Eliahu Ben-Elissar
| Eliahu Ben Elissar | |
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| Ambassador of Israel to Egypt | |
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In office 1980–1981 |
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| Succeeded by | Moshe Sasson |
| Member of the Knesset for Likud | |
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In office 1981–1996 |
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| Ambassador of Israel to the United States | |
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In office 1996–1998 |
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| Preceded by | Itamar Rabinovich |
| Succeeded by | Zalman Shoval |
| Ambassador of Israel to France | |
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In office 1998–2000 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
2 August 1932 Radom, Poland |
| Died | 12 August 2000 (aged 68) Paris, France |
| Political party | Likud |
| Height | 6'0" |
| Alma mater | University of Paris University of Geneva |
| Occupation | Politician, Statesman, Author |
| Religion | Judaism |
Eliyahu Ben-Elissar (Hebrew: אליהו בן אלישר, born 2 August 1932, died 12 August 2000) was an Israeli politician and diplomat.
Born Eli Gottlieb in Radom in Poland in 1932, Ben-Elissar was the son of a distinguished family. His parents were Eliezer and Hela (née Dobrzynska) Gottlieb. Eliezer and his brother, Jacob, owned and operated Brago, a successful foundry. Eli was the youngest of three siblings. The eldest, a sister Diana, was born on 7 August 1923, and a brother, Nathan, was born on 21 November 1925.
Ten-year-old Gottlieb immigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1942 with some members of a Radomer family named Graucher using a visa originally obtained for a son who had already been deported by the Nazis. Ironically, the name of the child who perished so that Eli would survive was named Natan Chaim (Hebrew for "he gave life"). Gottlieb attended the Bilu School in Tel Aviv joined the Irgun, and served in the IDF until 1965. He subsequently graduated from the University of Paris with a BA in Social Sciences and an MA in International Law and later studied for a PhD at the University of Geneva.
Being in Palestine during the latter years of the Holocaust, Ben-Elissar did not know the fate of his family until the war's end in 1945. With his father's death in a concentration camp and his mother's demise due to a tragic road accident in Germany after the war, Ben-Elissar was orphaned at the age of 14. The effects of the Holocaust were always of great and enduring significance in his life.
In 1947, Ben Elissar's sister, Diana, immigrated to the United States with her new husband, Moshe (Murray) Weinstock. Raising three children, Leo, Allen, and Elaine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Diana remained a steadfast fixture in Ben-Elissar's life. His brother, Nathan, served in the IDF during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, studied in Vienna, and emigrated to the United States in 1967 where he served as a cantor for many years. Nathan married Rochelle Kelman, and they had a daughter, Nechama.
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