SAGIE, URI (1943– ).The Israeli-born Sagie was drafted into the
Golani infantry brigade of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in 1961 as
a private. Remaining in service as a career officer, he fought in the
1967 Six-Day Warfor the capture of the Golan Heights. Thereafter
he served in various command positions and studied at the IDF Com-
mand and Staff College (1971–1973). In 1975 Sagie transferred to ar-
mor and became commander of an armored brigade. In June 1976 he
took part as one of the commanders of the Yehonathan Operation.
That year too he assumed command of his original Golani brigade as
a colonel. Sagie took a national security course in the United States
(1980) and was appointed head of the IDF Directorate of Operations
in July 1983 with a promotion to major general. Next he was ap-
pointed head of the Southern Command and then commander of the
Military Field Corps until 1990. In March 1991 he was made direc-
tor of Military Intelligence(DMI). He served in this position until
June 1995, when he resigned from the IDF.
In civilian life Sagie was appointed board chairman of the Meko-
rot Water Company. While in this position he was asked by Prime
Minister Ehud Barakin 1999 to lead Israeli negotiations with Syria,
which did not bear fruit. He has published many papers on peace
prospects with Syria, the best-known appearing in October 1999 un-
der the title “The Israeli-Syrian Dialogue: A One-Way Ticket to
Peace?”SAGUY, YEHOSHUA (1933– ).During the 1967 Six-Day Warand
the War of Attrition(1967–1970), Saguy served as the intelligence
officer of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Southern Command. Dur-
ing the 1973 Yom Kippur War, he was a divisional intelligence of-
ficer. He was assistant for research to the director of Military Intel-
ligence(DMI) from 1974 to 1978 and deputy director of MI from
1978 to 1979. In February 1979 he was promoted to major general
and appointed the ninth director of MI, replacing Major General
Shlomo Gazit. He held this position during the 1982 Peace for
Galilee Operation. Saguy retired in 1983 as a result of the findings of
the Kahan Commissionof Inquiry into the events at the refugee
camps in Beirut, which recommended that he be removed as director
of MI; he was replaced by Major General Ehud Barak. After retir-
ing from military service, he was elected as a member of the KnessetSAGUY, YEHOSHUA• 24106-102 (04) Q-Z.qxd 3/24/06 7:25 AM Page 241