Editing Moshe Dayan (section)

==Early life==
Moshe Dayan was born on 20 May 1915 in [[Kibbutz]] [[Degania Alef]], near the [[Sea of Galilee]] in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]], in what was then [[Ottoman Syria]] within the [[Ottoman Empire]], one of three children born to [[Shmuel Dayan|Shmuel]] and Devorah Dayan, [[Ukrainian Jews|Ukrainian Jewish immigrants]] from [[Zhashkiv]]. Kibbutz Degania Alef, with 11 members, was the first kibbutz, and would become part of the State of Israel.

Dayan was the second child born at Degania, after [[Gideon Baratz]] (1913–1988).<ref>{{cite book|author=Morris, Benny|year=2001|title=Righteous Victims|url=https://archive.org/details/righteousvictims00morr_0|url-access=registration|publisher=Vintage Books|page=[https://archive.org/details/righteousvictims00morr_0/page/684 684]|isbn=9780679744757}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Moshe Dayan: the soldier, the man, the legend|url=https://archive.org/details/moshedayansoldie00teve|url-access=registration|author= Shabbatai Teveth |page= [https://archive.org/details/moshedayansoldie00teve/page/n16 1]|publisher= Houghton Mifflin|year= 1973|isbn=9780395154755}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/baratz-miriam|title=Miriam Baratz|website=Jewish Women's Archive}}</ref> He was named Moshe after [[Killing of Moshe Barsky|Moshe Barsky]], the first member of Degania to be killed in an Arab attack, who died getting medication for Dayan's father.<ref>{{cite news|title=Soldier of Israel: the story of General Moshe Dayan|author=Taslitt, Israel Isaac |journal= Funk and Wagnalls|year= 1969|page= 8}}</ref> Soon afterward, Dayan's parents moved to [[Nahalal]], the first ''[[moshav]]'', or farming cooperative, to be established. Dayan attended the agricultural school there.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}}

Dayan was a [[Jewish atheist]].<ref name="Giulio Meotti 2011 147">{{cite book|title=A New Shoah: The Untold Story of Israel's Victims of Terrorism|year=2011|publisher=ReadHowYouWant.com|isbn=9781459617414|author=Giulio Meotti|page=147|quote=Even atheist and socialist Israelis like David Ben-Gurion, Moshe Dayan, and Golda Meir were marked by the stories and legends of King David and the prophets. In other words, their lives had been shaped by Hebron.}}</ref><ref name="Tariq Ali 2003 10">{{cite book|title=The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity|url=https://archive.org/details/clashoffundament00alit|url-access=registration|year=2003|publisher=Verso|isbn=9781859844571|author=Tariq Ali|edition=2nd|page=[https://archive.org/details/clashoffundament00alit/page/10 10]|quote=Ben-Gurion and Moshe Dayan were self-proclaimed atheists.}}</ref> He spoke [[Modern Hebrew|Hebrew]], [[Arabic]], and [[English language|English]].