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Amiram Barkai
Amiram Israel Barkai (June 20, 1936 – September 29, 2014) was an Israelis, Israeli biochemist. Life and career He was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, on June 20, 1936, to Isachar and Rachel Barkai. His parents came from Chiecnow, Poland, and were part of the Fifth Aliyah arriving in the Land of Israel in 1933. Much of their families who remained in Poland later were murdered in the Shoah. Amiram was raised in Kiryat Haim, a northern suburb of Haifa, and as a child enjoyed sports, the natural surroundings, and art, particularly drawing. In 1946, Amiram's parents gave birth to their second son, Arnon. At the age of 18 Amiram was conscripted into the Israeli Air Force and was accepted to the pilots training program. However, due to depth perception in vision problems, he did not complete the course. During his time in the military, his mother became ill and died. After the military, Amiram moved to Jerusalem. There he studied to become a research scientist and worked at Hadassah Hospit ...
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The Six-Day War (, ; ar, النكسة, , or ) or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states (primarily United Arab Republic, Egypt, Syria, and Jordan) from 5 to 10 June 1967. Escalated hostilities broke out amid poor relations between Israel and its Arab neighbours following the 1949 Armistice Agreements, which were signed at the end of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, First Arab–Israeli War. Earlier, in 1956, regional tensions over the Straits of Tiran escalated in what became known as the Suez Crisis, when Israel invaded Egypt over the Israeli passage through the Suez Canal and Straits of Tiran, Egyptian closure of maritime passageways to Israeli shipping, ultimately resulting in the re-opening of the Straits of Tiran to Israel as well as the deployment of the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) along the Borders of Israel#Border with Egypt, Egypt–Israel border. In ...
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