Yaakov Arnon
Ya'akov Arnon ( he, יעקב ארנון; 1913–1995) was a Dutch Israeli economist and government official in the 1960s who later became active in the Israeli peace movement. Biography Born Jacob "Jaap" van Amerongen in Amsterdam, Netherlands to a well off family of Dutch Jewish diamond dealers, Arnon studied economics in his native city. He survived World War II by concealing his Jewish identity. After World War II he led the Zionist Federation of the Netherlands until 1948 when he emigrated to Israel after the war, changed his name and joined the Ministry of Finance under Levi Eshkol to become the new ministry's director-general. In 1965, he initiated policies that led to a serious recession in Israel."The Makings of History / On a mission to save Israel"
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