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Abba Eban (אבא אבן) ( February 2 , 1915 - November 17 , 2002 ) was an Israeli diplomat and politician . Born Aubrey Solomon Eban in Cape Town , South Africa , Eban moved to England at an early age. He was educated at St Olave's Grammar School before becoming an honors-winning student at Cambridge University , and served with the British Army in World War II , rising to the rank of major . He served as a liaison officer for the Allies to the Jewish Yishuv of Palestine , and stayed on there after the war. Having decided to remain in Israel, Eban changed his name to the more Hebrew -sounding Abba (however it was seldom used informally). He was Israel's first representative to the United Nations , where he was successful in attaining UN approval for the partition of Palestine into Jewish and Arab segments - Resolution 181 . Eban spent a decade at the United Nations, and also served as his country's ambassador to the United States at the same time. Truman , left, with David Ben-Gurion , behind them is Abba Eban . From 1966 to 1974 , Eban served as Israel's foreign minister , defending the country in the Six-Day War. Nonetheless, he was a strong supporter of returning the territories occupied in the war in exchange for peace. He played an important part in the shaping of UN Security Council Resolution 242 in 1967 (as well as resolution 338 in 1973 ). Eban was at times criticized for not voicing his opinions in Israel's internal debate. In 1988 , after three decades in the Knesset (the Israeli parliament ), he lost his seat over internal splits in the Israeli Labour Party . He devoted the rest of his life to writing and teaching, including serving as a visiting academic at Princeton University and Columbia University . He also narrated television documentaries including Heritage:Civilization and the Jews ( PBS - 1984 ), for which he was host, Israel, A Nation Is Born ( 1992 ), and On the Brink of Peace (PBS - 1997 ). In 2001 , Eban received the Israel Prize , his country's highest honor. His books include My Country ; Abba Eban: An Autobiography and Heritage: Civilization and the Jews . Eban was buried in Kfar Shmaryahu , north of Tel Aviv .¹

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member of the Knesset Israel delegation to the UN: (l-r) A. President Harry Truman (1951) Israeli PM David Ben-Gurion (center) giving a Hanukkah Menorah as a gift to U.S. President Truman in the Oval Office . (1951) Abba Eban ( / ˈ æ b ə ˈ iː b ə n / ; ; born Aubrey Solomon Meir Eban ; later adopted Abba Solomon Meir Eban ; 2 February 1915 – 17 November 2002) was an Israeli diplomat and politician, and a scholar of the Arabic and Hebrew languages. In his career he was Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister , Education Minister , Deputy Prime Minister , and ambassador to the United States and to the United Nations .

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Israeli diplomat and politician member of the Knesset Israel delegation to the UN: (l-r) A. President Harry Truman (1951) Israeli PM David Ben-Gurion (center) giving a Hanukkah Menorah as a gift to U.S. President Truman in the Oval Office . (1951) Abba Solomon Meir Eban ( / ˈ ɑː b ə ˈ iː b ən / ; ; born Aubrey Solomon Meir Eban ; 2 February 1915 – 17 November 2002) was an Israeli diplomat and politician, and a scholar of the Arabic and Hebrew languages. In his career, he was Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister , Education Minister , Deputy Prime Minister , and ambassador to the United States and to the United Nations . He was also Vice President of the United Nations General Assembly and President of the Weizmann Institute of Science . " Abba Eban: Israeli statesman ." Encyclopædia Britannica .

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Israeli diplomat and politician (1915–2002) Israel delegation to the UN: (L–R) A. President Harry Truman (1951) Israeli PM David Ben-Gurion (center) giving a Hanukkah Menorah as a gift to U.S. President Truman in the Oval Office . (1951) Abba Solomon Meir Eban ( / ˈ ɑː b ə ˈ iː b ən / ; ; born Aubrey Solomon Meir Eban ; 2 February 1915 – 17 November 2002) was a South African -born Israeli diplomat and politician, and a scholar of the Arabic and Hebrew languages. During his career, he served as Foreign Affairs Minister , Education Minister , and Deputy Prime Minister of Israel . He was the second ambassador to the United States and the first Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations . He was also Vice President of the United Nations General Assembly and President of the Weizmann Institute of Science . " Abba Eban: Israeli statesman ." Encyclopædia Britannica .

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Israeli diplomat and politician (1915–2002) Abba Solomon Meir Eban ( / ˈ ɑː b ə ˈ iː b ən / ; Hebrew : אבא שלמה אבן [ˈ(ʔ)aba ˈ(ʔ)even] ; born Aubrey Solomon Meir Eban ; 2 February 1915 – 17 November 2002) was a South African -born Israeli diplomat and politician, and a scholar of the Arabic and Hebrew languages. During his career, he served as Foreign Affairs Minister , Education Minister , and Deputy Prime Minister of Israel . He was the second ambassador to the United States and the first Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations . He was also vice president of the United Nations General Assembly and president of the Weizmann Institute of Science . Eban famously remarked of the Palestinians, "The Arabs never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity." " Abba Eban: Israeli statesman ." Encyclopædia Britannica .

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