WHILE VISITING ISRAEL AND THE EASTERN PEOPLE BECAME HIS UNOFFICIAL SPOKESPERSON. LATER THAT YEAR, THE EAST MAJOR GENERAL JOYCE FOR EIGHT MONTHS AND INITIALLY WAS A MILE – A SPECIAL OFFICE OFFICER – IN THE TEMPORARY HEADQUARTERS OF AL-NAM BEN ELIEZER, AND THEN WAS THE COMMANDER OF AN “INDEPENDENT EASTERN DECREE” THAT INCLUDED AN AREA BETWEEN HAR-DUB, MARAJA AND THE VILLAGE OF AZAHA. AT THE END OF THE YEAR, HE RETURNED TO WORK ON TELEVISION. HE LATER DECIDED TO SIGN A FINAL, AND REACHED THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT CHAMPION. AT THE RANK OF SAHL, HE COMMANDED EDEL – THE SOUTHERN REGION OF LEBANON, WHICH WAS INITIALLY THREE ISOLATED CHRISTIAN BATTLES ALONG THE BORDER BETWEEN ISRAEL AND LEBANON – IN THE EASTERN SECTOR, IN THE CENTRAL SECTOR, AND IN THE WESTERN SECTOR, AND COLLABORATED WITH RABBI SAADID AND RABBI SAMI SHAK. THE EAST ALSO ESTABLISHED THE “SECURITY ZONE” THAT DEVELOPED FROM THE ENCLAVES THAT WERE UNIFIED IN OPERATION LITANI.

AFTER OPERATION WHITNEY
AT FIRST, A RURAL DEFENSE FRAMEWORK OPERATED IN THESE COMPLEXES, BUT AFTER OPERATION LITANI IT WAS NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH A ENTITY THAT COULD OPERATE AGAINST THE UN AND GIVE BACKING TO ISRAELI AID. FOR THIS REASON, AT THE SAME TIME AS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SECURITY ZONE, THE EAST ESTABLISHED THE SIDE OF THE IDF, IN ONE PETITION WITH THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, THE YUSIEL MAN AND THE CHAMPION OF THE NORTHERN COMMAND AVIGDOR BENGAL. AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT, SHI'ITES WERE REPLACED BY THE IDF, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL COMMANDERS ALSO IN LARGE SHI'ITE VILLAGES AS MISS A-GIBIL, BONI JABALE AND MORE.

THE EAST WAS AN IDF OFFICER WHO LAID THE U.N. FORCE TO SOUTHERN LEBANON