Moshe Sharett, 1894-1965

The first foreign minister and second prime minister of Israel, Ukraine-born Sharett (originally Shertok) was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and one of the key negotiators of cease-fire agreements that ended the War of Independence. He led the political department of the Jewish Agency beginning in 1933. He founded the Jewish Brigade to fight alongside the British army in World War II.

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