Rafaeli was born in
Tel Aviv, Israel. He was in the
Palmach from 1944 to 1948, and in the
Israel Defense Forces from 1948 to 1951. Rafaeli was the founding President of the
University of Haifa from 1973 to 1977. In 2000, Rafaeli was the Chancellor of the University of Haifa, and founder of its Jewish-Arabic Center. Rafaeli died on May 27, 2018, and was buried in
Degania Bet, Israel. == References ==