Gen. Elad Peled, a 43-year-old sabra whose brigade captured the southern Golan Heights and northern Samaria during the June, 1967 Six-Day War, has been appointed by the government as director general of the Ministry of Education and Culture. Gen. Peled is a graduate of the Hebrew University where he majored in economics and social sciences. The Ministry is headed by Deputy Premier Yigal Allon.
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