Eliyahu Golomb
Israeli activist
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| Intro | Israeli activist | |
| Places | Israel | |
| was | Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 2 March 1893, Vawkavysk, Grodno Region, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Lithuanian–Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic | |
| Death | 11 June 1945Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel (aged 52 years) | |
| Star sign | Pisces |
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Eliyahu Golomb (Hebrew: אליהו גולומב, 2 March 1893 – 11 June 1945) was the leader of the Jewish defense effort in Mandate Palestine and chief architect of the Haganah, the underground military organization for defense of the Yishuv between 1920 and 1948. He died at the age of 52. His son David later served as a member of the Knesset.