Moshe Sharett (Hebrew: משה שרת); born Moshe Shertok (Hebrew: משה שרתוק), (October 15, 1894 – July 7, 1965) was the second Prime Minister of Israel (1954-1955), serving for a little under two years between David Ben-Gurion's two terms. 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years). ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Kherson (Ukrainian and Russian Херсон) is a city in southern Ukraine, the capital of Kherson Oblast, with 303,900 inhabitants (2004). ... July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Labour (העבודה HaAvoda) is an Israeli political party. ... Hebrew redirects here. ... Hebrew redirects here. ... October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years). ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The Prime Minister of Israel (Hebrew: ראש הממשלה, Rosh HaMemshala, lit. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Born in Kherson, Ukraine, which was then part of the Russian Empire, Moshe Sharett emigrated to Palestine in 1908. His family was one of the founders of Tel Aviv. Kherson (Ukrainian and Russian Херсон) is a city in southern Ukraine, the capital of Kherson Oblast, with 303,900 inhabitants (2004). ... Official language Russian Official Religion Russian Orthodox Christianity Capital Saint Petersburg (Petrograd 1914-1924) Area Approx. ... Map of the British Mandate of Palestine. ... Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ...

Sharett's sister Rivka, Dov Hoz's wife, died in a car crash in December of 1940 while driving to an Aviron board meeting. Also killed were Sharret's other sister, Tzvia Sharett, daughter, Tirza Hoz, and Hoz's business partner, Yitzhak Ben Yaacov. Dov Hoz Dov Hoz (1894-1940) was a leader of the Israeli labor movement, founder of the Hagana organization and a pioneer of Israeli aviation. ... Aviron is a commune in the French département of Eure. ...

Fluent in Arabic, he was employed as an official within the nascent Histadrut labor union. From 1933 to 1948, he guided negotiations between the Zionist movement and the British Mandate of Palestine, which led to the creation of the State of Israel. The Arabic language ( ), or simply Arabic ( ), is the largest member of the family of Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew, Amharic, and Aramaic. ... The Histadrut (Federation [of labor]) or HaHistadrut HaKlalit shel HaOvdim BEretz Yisrael (ההסתדרות הכללית של העובדים בארץ ישראל) (Hebrew: 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... Zionism is a political movement that supports a homeland for the Jewish people in the Land of Israel, where Jewish nationhood is thought to have evolved somewhere between 1200 BCE and late Second Temple times,[1][2] and where Jewish kingdoms existed up to the 2nd century CE. Zionism is... Map of the territory under the British Mandate of Palestine. ...

Due to this experience, Moshe Sharett became the first Foreign Minister of Israel. His pivotal achievement was the 1949 Armistice Agreements, which ended official hostilities between Israel and the Arab states during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The 1949 Armistice Agreements are a set of agreements signed during 1949 between Israel and its neighbors Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. ... The Arabs (Arabic: عرب) are a heterogeneous ethnic group who are predominantly speakers of the Arabic language, mainly found throughout the Middle East and North Africa. ... Combatants  Israel Egypt Syria Transjordan  Lebanon Iraq Holy War Army Arab Liberation Army Commanders Yaakov Dori Yigael Yadin Glubb Pasha Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni† Hasan Salama Fawzi al-Qawuqji Strength 29,677 initially–108,300 by December 1948 Egypt: 10,000 initially rising to 20,000 Iraq: 5,000...

