Rehavam Amir
| Rehavam Amir | |
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| Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom | |
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In office 1953–1958 |
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| Israeli Ambassador to Poland | |
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In office 1958–1961 |
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| Israeli Ambassador to Thailand | |
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In office 1971–1975 |
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| Israeli Ambassador to Finland | |
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In office 1979–1982 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Rehavam Zabludovsky January 1, 1916 Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Died | April 4, 2013 (aged 97) |
| Citizenship |
 Israel
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| Spouse(s) | Avital Brandstatter |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1941-1944 |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Unit | Special Operations Executive |
Rehavam Amir (Zabludovsky) (Hebrew: רחבעם עמיר; January 1, 1916 – April 4, 2013) was an Israeli ambassador, civil servant and former parachutist with the Hagannah.
Rehavam Amir was born in Vilnius, Lithuania (then part of the Russian Empire), as Rehavam Zabludovsky. His parents were Malka (née Silman) and Yitzhak-Eliezer Zabludovsky. From an early age Rehavam received a Zionist education. He studied in a Tarbut High School and continued to the Teachers' College in Vilnius. In 1935, having received an Aliya certificate sponsored by his uncle, the poet Kadish-Yehuda Silman, Rehavam came to Eretz-Israel, then Palestine under the British Mandate. He arrived in Jerusalem and stayed with his relatives in the neighborhood of Beit HaKerem. There he completed his studies in the local Teachers' College under the directorship of Prof. Ben-Zion Dinnaburg–Dinur. Upon graduating, Rehavam went to teach in Yavne'el (then a frontier settlement) in Galilee, where in time he was to meet his wife to be Avital Brandstatter. In 1939, requested by the Hagannah, he moved to Tel Aviv and taught at the Gretz Elementary School.
Amir joined the Hagannah in late 1936. He participated in one of the Hagannah's first wireless operators' courses that was conducted clandestinely in the kibbutz Ayelet HaShahar in Upper Galilee. While teaching in Yavne'el, Amir served as the contact between Yavne'el and Hagannah headquarters.
In 1941, Amir was requested to head a Hagannah communication course that was held in the Oriental Bazaar in Tel Aviv for members of the Moshe Dayan Network. The participants in the course were taught professional wireless operations by experts such as Peretz Rosenberg and others. Upon the completion of the course, Amir was invited to the home of Eliyahu Golomb, head of the Hagannah. From him Amir first learned of the possibility to be sent beyond enemy lines in Europe. He was asked whether he would be willing to go on a lone Hagannah mission, as a British soldier, in an attempt to reach one of the Jewish communities in occupied Europe. Fully understanding the dangers involved and not knowing any of the details of his intended lone assignment – Amir gave his immediate consent.
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