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Moshe Carmel | |
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משה כרמל | |
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| Ministerial roles | |
| 1965–1969 | Minister of Transportation |
| Faction represented in theKnesset | |
| 1955–1965 | Ahdut HaAvoda |
| 1965–1968 | Alignment |
| 1968–1969 | Labor Party |
| 1969–1977 | Alignment |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 January 1911 Mińsk Mazowiecki,Russian Empire |
| Died | 14 August 2003(2003-08-14) (aged 92) |
Moshe Carmel (Hebrew:משה כרמל; 17 January 1911 – 14 August 2003) was an Israeli Major-General and politician who served asMinister of Transportation for eight years.[1]
Born inMińsk Mazowiecki in theRussian Empire (today inPoland), Carmel emigrated toMandate Palestine in 1924 when he was 13 years old. He was a founding member ofkibbutzNa'an, and was active in theHaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed youth movement. Between 1939 and 1941 he was imprisoned by the British authorities. During the1948 Palestine war, he was commander of theCarmeli Brigade, participating in theBattle of Haifa andOperation Hiram.
He was elected to thethird Knesset in 1955 as a member ofAhdut HaAvoda and was appointed Minister of Transportation. On 28 September 1956 he flew to Paris withMoshe Dayan,Shimon Peres andGolda Meir where they had meetings with French Foreign MinisterChristian Pineau. The purpose of the meetings was 'to clarify ... the possibilities of joint action against Egypt'.[2]
On 29 October 1957 he suffered a broken arm after aMills grenade was thrown into the debating chamber of the Knesset.David Ben-Gurion andGolda Meir were also injured. The attack was carried out byMoshe Dwek, whose motives were attributed to a dispute with theJewish Agency, though he was also described as 'mentally unbalanced'.[3] He retained his seat in the1959 and1961 elections, and was reappointed Minister of Transportation towards the end of the fifth Knesset in 1965. WhenAhdut HaAvoda merged withMapai to form theAlignment, Carmel joined the new party and retained his ministerial post in thesixth Knesset.
Carmel remained a Knesset member until 1977, and published two books;Northern Campaigns (1949) andBetween the Walls (1965). He died in 2003 at the age of 92.
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