Rehavam Ze'evi

Rehavam Ze'evi
Ministerial roles
1991–1992Minister without Portfolio
2001Minister of Tourism
Faction represented in the Knesset
1988–1999Moledet
1999–2001National Union
Personal details
Born20 June 1926
Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
Died17 October 2001 (aged 75)
Jerusalem

Rehavam Ze'evi (Hebrew: רחבעם זאבי ; 20 June 1926 – 17 October 2001) was an Israeli general and politician who founded the far-right nationalist Moledet party, mainly advocating for cleansing of the complete Palestinian population through population transfer.[1]

He was assassinated by Hamdi Quran of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades in retaliation for Israel's assassination of Abu Ali Mustafa, the Secretary General of the PFLP.

  1. ^ "Zeevi profile". the Guardian. 18 October 2001.

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