Background
David Ben-Besht was born in Israel.
David Ben-Besht was born in Israel.
He received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Business Management from the University of Haifa and studied at the United States Marine Corps College for a year in the early 1970s.
Until 2007 he was commander of the Israeli Navy. Ben-Besht began his military career as a draftee in 1970, but then volunteered to attend the naval officer"s course. Through the 1970s he commanded a number of vessels including a Saar 2 and a Saar 4 missile boat.
As Naval Commander, Ben-Besht dealt with Palestinian arms smugglers moving equipment by boat from Egypt into the Gaza Strip.