Eyal Ben-Reuven

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Aluf Eyal Ben-Reuven is a general in the Israel Defense Forces and currently the Commander of the Military Colleges and Senior Field Commander. He enlisted in the IDF in 1972 as a member of the Armor Corps. Reuven participated in the 1973 Yom Kippur War, fighting both near the Suez Canal and at the Golan Heights. He commanded an armor battalion the 1982 Lebanon War. While in the IDF Reuven graduated from the Command and Staff College and later studied at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He has also received a B.A. in political science from the University of Haifa.

Ben-Reuven announced in August 2005 that he would be resigning from the IDF. This comes after he was passed over for appointment in a regional or combat position by new Chief of Staff Dan Halutz^[1].

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1. ^ "The IDF and the police after the evacuation" by Amir Oren, Haaretz Google cache version

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• Bio from IDF