Education
Born in Jerusalem at a time when it was part of the Ottoman Empire, Eliashar studied medicine at the University of Beirut, as well as law in Cairo and Jerusalem.
politician writer Knesset member
Born in Jerusalem at a time when it was part of the Ottoman Empire, Eliashar studied medicine at the University of Beirut, as well as law in Cairo and Jerusalem.
During World War I he served as a junior medical officer in the Ottoman Army. After the British took control of Palestine, he started working for the Mandate government in 1922, eventually managing the Trade Bureau in the Department of Customs and Trade. In 1935 he left the civil service and went into business.
In 1942 he was elected its president
In the same year he started publishing and editing the weekly newspaper Hed HaMizrah, which he continued to do until 1952. Shortly after the elections the party merged into the General Zionists.
He again headed its list for the elections, but it received only 0.8% of the vote, failing to cross the 1% electoral threshold, resulting in Eliashar losing his seat. In 1974, Eliashar was one of the founders of the Israeli Council for Israeli-Palestinian Peace.
Eliashar later published two books
Living with the Palestinians in 1975, and Living with the Jews in 1981. He died in October that year.
In 1938 he became a member of the Sephardi Community Committee in Jerusalem, and also served as a member of its presidium. A member of the Jewish National Council, he was amongst the leadership of the Haganah in Jerusalem and served as a member of the Defence Committee of the Provisional State Council after Israeli independence.