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Yitzhak Rachamim Navon (Hebrew: יצחק נבון ; 9 April 1921 – 6 November 2015) was an Israeli politician, diplomat, playwright, and author. He served as the fifth President of Israel between 1978 and 1983 as a member of the centre-left Alignment party.
Yitzhak Navon was a teacher and educator in Jerusalem until he joined the Haganah to head the organization’s Arab Intelligence Unit in Jerusalem. After the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Navon was sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on a diplomatic mission to Uruguay and Argentina.
Nov 7, 2015 · Yitzhak Navon, Israel’s fifth president, diplomat, key adviser to David Ben-Gurion and respected Labor politician, died Friday night at the age of 94. Navon, the scion of a long line of...
Nov 8, 2015 · As the fifth president of Israel from 1978 to 1983, Yitzhak Navon, who has died aged 94, combined loyalty to socialist Zionism with a deep knowledge of “the Arab side” and a generally dovish...
Nov 7, 2015 · Yitzhak Navon, Fifth President of Israel, Dies at 94. Israel's president from 1978 to 1983, Navon fought in the War of Independence, served as David Ben-Gurion's bureau chief and held a number of ministerial positions. He was also a successful author and playwright.
Yitzhak Navon was an Israeli politician, diplomat, and author who served as the fifth President of Israel. Navon was born in Jerusalem on April 9, 1921, to a Sephardi family living in Pre-State Israel since the 17th century.
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Yitzhak Navon was the twelfth generation of his family to be born in Jerusalem. His father’s family, which arrived to Israel by way of Turkey as exiles of the Alhambra Decree, lived in the city continuously since 1670. Navon’s mother was born in Morocco, a daughter of the Ben-Atar family of rabbis. She immigrated to Israel in 1884.
