Jewish Israel Photo Prime Minister LEVI ESHKOL at Kaiser-Ilin Industries factory

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Black & white photo of Prime Minister LEVI ESHKOL visit at Kaiser-Ilin Industries c
ars factory.
Size: 12.5*8.5 cm
Levi Eshkol (1895-1969)
Was an Israeli statesman who served as the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death from a heart attack in 1969. A founder of the Israeli Labor Party, he served in numerous senior roles, including Minister of Defense (1963–1967) and Minister of Finance
(1952–1963)
.
Eshkol was first appointed as Prime Minister following the resignation of David Ben-Gurion. He then led the party in the elections to the Sixth Knesset (1965) and won, remaining in office for six consecutive years. Shortly after taking office, he made several significant changes, among them the annulment of military rule over Israeli Arabs and a successful journey to the United States, being the first Israeli leader to be formally invited to the White House. His relations with American President Lyndon B. Johnson greatly affected Israel–United States relations and later on the Six-Day War
.
Eshkol was active in the Zionist movement from a young age, immigrating to Ottoman Palestine in 1914 and working in agriculture. He was among the founders of the major institutions of the Yishuv, most importantly the Histadrut and Haganah. He was treasurer of Hapoel Hatzair political party and treasurer of the Agricultural Center. In 1929 he was elected as chairman of the settlement committee within the Zionist Congress, taking a leading role in enabling conditions for new construction. In 1937 he founded Mekorot water company and was its director until 1951. Simultaneously, he held positions at the Haganah, at Mapai and as chairman of Tel Aviv Workers' Council. In 1948–1949 he was Director General of the Ministry of Defense and from 1948 to 1963 he was chairman of the Settlement Department of the Jewish Agency. Elected to the Second Knesset in 1951, he was soon thereafter appointed to key government roles
.
He led the Israeli government during and after the Six-Day War and was the first Israeli Prime Minister to die in office.
Kaiser-Ilin Industries Ltd
Was the first significant vehicle assembly plant in Israel. The plant was located in Nesher. The company was a joint venture of businessman Ephraim Ilin with the American car company Kaiser-Frazer, and began operating in 1951 In the name of Kaiser-Fraser to Israel.
After Ford surrendered to the Arab boycott and rescinded its commitment to set up a car train plant in Israel, the government considered it a priority for a similar plant with an international reputation. The great difficulty inherent in this was the fact that the vast majority of the car factories in the world refrained from economic cooperation with Israel.
Kaiser-Frazer was a new American car company, founded after World War II by Joseph Wu. Fraser, who had extensive experience in the automotive industry, and Henry Kaiser, a renowned industrialist. Ilin befriended Hickman Price, Vice President of Kaiser-Fraser, and managed to form a partnership between him and the American concern. Under the terms of the deal, Kaiser Fraser invested half a million dollars and Eileen invested two million dollars. The "Kaiser-Ilin" factories established the plant in Israel within a year and a half. Due to its investment in Israel, Kaiser Fraser was boycotted by Arab countries and its engineers did not receive a transit visa [clarification needed] in Arab countries.
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