Doron Almog

Doron Almog, the Chairman of the Executive of The Jewish Agency for Israel as of August 2022, has a storied history as a leader in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and as a social activist. In 2016 he received the Israel Prize, the country’s highest honor for lifetime achievement.

Doron excelled in his service in the IDF’s most elite units and was a leader in many of Israel’s battles, ultimately rising to the position of Commander of the IDF’s Southern Command. Along the way he led an operational task force against the terrorists who murdered the Israeli olympics team in 1973; commanded the first task force to land in the 1976 Entebbe rescue mission; commanded a number of clandestine missions to bring Jews from Ethiopia to Israel, as well as commanded a company during the Yom Kippur War, the war during which his brother was tragically killed; and led an elite paratroopers brigade during the first Lebanon War.