Background
Yisraeli was born in 1927 in the town of Motal in Belarus (then part of Poland).
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Haim Yisraeli
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Following the Soviet annexation of Easter Poland, Yisraeli"s family was exiled to Kazakhstan and, as a result, his family avoided the fate of the majority of the Jewish residents of the town whom were murdered by the Nazis during World World War World War II Following the war, the family received permission to move to Poland and, soon afterwards, they contacted the Berihah network. From the transit camp, the family managed to flee to Mandate Palestine. After Yisraeli arrived in Palestine, which was later ton become the State of Israel, he was not drafted to the Israel Defense Forces for health reasons.
As a result, he was initially assigned to work temporarily in the archive of the Prime Minister" General’ s Office.
He later managed to convince the doctors in the Israel Defense Forces recruiting office to enlist him, and, in 1950, he was sent to work, as part of his military service, in the Israeli Ministry of Defense. Yisraeli became a close aide of Nehemia Argov, the military Adjutant of the Defense Minister and first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, and, during his career, he worked in the service of 14 defense ministers.
Yisraeli"s autobiography was published in 2005.
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Israel Prize In 1998, Yisraeli won the Israel Prize, for his special contribution to society and state, presented during the 50th Independence Day celebrations in Israel.
The Israel Prize (Hebrew: פרס ישראל) is an award handed out by the State of Israel and is generally regarded as the state's highest honor.The Israel Prize (Hebrew: פרס ישראל) is an award handed out by the State of Israel and is generally regarded as the state's highest honor.