Born in Iraq in 1923 and immigrating to Palestine in 1934, both before and after the state is established, Hillel engages in arranging for Jews from Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq to emigrate to Palestine/Israel. He plays a significant role in helping more than 120,000 Iraqi Jews flee to Israel in the early 1950s. He is elected to the Knesset in 1952, serving there until 1959, and again from 1974-1992. He becomes Minister of Police and Internal Affairs, and holds several ambassadorial posts to Africa in the 1960s.
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