biography
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Eban, Abba (Solomon)
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originally Aubrey Solomon
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pronunciation:
[eeban]
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| lived:
| (1915–2002)
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| biography:
| Israeli diplomat and statesman, born in Cape Town, SW South Africa. He studied in England, taught at Cambridge, and worked in the Middle East Arab Centre in Jerusalem (1944). He was Israeli UN representative in New York City (1948), and ambassador in Washington, DC (1950–9). He then returned to Israel, where he won a seat in the Knesset, and until 1974 served under several prime ministers, most notably as foreign minister (1966–74). An eloquent spokesman for Israel, he published eight books, including Diplomacy for the Next Century (1998). |
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