Yom-Tov Samia
{{Short description|Israeli general (born 1954)}}
{{Infobox military person
| name = Yom-Tov Samia
| native_name = יום טוב סמיה
| native_name_lang = he
| image = File:Yom-Tov Samia 2000.jpg
| caption = Samia giving a press briefing on the Gaza Strip, 2000
| birth_date = 18 June 1954
| birth_place = Pardesiya, Israel
| allegiance = Israel
| branch = Southern Command
| branch_label = Israeli Defense Forces
| rank = Major General
| alma_mater = Tel Aviv University, Ph.D.
}}
Yom Tov Samia ({{Langx|he|יום טוב סמיה}}; born 18 June 1954) is a retired Israeli general. He was head of the Israel Defense Forces' Southern Command from January 2001 to December 2003. He retired from military service as a major general.
Biography
Samia was born in Pardesiya, grew up in Netanya, and now lives in Tel Aviv. He holds a Ph.D. in sociology and political science. In 1998 he won the Tel Aviv University's Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies's Tshetshik Prize for Israel's Security for his research on "The Organizational Climate of the IDF's Field Units."
Samia was president and CEO of the BARAN Group, is currently (2008) president of "Yam Deshers" LTD, president and CEO of Israel Corp (Biofuels), S. B. Security, Katz Logistics, Orgad Holding, E.D.S. Israel, Girit Celadon Israel (Gates and Checkpoints systems).
He writes for various magazines on issues of national security, such as this 2007 article from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs entitled Weapons Smuggling from Egypt to Gaza: What Can Egypt and Israel Do? [http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DBID=1&TMID=111&LNGID=1&FID=283&PID=0&IID=1957 Weapons Smuggling from Egypt to Gaza]
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081211023742/http://www.guardianspain.com/HTMLs/article_en.aspx?C2063=12668&BSP=12681 Guardian Protection Special Profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080115014227/http://www.tau.ac.il/webflash/wf-9807.html Tel Aviv University Webflash]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070906012723/http://www.peres-center.org/SectionProject.asp?cc=0111020508 The Peres Center for Peace]
- [http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DBID=1&TMID=111&LNGID=1&FID=283&PID=0&IID=1957 Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs]
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Category:Tel Aviv University alumni
Category:University of Haifa alumni
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