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304and ideological reliability, Eichmann was chargedby Obergruppenführer (General) Reinhard Heydrich with the task of facilitatingand managing the logistics ofmass deportation of Jews to ghettos and extermination camps in GermanoccupiedEastern Europe.Eliezer Ben-YehudaEliezer Ben-Yehuda (January7,1858 – December 16,1922) was a Jewish lexicographer and newspapereditor. He was the driving spirit behind the revival of the Hebrew language in themodern era.Eliezer Livneh Eliezer Livneh (December 2,1902- March 1,1975) was a Zionist activist, journalist, publicist and Israeli politician.He is known for his activism for nuclear proliferation of the Middle East and for hisendorsement of the Greater Israel cause.EshkolLevi Eshkol (born Levi Školnik onOctober 25,1895, died February 26,1969) served as the third Prime Minister ofIsrael from 1963 until his death from a heart attack in 1969. He was thefirst Israeli Prime Minister to die in office.Etzel<strong>The</strong> common Israeli name for IrgunTzvai-Leumi, or Irgun, a military organization operating in the British Mandate ofPalestine from 1931 to 1948.Even Shoshan<strong>The</strong> Hebrew dictionary by AvrahamEven-Shoshan, commonly known as the Even-Shoshan dictionary, was firstpublished (1948–1952) as "A New Dictionary", later (1966–1970) as hamilonhekhadash, "<strong>The</strong> New Dictionary", and finally (2003, well after his death) asmilon even-shoshan, “<strong>The</strong> Even-Shoshan Dictionary".Throughout its history, the Even-Shoshan Dictionary has had great successamong Hebrew speakers.Feinstein and BarzaniFeinstein, a member of the Irgun,and Barzani, who was a member of the Lehi, were caught by the Britishwhen they fought for Zionist freedom. <strong>The</strong>y were taken captive as fighters,and faced court martial – predatory, cruel and merciless. <strong>The</strong>y chose to dieby their own hand rather than at the gallows. Today, they are consideredmartyrs (http://myrightword.blogspot.com/2007/04/olmerts-speech-at-ceremonymarking.html).

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