Peled (Weinberg), Asher (“Osherka”)

Son of Israel and Sima. Was born on 13.1.1906 in the city of Uman near Cube, Russia, when he was twenty years old and immigrated to Eretz Israel and left a large and wealthy family in the Diaspora. In the Hagana service. In the course of time he served in several senior positions in the Haganah and was commander of the Samaria district, deputy commander of the Central Galilee (from Zichron Yaakov to Ramat Gan) and commander of the Jerusalem district. His most important and beloved role was the role of the five main members of the Haganah, and his only occupation was related to weapons and acquisitions. Who supplied much of the weapons to the “army on the way.” His most Yaffa time was during the War of Independence. He was then assigned to concentrate the weapons for Operation Nachshon, the breakthrough operation for Jerusalem. He was drafted into the IDF on February 1, 1948 and was appointed Head of Armament Services in the IDF. A year later, he was commander of the Armament and Equipment Corps, and a year later he was appointed chief ordnance officer. In this capacity he was in charge of dealing with various types of weapons. A year passed and he was promoted to the rank of colonel and appointed assistant to the head of the quartermaster division in the General Staff, and in 1952 he was appointed head of the armaments division in the Defense Ministry, which is in charge of the entire organizational structure of procurement. Who took part in the unloading of the “tools” that arrived and did not happen when ships and planes unloaded the precious equipment in the ports of Israel and the IDF camps in the middle of the night, Oshra was an inseparable part of the human landscape on these nights. In an attempt to overcome his excitement, he was Simcha to receive a “load”, shook hands, smiled and raised glasses of “cheeks.” Appreciation for Osherka’s blessed work was expressed by Minister Shimon Peres, who for a long time was responsible for the procurement activities in the country: Specials in the book of purchasing events; You will, in fact, have a historical cover of such a book. “When it was decided to dismantle the Ordnance Branch of the Ministry of Defense and establish the director of the acquisition and production, Oshraka did not abandon the field in which he spent his life. Some people saw him as an ironman, but he was not an iron man but flesh and blood – not only in a physical but also an emotional sense – on the 13th of Adar I 5702 (February 19, 1970), Oshraka died of a Lev attack. A wife and two girls were brought to eternal rest in the cemetery in Hadera on the day of the “thirty”, Minister Shimon Peres said among other things: “He was not arrogant nor your uncle. His mood was firm, balanced and covered with a smile on his lips. He was not inclined to philosophize, but he understood the point – and when he understood it properly, he was in the right place and at the required time. – he realized that without the brown steel would not last and he became the country’s solid steel collector. When everyone seemed to have reached a moment of rest, he refused to disengage from his responsibility. When the big dishes came he did not forget the importance of the small dishes. Even though he dealt with the accumulation of tools, he was also strong in his relations with people. He was among the few who knew more than he said; said less than he had to say. All around him there was no atmosphere of jealousy but trust and partnership. I was once again surprised by the richness and depth of Ushraka’s social connections. A man in his own fortunes would turn to him – and confident that whatever he said in the debate would sink into a fellow ‘slick’ that did not leak. And whoever turned to him knew that he would not rest or rest until he built a bridge or a bridge, to undergo a crisis or a mishap. He liked to help people-and no less important, he could help them. At the end of his speech, Shimon Peres said: “He was what should be: a friend, a man, a commander, a family man and a man of the people – and a figure”Shimon Peres hinted to the same case that weapons were smuggled in barrels camouflaged as” cement barrels “to the port of Jaffa, and that Oshraka had to sign them in. At the time of unloading, one barrel fell from the crane And when the people came to him and told him to turn himself in to the Mandatory authorities, he discovered that he had his own mandate and a mandate that was not inclined to surrender. ” Shimon Peres continued: “In the Haganah (Osherka was one of its founders), he adopted all the discipline involved in military life, and in the IDF he carried with him all the spirit of friendship that characterized the life of the Haganah.”