Bouchiki in Lillehammer were arrested in Oslo, and four members of
the team—Dan Arbel, Marianne Gladnikoff, Sylvia Raphael, and
Michael Dorf—were sentenced to prison terms.
The Wrath of God Operation sent the imaginations of authors and
scriptwriters into a whirl. The latest version, the movie Munichby
Steven Spielberg, was released in December 2005. It deals with the
hunt to the death for the planners and executors of the Munich mas-
sacre. The film largely disproves the claim that every person killed by
the Mossad in the Wrath of God Operation was indeed involved in
the massacre. It demonstrates that many terrorist leaders and opera-
tives were eliminated not for revenge, but merely as examples.– Y –
YA’ALON, MOSHE (1950– ).The Israeli-born Ya’alon is also known by
his nickname Bogey. He was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces
(IDF) in 1968 and served in the Nahal Infantry Corps until his discharge
from national service. In the 1973 Yom Kippur War, he fought as a re-
serve soldier in the paratroop brigade in battles in the Suez Canal zone.
After the war, he returned to military service as a regular in the airborne
Nahal brigade and graduated from the IDF officers course. After re-
ceiving his commission, he held several command positions in the Para-
troop Brigade. During the 1978 Litani Operation in Lebanon, Ya’alon
commanded the Paratroop Reconnaissance Unit. From 1979 to 1982
Ya’alon served in the Sayeret Matkalelite unit and saw action in bat-
tles of the 1981 Peace for Galilee Operation in Lebanon. Thereafter he
was appointed battalion commander and subsequently deputy brigade
commander of the Paratroop Brigade. Toward the end of this command,
he was wounded while on a mission in Lebanon.
In 1986 Ya’alon studied at the Command and Staff College at Kim-
berly in England. On returning to Israel, he was appointed commander
of the Sayeret Matkal and promoted to the rank of colonel. He partic-
ipated in an armor reorientation course in 1989–1990 and concur-
rently earned a bachelor’s degree in political science at the University
of Haifa. In February 1990 he was appointed commander of the Para-
troop Brigade. Ya’alon was promoted to the rank of brigadier general
in January 1992 and made commander of IDF Forces in the WestYA’ALON, MOSHE• 30906-102 (04) Q-Z.qxd 3/24/06 7:26 AM Page 309