"'"' ((June 15,1924-April 24, 2005) was the seventh President of the State of Israel. He served a seven-year term, 1993–2000. Before the presidency, Weizman was commander of the Israeli air force and Minister of Defense. Wikipedia
Ezer Weizman was born in Tel Aviv in 1924, and raised in Haifa. He began his long military career as a fighter pilot during World War II, joining the Royal Air Force in 1942 at age 18. Returning to Mandatory Palestine after the war, Weizman was one of a www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Facts+About+Israel/State/Ezer+Weizman.htm
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