Abba Eban

Abba Eban (i/ˈæbə ˈiːbən/; Hebrew: אבא אבן‎ [ˈʔaba ˈʔevin]; born Aubrey Solomon Meir Eban; later adopted Abba Solomon Meir Eban; 2 February 1915 – 17 November 2002) was an Israeli diplomat and politician, and a scholar of the Arabic and Hebrew languages.

In his career he was Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister, Education Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, and ambassador to the United States and to the United Nations. He was also Vice President of the United Nations General Assembly and President of the Weizmann Institute of Science.

Early life

Born in Cape Town, South Africa, on 2 February 1915 to Lithuanian Jewish parents, Eban moved to the United Kingdom at an early age. As a child, he recalled being sent to his grandfather's house every weekend to study the Hebrew language and Biblical literature. He lived for a period of time in Belfast.

He was educated at St Olave's Grammar School, then in Southwark, before studying Classics and Oriental languages at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he achieved a triple first. During his time at University and afterwards, Eban was highly involved in the Federation of Zionist Youth and was editor of its ideological journal, The Young Zionist.

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"History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives."
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"A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually"
"Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives."
"Consensus is what many people say in chorus but do not believe as individuals."
"I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender."
"The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be."
"Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today, and longed for them tomorrow"
"You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way."

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Born: 1915-02-02

Died: 2002-11-17

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