Israel Eldad

Israel Eldad (1910 - 1996) born Israel Schieb in Podvolochisk, in Galicie (Poland), is regarded as the ideologist of the movement Zionist Lehi. Although born in Poland, it continues its studies with Vienna where he becomes doctor in Philosophie after a passage by the rabbinical seminar. In 1941, he immigrates in Palestine and joined Lehi. Eldad was the ideologist of Lehi and published articles which were stuck the night through all the country. Its articles were of a prose if incisor that many members of Haganah were convinced not to take part in operations of repressions against Lehi. Whereas it was pursuivit by English soldiers, Eldad fell from a building of three floors and broke the back. It spent two years in a corset while being imprisoned. Whereas it was accompanied at the hospital in order to be done removed the plaster, of the members of Lehi launched an operation in order to release it. With died of Avraham Stern in 1942, the leadership of Lehi reorganized around Israel Eldad, Nathan Yellin-Mor and Yithzak Shamir.

After the independence of the State of Israel, it becomes a virulent criticism of the government and Israeli company and launches a review: " Sullam" (scale). He preaches the re-establishment of the Royaume of Israel and the extension of the borders of the the Nile to the Euphrate. Eldad is very critical of all the Israeli political parties which treat the State like a purely political creature and are unaware of its Messianic and biblical dimensions. For Eldad, the political indépendence of Israel is not aboutissment Zionism. For him, that would be the construction of the Third Temple in Jerusalem, since the destruction of the Temple by the Romans brought dispersions of the Jews as a diaspora, the rebuilding of the Temple would join again the true sovereignty of the Juif people on the Earth of Israêl. It has creates its own political group: The Movement of Faithful to the Earth of Israel and tried without success to be made elect in Knesset on this ticket. He will declare himself satisfied with his defeat considering that its ideology does not permetterait to him to make the pragmatic choices of the policy.

Later, Rehavam Zeevi, president de Moledet, party defending the transfer of the Palestinians in Jordan, will demandra in Eldad to become chief candidate. Old, he refused but accepted the place symbolic system of the 120e candidate on the list.

After the War the Six Day old, it becomes one of the more fervent supporters of the annexation of Judaea-Samarie, the Sinai, the Gaza Strip and Golan.Eldad launched the review " Zote Haaretz" who had a line clearly directed on the right. It was extrement critical Agreements of Oslo. It wrote several works of which " The Juive" Revolution; , a biblical comment and an anthology as of its press articles. He was professor of social sciences at the Ben-Gourion University of Negev.

Until its death, he will write prolifiquement in various Israeli newspapers. He dies out in January 1996 and was buried at the side of his friend, the nationalist poet Uri Zvi Greenberg. He is the father of the politician of right-hand side, Arié Eldad.

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