Lt. Gen. (Ret.) David Elazar, Israel’s former Chief of Staff, has been appointed chairman of the Zim Lines, Israel’s national shipping company, it was announced by Michael Tzur, the present board chairman who Elazar will succeed. Elazar will spend nine months familiarizing himself with Zim’s operations, three of them aboard one of the company’s big containerships on a round trip to Japan.
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