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"\u05e8\u05d0\u05d5\u05d1\u05df Ashkenazi"
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ראובן ASHKENAZI (9 DECEMBER 1927 - JUNE 1, 2021) WAS AN IDF OFFICER AT THE RANK OF A SECOND-PARTY. HE SERVED AS THE HEAD OF THE NAVY'S INTELLIGENCE BRANCH IN THE SIX-DAY WAR AND IN THE WAKE OF THE WAR OF DISENGAGEMENT PROMOTED THE BRANCH TO THE DEPARTMENT. HE SERVED AS THE IDF APPENDIX IN ITALY DURING THE YOM KIPPUR WAR. WORK ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES BY THE INSTITUTE OF INTELLIGENCE AND SPECIAL FUNCTIONS.
CHILDHOOD AND HER
ASHKENAZI WAS BORN IN BARCELONA IN SPAIN. WHEN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR WAS RAMPANT, THE AREA WAS UNTIL 1938 BY THE GOVERNMENT. WHEN THE CONQUEST OF THE CITY WAS HIDDEN BY THE PEOPLE OF FRANCISCO FRANCO, THE FAMILY LEFT TO FRANCE AND FROM THERE TO TURKEY. ראובן JOINED THE UNCLE FAMILY WHO FLED TO THE UNITED STATES. THE FAMILY AND ACTIVITY WERE MISSING AND THEREFORE RETURNED TO HIS FAMILY IN TURKEY.
FROM TURKEY, THE YOUTH RISE IN JUNE 1943 TO THE LAND OF ISRAEL. THE FIRST ADDRESS IS THE CAMP OF ELEPHANTS IN A WAVE NEIGHBORHOOD IN HAIFA. TWO WEEKS LATER, HE MOVED WITH HIS FRIENDS TO THE KIBBUTZ A LIFE HILL. IN THE KIBBUTZ HE WORKED WITH HIS FRIENDS IN VARIOUS WORKS AND LEARNED HEBREW.
AT THE BEGINNING OF 1945, ASHKENAZI DECIDED TO JOIN THE PALMACH, HIS GUIDE ON THE KIBBUTZ DREW HIM WITH AVRAHAM ENTITLED THAT HE WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT IN PALMACH, DURING A TIME WHEN THE PALM ACTIVITY WAS EXPANDED AND NEEDED TO BE BROKEN. ABRAHAM WAS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE ASHKENAZI TO THE PALM.
THE PALMS.
IT WAS DECIDED TO INCREASE MARINE ACTIVITY. THE DEPARTMENT BECAME A DIVISION AND NEEDED MORE PEOPLE. ASHKENAZI MOVED TO AN EMERGENCY THAT INCLUDED HIS ADVICE AND ACCEPTANCE TESTS SUCCESSFULLY PASSED. IT WAS SENT TO THE KIBBUTZ OF SEAFIELDS WHERE A LINE OF BOAT COMMANDERS PASSED 5. AT THE END OF THE BOAT COMMANDERS’ COURSE, HE WAS SENT TO CLASS COMMANDERS, AT THE JUDGE’S LEVEL AND CONTINUED FOR A SABOTAGE COURSE IN THE KIBBUTZ OF JACOB’S JEWRY. RETURNING TO THE SEAFIELDS TO SERVE AS A GUIDE IN THE BOAT COMMANDERS COURSE AND WHEN THE COURSE ENDED THE CROSSING.
IN ADDITION TO TRAINING IN THE COURSE AND WORK IN THE KIBBUTZ, ASHKENAZI TOOK PART IN THE TASKS IMPOSED OCCASIONALLY ON THE PALMACH. THE MISSIONS INCLUDED: ASSISTANCE TO LOWER ELEPHANTS, OBSERVATION AND SECURITY ACTIVITIES AGAINST THE BRITISH, HAIFA PORT SECURITY AS A REINFORCEMENT TO THE PORT’S BOARD, EXPERIMENTAL UNIT TRAINING.
IN 1947, ASHKENAZI MOVED TO THE “AGE” THAT WAS THE LAST OF A DEBT COURSE AND SHIPS OF THE PALMS. THE STUDIES TOOK PLACE IN THE TECHNION BUILDING IN THE CARMEL BOULEVARD. THE COURSES LIVED IN THE KIBBUTZ AND WENT BACK EVERY DAY.
A CONFRONTATION WITH THE BRITISH AND THE EXILE TO CYPRUS
ASHKENAZI TOOK PART IN AIDING THE DOWNFALLS OF THE SKYSCRAPERS SATURN LAZINSKI, ARRIVED AT THE NITAN COAST ON MARCH 12, 1947. THE SEA WAS STORMED BY THE SHIP COMMANDER DAVID FINANCED HER ON THE BEACH. THE DISTANCE THAT REMAINED ABOUT 120 METERS WAS TIED TO A ROPE AND THE PARASITES PASSED THROUGH THE HELP OF THE PALMACH AND PEOPLE FROM THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. WHEN THE IRISH TODAY DISCOVERED THE OPERATION OF THE DOWNLOAD AND COVERED THE AREA WHEN ONLY A FEW OF THE ELEPHANTS WERE LOCATED. THE LAND OF ISRAELIS WAS BURNED BY ID CARDS AND TOGETHER WITH THE ELEPHANTS IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES. ASHKENAZI WAS AMONG THE 700 DETAINEES WHO WERE TRANSPORTED TO HAIFA. ASHKENAZI AND HIS FRIENDS HAVE PROTESTED AGAINST EVERY BRITISH DEMAND. HE WAS RAISED BY FORCE, BY THREE BRITISH SOLDIERS, TO THE EVICTION OF THE "AMPHIER RIEL" WHO TOOK THEM TO THE DETENTION CAMPS IN CYPRUS. THE SHIP ALSO SHOWED RESISTANCE AND THE BRITISH EXERTED TEAR GAS TO GET OUT OF THE CELLS.
ACTIVITY IN CYPRUS
IN THE DETENTION CAMPS IN CYPRUS, PEOPLE FROM THE LAND OF ISRAEL WERE FOUND IN A GROUP WITH ELEPHANTS TRYING TO ARRIVE. IN A TREND TO DISRUPT THE BRITISH INTENTION OF ENFORCING AND SEPARATING, ASHKENAZI AND HIS COMRADES ENGAGED IN THE GUIDANCE OF THE ELEPHANTS TO EXPROPRIATE AS EQUAL. THE TRAINING WAS COMPREHENSIVE AND INTENSE AND INCLUDED THE STUDY OF THE HEBREW LANGUAGE AND THE ARAB EXPRESSIONS, THE ACQUISITION OF INFORMATION IN GEOGRAPHY AND TRANSPORTATION IN ISRAEL. ALL OF THE DEPORTED PEOPLE HAVE STATED IN INVESTIGATIONS THAT ARE FROM THE LAND OF ISRAEL. THE BRITISH SENT TO CYPRUS INVESTIGATIVE PERSONNEL FROM THE MANDATORY POLICE. THE CURRICULUM WAS SUCCESSFUL AND AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS MOST OF THE ELEPHANTS WERE CLASSIFIED AS THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL AND RETURNED ALONG WITH THE PALMS IN A BRITISH SHIP TO THE PORT OF BRITAIN