Esther Raziel-Naor

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Esther Raziel-Naor
Faction represented in the Knesset
1949–1965Herut
1965–1974Gahal
Personal details
Born29 November 1911
Smarhon, Russian Empire
Died11 November 2002(2002-11-11) (aged 90)

Esther Raziel-Naor (Hebrew: אסתר רזיאל-נאור, 29 November 1911 – 11 November 2002) was a Revisionist Zionist, Irgun leader and Israeli politician. She was the sister of fellow Irgun leader David Raziel.

Biography

Early life

Raziel was born in

Eretz Israel, after her father was offered a Hebrew teacher’s position at the “Tachmoni” school in Tel Aviv. However, when World War I began, the family was deported by the Ottomans, along with other Russian nationals, to Egypt. She moved back to Russia and returned to Palestine in 1923, after an 8-year absence.[1]

In 1932, she joined Betar and organized the "National Cells." In 1935, she completed the Levinsky Teachers Seminary in Tel Aviv and moved to Jerusalem to work as a teacher, but was fired after being caught wearing a Betar insignia. She returned to Tel Aviv and took a "Lieutenants" course.[2]

Irgun activity

In 1936, as the

Kol Zion Halohemet, as well as a writer for Hamashkif, its newspaper. In 1943 she was selected to be a member of the Irgun's command structure.[2]

On March 4, 1944, the police raided her parents' house and found the radio transmitter. She was arrested along with her husband,

State of Israel). She was pregnant at the time of her arrest and on August 18, 1944, after a seven-month internment, she was released and gave birth shortly after. She was placed under house arrest and was frequently investigated.[2]

On July 22, 1946, following the King David Hotel bombing, she was once again arrested and sent to the Latrun detention camp, where she remained for several weeks. After her release, she remained under strict surveillance and was prevented from continuing her underground activity.[2]

State of Israel

After the

Geula Cohen.[2]

She died on November 11, 2002, and was buried in Jerusalem.

Aryeh Naor, whose wife is Miriam Naor, the President of the Supreme Court of Israel, was cabinet secretary for both of Menachem Begin
's governments.

References

  1. ^ נאור אסתר [Esther Naor]. Jewish Encyclopedia Daat (in Hebrew). Herzog College.
  2. ^ a b c d e לפידות, יהודה. היום שרה הקטנה. Daat (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2007-12-30.
  3. ^ "Esther Raziel-Naor, 91". Arutz Sheva. 2002-11-11. Retrieved 2007-12-30.

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