About Ya'akov Arnon
Lived 1913 – 1995 (aged 82). Ya'akov Arnon was an Israeli economist, peace activist and zionist.
Ya'akov Arnon (; 1913–1995) was a Dutch Israeli economist and government official in the 1960s who later became active in the Israeli peace movement.
Biography Born Jacob "Jaap" van Amerongen in Amsterdam, Netherlands to a well off family of Dutch Jewish diamond dealers, Arnon studied economics in his native city. He subsequently served as Chairman of the Board of the Israel Electric Corporation.
After the Six-Day War, Arnon co-ordinated a committee of government officials that attempted to implement an "enlightened occupation" of the West Bank and Gaza Strip but which laid the foundations of the ongoing Occupation.
Arnon died in Jerusalem on October 7, 1995 at the age of 82. A street was named after him in Jerusalem shortly after his death.
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Who was Ya'akov Arnon?
Israeli economist and anti-war activist
When was Ya'akov Arnon born?
Ya'akov Arnon was born on 3 October 1913 in Amsterdam.
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Ya'akov Arnon died on 7 October 1995.
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Ya'akov Arnon was an economist, peace activist and zionist.
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Ya'akov Arnon was Israeli.
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