Background
Geffen was born in moshav Nahalal. In 1967, his mother overdosed on her medication and died.
Geffen was born in moshav Nahalal. In 1967, his mother overdosed on her medication and died.
He is the father of Aviv Geffen, Shira Geffenת and Natasha Geffen, as well as nephew of Moshe Dayan. He has two grandsons. In 1965, he served as a paratrooper under Matan Vilnaì, and became an officer
Geffen considers it to have been suicide.
After his discharge from the Israel Defense Forces in 1969 and moving to Tel Aviv, he took up poetry. During this period he began writing a column for the weekend supplement of Ma"ariv, and he joined the entertainment troupe "Lul" with Uri Zohar, Arik Einstein, and Shalom Hanoch.
Geffen was often criticized for his strong left-wing leanings, which bordered on provocation, and even received death threats. He was one of a group of journalists (including Uri Dan, Yeshayahu Ben Porat, Eitan Haber, Hezi Carmel, Eli Landau, and Eli Tavor) who in 1973 published the book The Failure, the first book to document the Yom Kippur War.
lieutenant criticized the performance of the government and military and also contained first-hand descriptions of battles, casualties, injuries, and the losses and failures of military hardware.
The book aroused considerable public interest. He frequently collaborated with David Broza, rendering Spanish songs into Hebrew.