Davar (Hebrew: דבר, meaning thing or "word") was a Hebrew language daily newspaper published in Israel from 1925 until 1994. It was established by Berl Katznelson, who was its editor until his death in 1944. Katznelson was replaced as editor by Zalman Shazar who was later to become the President of the State of Israel. It belonged to, and was politically aligned with, the Histadrut labor union. Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by 6 million people mainly in Israel, parts of the Palestinian territories, the United States and by Jewish communities around the world. ... Berl Katznelson (1887 - 1944) was a labor-Zionist thinker. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Zalman Shazar (Shneiur Zalman Robshov) (24 November 1889 - October 5, 1974) was an author, poet and the third president of Israel (1963 - 1973). ... The Histadrut (HaHistadrut HaKlalit shel HaOvdim BEretz Yisrael or ההסתדרות הכללית של העובדים בארץ ישראל General Federation of Laborers in the Land of Israel) is the Israeli trade union congress. ... A union (labor union in American English; trade union, sometimes trades union, in British English; either labour union or trade union in Canadian English) is a legal entity consisting of employees or workers having a common interest, such as all the assembly workers for one employer, or all the workers...
Davar is also the name of an Iranian minister. See Ali Akbar Davar. Ali Akbar Davar; creator of Irans legal code. ...
Davar became one of the politicians that opted for the fall of the Qajar dynasty, opposing Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh.
On February 10th of 1937, the news of Davar's apparent suicide took the capital Tehran by storm.
At any rate, Davar is regarded as one of the most productive ministers during Iran's tumultous years of the early 20th century, who made sweeping reforms to Iran's judiciary system.
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