Editing Rehavam Ze'evi (section)

=== Military career ===
[[File:C.O. OF CENTRAL COMMAND RECHAVAM ZEEVI AND SERGEANT SHAUL MOFAZ (AT HIS RIGHT), AFTER A PURSUIT IN THE JORDAN RIFT.jpg|thumb|Major Rehavam Ze'evi with Sergeant [[Shaul Mofaz]] (on his right) at the end of a chase in the Jordan Rift Valley]]
In 1948, Ze'evi was a [[platoon commander]] in the IDF. From 1964 to 1968, he served as Chief of the Department of Staff in the [[Israeli General Staff]]. In the late 1960s, Ze'evi formed the elite [[Sayeret Kharuv]], an anti-terror battalion. This came at the time when [[Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces|IDF Chief of Staff]] [[Haim Bar-Lev]] had begun to focus manpower and budget on [[armoured tank]] units, resulting in huge cutbacks in infantry forces. Over the next five years he served as the Commander of the [[Central Command (Israel)|Central Military District]] ({{lang|he|אלוף פיקוד המרכז}}). He retired in September 1973, but rejoined the army when the [[Yom Kippur War]] broke out on 6 October 1973. A close friend of IDF Chief of Staff [[David Elazar]], he was appointed Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff. He retired with the rank of {{lang|he|[[Aluf]]}} (Major-General) in 1974.{{citation needed|date=September 2012}}

Ze'evi, known for his concern for Israel's captured or missing soldiers, wore a military identity disc with their names around his neck.<ref>[http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-1211169,00.html Israel separated from Rehavam Ze'evi] Yedioth Ahronoth, 18 October 2001 (in Hebrew)</ref>

It was revealed in 2004 that Ze'evi had been chosen to be responsible for the building of the [[Singapore Armed Forces]] at a time when he was deputy head of the Operations Branch in IDF.<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/a-deep-dark-secret-love-affair-1.128671 A deep, dark, secret love affair] [[Amnon Barzilai]], 16 July 2004</ref> After a secret visit in 1965, he appointed then Colonel {{ill|Jacob Elazari|he|יעקב אלעזרי|lt=Yaakov (Jack) Elazari}} to be head of the team of secret military delegation, along with then Lieutenant Colonel {{ill|Yehuda Golan|he|יהודה גולן}} and other IDF officers to train and build up the Singapore Armed Forces. They were nicknamed "Mexicans" during their stay in Singapore.