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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Agency, and was active in organizing the Jewish Brigade within the British army during World War II. In 1946, however, the British imprisoned him for four months on suspicion of condoning terrorism. When Israel became a nation and he its first Foreign Minister, he changed his original Russian name, Shertok, meaning "little devil," to Sharett, meaning "servant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: A Different Stripe | 12/7/1953 | See Source »

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