Shmuel Dayan ( he, שמואל דיין; 8 August 1891 – 11 August 1968) was a
Zionist
Zionism ( he, צִיּוֹנוּת ''Tsiyyonut'' after '' Zion'') is a nationalist movement that espouses the establishment of, and support for a homeland for the Jewish people centered in the area roughly corresponding to what is known in Je ...
activist during the
British Mandate of Palestine British Mandate of Palestine or Palestine Mandate most often refers to:
* Mandate for Palestine: a League of Nations mandate under which the British controlled an area which included Mandatory Palestine and the Emirate of Transjordan.
* Mandatory P ...
and an
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
i politician who served in the first three
Knesset
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s.
Biography
Born in the town of
Zhashkiv
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Administrative status
Zhashkiv gained s ...
in the
Russian Empire
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(today in
Ukraine
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), he joined the Zionist movement as a boy and emigrated to Palestine, then under
Ottoman rule, in 1908. He worked in agriculture in
Petah Tikva,
Rehovot,
Yavne'el
Yavne'el ( he, יַבְנְאֵל, ar, يفنيئيل) is a moshava and local council in the Northern District of Israel. Founded in 1901, it is one of the oldest rural Jewish communities in the country. According to the Israel Central Bureau o ...
and
Kinneret until 1911, when he became active in
Hapoel Hatzair
Hapoel Hatzair ( he, הפועל הצעיר, "The Young Worker") was a Zionist group active in Palestine from 1905 until 1930. It was founded by A.D. Gordon, Yosef Aharonovich, Yosef Sprinzak and followed a non-Marxist, Zionist, socialist agenda ...
(the Young Workers Party). He was also one of the earliest settlers in
Degania, the country's first
kibbutz, though he left in 1921 to help establish the
moshav Nahalal
Nahalal ( he, נַהֲלָל) is a moshav in northern Israel. Covering 8.5 square kilometers, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In it had a population of .
Nahalal is best known for its general layout, as ...
. According to his grandson, he, as opposed to his wife Devorah, never personally worked more than 2 weeks at the kibbutz, but spent most of his life in hotels.
Gideon Levy
Gideon Levy ( he, גדעון לוי; born 2 June 1953) is an Israeli journalist and author. Levy writes opinion pieces and a weekly column for the newspaper '' Haaretz'' that often focus on the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories ...
'My hate crime against the Dayan dynasty,'
Haaretz, 18 May 2014. As one of the leaders of the nascent Moshav Movement, he made several trips to the
United States
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and
Poland
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as a Zionist emissary.
In 1949, he was elected to the First Knesset for the
Mapai
Mapai ( he, מַפָּא"י, an acronym for , ''Mifleget Poalei Eretz Yisrael'', lit. "Workers' Party of the Land of Israel") was a democratic socialist political party in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger in ...
party, and served as Deputy Speaker of the Knesset. In 1951, he used his official Service Passport to travel abroad, mainly to the US, on official meetings. He continued as a member of the next two Knessets, until 1959.
Shmuel Dayan was the father of Israeli general and politician
Moshe Dayan and the grandfather of politician
Yael Dayan and director
Assi Dayan
Assaf "Assi" Dayan ( he, אסף "אסי" דיין; 23 November 1945 – 1 May 2014) was an Israeli film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer.
Life
Dayan was the youngest son of Israeli general and defense minister Moshe Dayan and peace a ...
.
File:נהלל - מר שמואל דיין-JNF010263.jpeg, Shmuel Dayan 1920
File:עמק יזרעאל - 25 שנה להתישבות בעמק - הזוג דיין ונכדתם - מראשוני נהלל-JNF023765.jpeg, Shmuel Dayan with wife, parents & daughter 1946
File:1951 Israel Service passport.jpg, 1951 Israel Service passport used by Shmuel Dayan
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1891 births
1968 deaths
Shmuel
Deputy Speakers of the Knesset
Israeli Jews
Israeli people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
Jewish Israeli politicians
Jews in Mandatory Palestine
Jews in Ottoman Palestine
Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the Ottoman Empire
Mapai politicians
Members of the Assembly of Representatives (Mandatory Palestine)
Members of the 1st Knesset (1949–1951)
Members of the 2nd Knesset (1951–1955)
Members of the 3rd Knesset (1955–1959)
Ukrainian Jews