Ephraim Katzir was president of Israel from 1973 to 1978. Through 2005 the opening said his brother Aharon, a chemical physicist, was murdered in 1972 during the Lod Airport Massacre. Today the word massacre survives once elsewhere in the article, but the opening carries only his birth, death and years in office. A reader arriving now learns when Katzir served as president, not that his brother was killed in the 1972 Lod Airport Massacre.
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Ephraim Katzir (born May 16 1916 ) is an Israeli biophysicist and Israeli Labour Party politician . He served as the President of Israel for one 5-year term, from 1973 until 1978 . Katzir was born in Kiev , Ukraine with the name Ephraim Katchalski. He changed his last name to the Hebrew name Katzir in 1973, after being elected President by the Knesset . In 1925 he immigrated with his family to Palestine. He studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem , where he received a Ph.D. degree. After studying abroad, he returned to Israel and became head of the Department of Biophysics at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot. In 1966 he became Chief Scientist of the Israel Defense Forces . His brother Aharon , a chemical physicist , was murdered in 1972 during the Lod Airport Massacre . v t e v t e1
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Ephraim Katzir ( ) (May 16, 1916 – May 30, 2009) was an Israeli biophysicist and former Israeli Labor Party politician .He was the fourth President of Israel from 1973 until 1978.
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Ephraim Katzir ( ) (16 May 1916 – 30 May 2009) was an Israeli biophysicist and former Israeli Labor Party politician. He was the fourth President of Israel from 1973 until 1978.
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He was the fourth President of Israel from 1973 until 1978.
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He was the fourth President of Israel from 1973 until 1978.
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He was the president of Israel from 1973 until 1978.
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israeli biophysicist and israeli labour party politician
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israeli biophysicist and israeli labor party politician
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