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Yigal Allon
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Yigal Allon was an Israeli politician and military officer who served as a member of the Knesset and held the position of Prime Minister of Israel. A member of the Israeli Labor Party, he was a major general and general who commanded the Palmach. Allon participated in the 1948 Palestine war. He was educated at St Antony's College and Kadoorie Agricultural High School.
Born in Kfar Tavor in 1918, Allon spoke Hebrew and English. He worked in Jerusalem and was buried in Ginosar. He died of a myocardial infarction in Afula on February 29, 1980. His published works include *A Strategy for peace*, *Netive Palmaḥ*, and *El pueblo y su territorio - nudo gordiano*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1918
- Died
- 1980
- Works
- 46
Top works
- פעולות לקראת מציאות חברתית חדשה
- El pueblo y su territorio - nudo gordiano
- A Strategy for peace
- Netive Palmaḥ
- ההתיישבות
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Israel
- Active from
- 1918
- Active to
- 1980
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Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 7
- Cited by
- 67
Research areas
Most cited works
- Israel: The Case for Defensible Borders1976 · 52 cit
- Shield of David: The Story of Israel’s Armed Forces1970 · 9 cit
- The Arab-Israel Conflict1964 · 4 cit
- Israel Years of Crisis Years of Hope1974 · 1 cit
- My father's house1976 · 1 cit
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- 2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes
· 2023 · cited 4,629x
- Enhanced thermoelectric performance of rough silicon nanowires
· 2008 · cited 3,778x
- Droplet Barcoding for Single-Cell Transcriptomics Applied to Embryonic Stem Cells
· 2015 · cited 3,380x
- Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infection: 2009 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America
· 2009 · cited 3,046x
- Landauer formula for the current through an interacting electron region
· 1992 · cited 2,813x
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Key facts
- President
- Zalman Shazar
- Preceded by
- Levi Eshkol
- Succeeded by
- Golda Meir
- Prime minister
- Levi Eshkol , Golda Meir
- 1961 1968
- Labour
- 1968 1969
- Immigrant Absorption
- 1969 1974
- Education and Culture
- 1974 1977
- Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1955 1965
- Ahdut HaAvoda
- 1965 1968
- Alignment
- 1969 1980
- Alignment
- Born
- ( 1918-10-10 ) 10 October 1918, Kfar Tavor , Mandatory Palestine
- Died
- 29 February 1980 (1980-02-29) (aged 61), Afula , Israel
- Spouse
- Ruth Episdorf
- Education
- Kadoorie Agricultural High School , St Antony's College, Oxford
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Israel
- Place of birth
- Kfar Tavor
- Place of death
- Afula
- Occupation
- military officer
- Position held
- Knesset member
- Educated at
- St Antony's College
- Political party
- Israeli Labor Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Hebrew
- Conflict
- 1948 Palestine war
- Military branch
- Haganah
- Military rank
- major general
- Image
- Yigal Allon.jpg
- Work location
- Jerusalem
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- Commons category
- Yigal Allon
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1918-01-01
- date of death
- 1980-02-29
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- יגאל אלון
- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- Palmach
- place of burial
- Ginosar
- start of work period
- 1937-00-00
- end of work period
- 1950-00-00
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
Yigal Allon (Hebrew: יגאל אלון; 10 October 1918 – 29 February 1980) was an Israeli military leader and politician. He was a commander of the Palmach and a general in the Israeli Defense Forces (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, non-European-born Prime Minister would later be Yitzhak Rabin in 1974). He was a government minister from the third Knesset to the ninth inclusive.
Born a child of pioneer settlers in the Lower Galilee, Allon initially rose to prominence through his military career. After the outbreak of the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine, he joined the Haganah and later the Palmach. He commanded a squad and organized key operations in the Jewish Resistance Movement such as the Night of the Bridges. During the 1947–1949 Palestine war, Allon commanded the conquest of the Galilee, Lod and Ramla, as well as the entire Negev up to Eilat as Head of the Southern Command.
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