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lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Abba Eban" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abba_Eban" title="Abba Eban – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Abba Eban" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%86" title="آبا ابن – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آبا ابن" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abba_Eban" title="Abba Eban – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Abba Eban" 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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Israeli diplomat and politician (1915–2002)</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Abba Eban</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Abba_Eban_1970.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Abba_Eban_1970.jpg/220px-Abba_Eban_1970.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="265" class="mw-file-element" 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without Portfolio">Minister without Portfolio</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">1960–1963</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Education_Minister_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="Education Minister of Israel">Minister of Education & Culture</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">1963–1966</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_leaders_of_Israel#Deputy_Prime_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy leaders of Israel">Deputy Prime Minister</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">1966–1974</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel">Minister of Foreign Affairs</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Faction represented in the <a href="/wiki/Knesset" title="Knesset">Knesset</a></th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">1959–1965</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mapai" title="Mapai">Mapai</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">1965–1968</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alignment_(political_party)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alignment (political party)">Alignment</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">1968–1969</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">1949–1959</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Permanent_Representative_of_Israel_to_the_United_Nations" title="Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations">Permanent Representative to the UN</a></span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">1950–1959</span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ambassador_of_Israel_to_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Ambassador of Israel to the United States">Ambassador to the United States</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1915-02-02</span>)</span>2 February 1915<br /><a href="/wiki/Cape_Town" title="Cape Town">Cape Town</a>, South Africa</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">17 November 2002<span style="display:none">(2002-11-17)</span> (aged 87)<br /><a href="/wiki/Tel_Aviv" title="Tel Aviv">Tel Aviv</a>, Israel</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Shoshana Eban (née Herzog)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eli_Eban" title="Eli Eban">Eli Eban</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Queens%27_College,_Cambridge" title="Queens' College, Cambridge">Queens' College, Cambridge</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Abba_Eban_Signature_from_the_Goldman_Collection.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Abba Eban's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Abba_Eban_Signature_from_the_Goldman_Collection.png/128px-Abba_Eban_Signature_from_the_Goldman_Collection.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="62" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Abba_Eban_Signature_from_the_Goldman_Collection.png/192px-Abba_Eban_Signature_from_the_Goldman_Collection.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Abba_Eban_Signature_from_the_Goldman_Collection.png/256px-Abba_Eban_Signature_from_the_Goldman_Collection.png 2x" data-file-width="1125" data-file-height="549" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Israel_UN_delegation_1950.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Israel_UN_delegation_1950.jpg/220px-Israel_UN_delegation_1950.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Israel_UN_delegation_1950.jpg/330px-Israel_UN_delegation_1950.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Israel_UN_delegation_1950.jpg/440px-Israel_UN_delegation_1950.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3066" data-file-height="2052" /></a><figcaption>Israeli <a href="/wiki/UN" class="mw-redirect" title="UN">UN</a> delegation: (L–R) consul general A. Lourie; counsellor J. Robinson; Eban; <a href="/wiki/Avraham_Katznelson" title="Avraham Katznelson">Avraham Katznelson</a>; <a href="/wiki/Gideon_Rafael" title="Gideon Rafael">Gideon Rafael</a> (1950)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Truman-bengurion.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Truman-bengurion.jpg/220px-Truman-bengurion.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Truman-bengurion.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="286" data-file-height="233" /></a><figcaption>(L–R) U.S. President <a href="/wiki/Harry_S_Truman" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry S Truman">Truman</a>, Eban, and Israeli PM <a href="/wiki/David_Ben-Gurion" title="David Ben-Gurion">Ben-Gurion</a> (1951)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Truman_receives_menorah.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Truman_receives_menorah.jpg/220px-Truman_receives_menorah.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Truman_receives_menorah.jpg/330px-Truman_receives_menorah.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Truman_receives_menorah.jpg/440px-Truman_receives_menorah.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="949" /></a><figcaption>Israeli PM <a href="/wiki/David_Ben-Gurion" title="David Ben-Gurion">Ben-Gurion</a> (center) giving U.S. President <a href="/wiki/Harry_Truman" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry Truman">Truman</a> a <a href="/wiki/Hanukkah" title="Hanukkah">Hanukkah</a> <a href="/wiki/Menorah_(Hanukkah)" class="mw-redirect" title="Menorah (Hanukkah)">menorah</a> in 1951 when Eban (right) was Israel's ambassador to the U.S.