Moshe Carmel
Moshe Carmel ( Hebrew משה כרמל, Born January 17, 1911 in Mińsk Mazowiecki , Russian Empire ; † August 14, 2003 in Tel Aviv , Israel ) was an Israeli politician and minister .
Life
At the age of 13, Carmel immigrated to Israel and helped found Kibbutz Na'an . He was active in the Zionist youth movement Histadrut ha-No'ar ha-Owed we-ha-Lomed . 1939-1941 he was imprisoned for illegal activity against the British in the Central Prison of Acre in Akko .
In the Israeli War of Independence in 1948, following the Israeli declaration of independence , he was Commander of the Carmeli Brigade ( Hebrew חטיבת כרמלי), Chatiwat Karmeli, also 2nd Brigade, formerly 165th Brigade, a reserve infantry brigade of the Zahal , part of the Northern Command involved in Operation Chiram ( Hebrew מבצע חירם) was used. On May 17, 1948, the Arab occupation of Akko's citadel surrendered to the Carmeli Brigade under Carmel’s command, thus taking the city.
politics
He was Knesset deputy from the 3rd to the 8th legislative period, from 1955 to 1965 for ahdut haavoda , 1965-1968 for HaMa'arach , 1968-1969 for Avodah and 1969-1977 again for HaMa'arach. From 1948 to 1967 he was Israel's Minister of Transport .
Fonts
- Northern Campaigns (1949)
- Between the Walls (1965)
literature
- Moshe Dayan: Story of my Life . 1976, ISBN 0-688-03076-9 , p. 191.
- Robert St John: Ben Gurion . Jarrods Publishers (Hutchinson Group), London 1959, pp. 304-306.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary for Moshe Karmel. In: Los Angeles Times
- ↑ Avraham Lewensohn, Travel Guide Israel with road maps and city maps [Israel Tourguide, 1979; Ger.], Miriam Magal (ex.), Tel Aviv-Yapho: Tourguide, 1982, p. 48.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carmel, mosque |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carmel, Moshe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli politician and minister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 17, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mińsk Mazowiecki , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 2003 |
| Place of death | Tel Aviv |