Yigal Allon
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Yigal Allon was an Israeli military leader and politician. He was a commander of the Palmach and a general in the Israeli Defense Forces. He was also a leader of the Ahdut HaAvoda and Israeli Labor pa
Allon in 1969
L-R: Moshe Dayan, Yitzhak Sadeh, Yigal Allon, at Kibbutz Hanita (1938)
Yitzhak Sadeh (left) and Yigal Allon, 1948
Allon in 1948
Levi Eshkol
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Levi Eshkol, born Levi Yitzhak Shkolnik, was the prime minister of Israel from 1963 until his death from a heart attack in 1969. A founder of the Israeli Labor Party, he served in numerous senior role
Yigal Allon
…IDF). He was also a leader of the Ahdut HaAvoda and Israeli Labor parties. He served briefly as acting Prime Minister of Israel between the death of Levi Eshkol and the appointment of Golda Meir in 1969. Allon was the first non-European-born Israeli to serve as Prime Minister of Israel (the first elected…
Eshkol in 1963
Eshkol at kibbutz Yas'ur in 1949
Levi Eshkol (right), Israel's Finance Minister, meeting with Arthur Levitt Sr. (left), New York State Comptroller (1959)
Eshkol and Ben-Gurion, June 1963