Sharett became Prime Minister following David Ben-Gurion's retirement in January 1954. Considered to be a moderate, he advocated diplomacy with neighboring states, but was unable to implement his policies due to lack of support from hardliners in his government who continued to consult Ben-Gurion, now retired to Kibbutz Sde-Boker, bypassing Sharett's authority. In February 1955 Ben-Gurion returned to serve as Minister of Defence under Sharret, replacing Pinhas Lavon who had resigned following a failed covert Israeli operation in Egypt known as the Lavon Affair. Ben-Gurion soon regained a prominent position in Mapai party, displacing Sharett as Prime Minister in November 1955. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Kibbutz Dan, near Qiryat Shemona, in the Upper Galilee, 1990s A kibbutz (Hebrew: קיבוץ; plural: kibbutzim: קיבוצים, gathering or together) is an Israeli collective intentional community. ... Please Provide aditional information regarding weather and temperature, and interesting things to do! Sde-Boker is an Israeli Kibbutz in the Negev, in the Southern District of Israel, founded on May 15, 1952. ... Pinhas Lavon (born July 12, 1904 in Kopychintsy in what was previously Galicia and is now in Ukraine, died January 24, 1976 in Tel Aviv, Israel) was an Israeli politician and labor leader. ... The Lavon Affair refers to a widespread political scandal in Israel that followed an Israeli covert operation in Egypt known as Operation Suzannah. ... Labour (העבודה HaAvoda) is an Israeli political party. ...

Moshe Sharett served as Foreign Minister (1956), and then became the Chairman of the Jewish Agency until 1960. The Jewish Agency for Israel also known as The Jewish Agency (or sochnut in Hebrew), was previously called the Jewish Agency for Palestine (during the British Mandate of Palestine) is an Israeli organisation that advocates for Israel and is composed mainly, but not entirely, of Jewish people. ...

In his book "Perfidy", Ben Hecht, claimed that Sharett purposely prevented Joel Brand, a member of the Jewish Agency's rescue commission, from saving an immediate 1,000,000 Hungarian Jews from certain annihilation. Hecht's claims, however, are disputed. Hecht himself was a supporter of the Irgun and of the Israeli Revisionists, and a vocal opponent of Weitzmann, Sharett and Ben-Gurion, and had therefore some political motivation in publishing these claims. The accuracy of the claims is a matter of continued debate. Ben Hecht (February 28, 1894 – April 18, 1964) was a prolific Hollywood screenwriter, even though he professed disdain for the motion picture industry. ... Joel Brand Joel Brand (1907 – 1964) was a Hungarian Jew who played a prominent role in trying to save the Hungarian Jewish community from deportation to the German death camp at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. ... Etzel emblem Irgun (ארגון), shorthand for Irgun Tsvai Leumi (ארגון צבאי לאומי, also spelled Irgun Zvai Leumi), Hebrew for National Military Organization, was a clandestine militant Zionist group that operated in Palestine from 1931 to 1948. ...

Since 1987, Sharett appears on the 20 NIS bills. The bill first featured Sharett, with the names of his books in small print, and with a small image of him presenting the Israeli flag to the United Nations, in 1949. On the back of the bill, there was an image of the Herzliya Hebrew High School, where he went. In 1998 the bill went through a graphic revision, the list of Sharett's books on the front side was replaced by part of Sharet's 1949 speech in the UN. The back side features now an image of Jewish Brigade volunteers, part of a speech by Sharett on the radio after visiting the Brigade in Italy, and the list of his books in small print. 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ISO 4217 Code ILS User(s) Israel, Palestinian Authority Inflation 1. ... The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, and social equity. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Herzliya Hebrew High School (Hebrew הגימנסיה העברית הרצליה, ha-gimnasia ha-ivrit hertselia) was founded in 1905 in Jaffa and named Ha-Gimnasia Ha-Ivrit (The Hebrew High School). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... This article is about the Jewish Brigade of the British Army that fought in World War II against the Nazi Axis Powers. ...

Bibliography

• Livia Rokach: Israel's Sacred Terrorism: A Study Based on Moshe Sharett's Personal Diary and Other Documents (Belmont, Massachusetts: Association of Arab American University Graduates, 1980; Third Edition 1986), ISBN 0-937694-70-3.
• Gabriel Sheffer: Moshe Sharett: Biography of a Political Moderate. (New York: Clarendon Press of Oxford University Press, 1996), ISBN 0-19-827994-9.

External links

• Moshe Sharett (Jewish Virtual Library)
• Moshe Sharett Israel statesman and Zionist leader (Jewish Agency for Israel)
• Moshe Sharett First foreign minister 1948-1956 and prime minister of Israel 1954-1955 (Israel Ministry of Foreign affairs)
• Livia Rokach: A study based on Moshe Sharett's diary, Foreword by Noam Chomsky, 1980.

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