Ben-Aharon, Yitzhak

Ben-Aharon, Yitzhak
▪ 2007
Yitzhak Nussboim 
      Israeli politician (b. July 17, 1906, Bukovina territory, Austria-Hungary [now in Romania]—d. May 19, 2006, Kibbutz Givat Haim, Israel), as an influential and often controversial member of Israel's political left wing, was noted for his support of socialism, trade unions, and kibbutzim and for having cofounded (1968) the Israel Labour Party. After immigrating to Palestine in 1928, Ben-Aharon joined the Kibbutz Givat Haim and became active in various political parties. During World War II he joined the British army but was captured and spent four years (1941–45) in a German prison camp. After the creation of Israel, he served (1949–64, 1969–77) in the Knesset (parliament) and was secretary-general (1969–73) of the powerful labour organization Histadrut. Many of Ben-Aharon's political stances were polemical, especially his call for Israel's unilateral withdrawal from territories occupied since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. After the right-wing Likud Party defeated Labour in 1977, Ben-Aharon retired from politics, proclaiming, “If this is the people's will, the people should be replaced.”

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