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Encyclopedia > Pinhas Lavon

Pinhas Lavon (July 12, 1904 - January 24, 1976) was an Israeli politician and labor leader. is the 193rd day of the year (194th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Early life

Lavon was born in Kopychintsy in what was previously Galicia now Ukraine. He studied law at the University of Lviv, where he organized Histadrut organizations in the region. He made aliyah and moved to the British Mandate of Palestine in 1929. Galicia (Ukrainian: , Polish: , Russian: , German: , Hungarian: , Czech: , Yiddish: , Turkish: , Romanian: ) is a historical region in East Central Europe, currently divided between Poland and Ukraine. ... The building of the University. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Flag The approximate borders of the British Mandate circa 1922. ...


Political life

Lavon served in the Knesset from 1949 until 1961 and was elected leader of Histadrut in 1949, a post in which he served until 1961. He was also secretary of Mapai and was minister of defense from 1954 to 1955, but left in disgrace following the so-called Lavon affair in which Lavon was accused of involvement in terrorist bombings in Egypt (though he was later absolved). He retired from public life in 1964 after a long-standing discord with David Ben-Gurion. He died in Tel Aviv. The modern Knesset building, Israels parliament, in Jerusalem Though similar-sounding, Beit Knesset (בית כנסת) literally means House of Assembly, and refers to a synagogue. ... 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. ... Labour (העבודה HaAvoda) is an Israeli political party. ... The Lavon Affair refers to the scandal over a failed Israeli covert operation in Egypt known as Operation Suzannah, in which Egyptian, American and British-owned targets in Egypt were bombed in the summer of 1954. ...   (October 16, 1886 – December 1, 1973; Hebrew: ) was the first Prime Minister of Israel. ... Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ...


Further reading

  • Pinhas Lavon website
Preceded by
David Ben-Gurion		 Defense Minister of Israel
1954-1955		 Succeeded by
David Ben-Gurion
Ben-Gurion • Lavon • Ben-Gurion • Eshkol • Dayan • Peres • Weizman • Begin • Sharon • Arens • Rabin • Shamir • Arens • Rabin • Peres • Mordechai • Arens • Barak • Ben-Eliezer • Mofaz • Peretz • Barak


 

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