Rehavam Ze'evi

Rehavam Ze'evi
Date of birth	20 June 1926
Place of birth	Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
Date of death	17 October 2001 (aged 75)
Place of death	Hadassah Medical Center, Israel
Knessets	12, 13, 14, 15
Faction represented in Knesset
1988–1999	Moledet
1999–2001	National Union
Ministerial roles
1991–1992	Minister without Portfolio
2001	Minister of Tourism

 Rehavam "Gandhi" Ze'evi  (Hebrew: רחבעם "גנדי" זאבי‎‎, 20 June 1926 – 17 October 2001) was an Israeli general and politician who founded the right-wing nationalist Moledet party, mainly advocating population transfer.

He was assassinated by Hamdi Quran of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

Ze'evi was born on 20 June 1926 in Jerusalem to a religious Jewish family from the Yemin Moshe neighborhood that had lived in Jerusalem for six generations, and raised on a collective farm. He joined the Palmach in 1942, and served in the Israel Defense Forces after the creation of the State of Israel.

During his youth, Ze'evi went to school in Givat HaShlosha. One night he shaved his head, wrapped a towel round his waist and entered the food hall. The shaved head and towel around his waist was similar to Mohandas Gandhi earned him Gandhi as his nickname, which stuck with him for the rest of his life. The nickname is also attributed to a long Arab dress he wore during his underground days in Palmach. Ze'evi had five children, Palmach, Sayar, Masada, Tze'ela and Arava. Palmach is also a member of Moledet and competed with Binyamin Elon for the party's leadership.

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