| 1938 |
Commander of a unit in the pluggot sadeh (field units) |
| 1940 |
Tried by British Mandate authorities for Haganah underground activities and sentenced to imprisonment |
| 1941 |
Fought in Allied operations against French Vichy forces in Lebanon |
| 1948 |
Commanded defense of settlements in the Jordan Valley; later commanded the Jerusalem front |
| 1949 |
Member of the Israeli delegation to the cease-fire talks in Rhodes |
| 1949-52 |
Commander southern command |
| 1952 |
Commander northern command |
| 1952-53 |
Chief of Operations |
| 1953-58 |
Chief of Staff |
| 1959 |
Elected to the Knesset |
| 1959-64 |
Minister of Agriculture |
| 1965 |
One of the founders of Rafi - political party headed by David Ben-Gurion |
| 1967-74 |
Minister of Defense - appointed on the eve of the Six-Day War |
| 1977-79 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 1980 |
Re-elected to the Knesset as representative of a new party, Telem |