Yom Kippur War

A medical committee of the Rehabilitation Department has determined there is a basis to recognize the link between the severe trauma experienced in captivity and the leukemia the former soldier developed at a relatively young age. The committee cited the severity of the trauma and its lasting impact, assigning a 50% permanent disability rating. Attorneys call it a precedent-setting decision...

Yaari, son of MAPAM founder Meir Yaari, was praised for his performance during the Yom Kippur War, when he was a branch head in Syria. He is also remembered for his advice to the late Ariel Sharon during the First Lebanon War.