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Abba Solomon Meir Eban</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span><span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/ən/: 'on' in 'button'">ən</span></span>/</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/a\/a1\/En-us-Abba_Eban_from_Israel_pronunciation_%28Voice_of_America%29.ogg\/En-us-Abba_Eban_from_Israel_pronunciation_%28Voice_of_America%29.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"En-us-Abba Eban from Israel pronunciation (Voice of America).ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a1/En-us-Abba_Eban_from_Israel_pronunciation_%28Voice_of_America%29.ogg/En-us-Abba_Eban_from_Israel_pronunciation_%28Voice_of_America%29.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:En-us-Abba_Eban_from_Israel_pronunciation_(Voice_of_America).ogg" title="File:En-us-Abba Eban from Israel pronunciation (Voice of America).ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">אבא שלמה אבן</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="he-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Hebrew" title="Help:IPA/Hebrew">[ˈ(ʔ)aba<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈ(ʔ)even]</a></span>; born <b>Aubrey Solomon Meir Eban</b>; 2 February 1915 – 17 November 2002) was a <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_South_Africa" title="History of the Jews in South Africa">South African</a>-born Israeli diplomat and politician, and a scholar of the Arabic and Hebrew languages. </p><p>During his career, he served as <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Affairs_Minister_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel">Foreign Affairs Minister</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Education_(Israel)" title="Ministry of Education (Israel)">Education Minister</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Deputy_leaders_of_Israel#Deputy_Prime_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy leaders of Israel">Deputy Prime Minister of Israel</a>. He was the second <a href="/wiki/List_of_Israeli_ambassadors_to_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Israeli ambassadors to the United States">ambassador to the United States</a> and the first <a href="/wiki/Permanent_Representative_of_Israel_to_the_United_Nations" title="Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations">Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations</a>. He was also vice president of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly" title="United Nations General Assembly">United Nations General Assembly</a> and president of the <a href="/wiki/Weizmann_Institute_of_Science" title="Weizmann Institute of Science">Weizmann Institute of Science</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abba_Eban&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Eban was born in <a href="/wiki/Cape_Town" title="Cape Town">Cape Town</a>, South Africa, on 2 February 1915 to <a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Jews" class="mw-redirect" title="Lithuanian Jews">Lithuanian Jewish</a><sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> parents; his mother, Alida Sacks, was an aunt of <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Sacks" title="Oliver Sacks">Oliver Sacks</a>, while his father, Avram Solomon, died while Eban was still an infant.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eban's mother moved to the United Kingdom at an early age. As a child, he recalled being sent to his grandfather's house every weekend to study the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew language</a>, <a href="/wiki/Talmud" title="Talmud">Talmud</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Books_of_the_Bible" class="mw-redirect" title="Books of the Bible">Biblical literature</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He lived for a period of time in <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He attended <a href="/wiki/St_Olave%27s_Grammar_School" title="St Olave's Grammar School">St Olave's Grammar School</a>, then in <a href="/wiki/Southwark" title="Southwark">Southwark</a>, and read Classics and Oriental languages at <a href="/wiki/Queens%27_College,_Cambridge" title="Queens' College, Cambridge">Queens' College, Cambridge</a>, where he achieved a very rare <a href="/wiki/British_undergraduate_degree_classification#Double_first-class_honours" title="British undergraduate degree classification">triple first</a>, studying Hebrew, Arabic, and Persian; these were three of the ten languages he would reportedly master<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (he enjoyed translating newspapers into Ancient Greek).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the age of 23, he became a <a href="/wiki/Fellow" title="Fellow">Fellow</a> of <a href="/wiki/Pembroke_College,_Cambridge" title="Pembroke College, Cambridge">Pembroke College</a>, a role he held from 1938 to 1939, and was marked for a distinguished academic career.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his time at university and afterwards, Eban was highly involved in the <a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Zionist_Youth" title="Federation of Zionist Youth">Federation of Zionist Youth</a> and was editor of its journal, <i>The Young Zionist</i>. At the outbreak of World War II, he worked for <a href="/wiki/Chaim_Weizmann" title="Chaim Weizmann">Chaim Weizmann</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Zionist_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Zionist Organization">Zionist Organization</a> in London from December 1939. </p><p>He served in the British Army in Egypt and Mandate Palestine, becoming an intelligence officer in Jerusalem, where he coordinated and trained volunteers for resistance in the event of a German invasion, serving as a liaison officer for the Allies to the Jewish <a href="/wiki/Yishuv" title="Yishuv">Yishuv</a>. </p><p>After the war he continued in his post, helping to establish and run the British Foreign Office's <a href="/wiki/Middle_East_Centre_for_Arab_Studies" title="Middle East Centre for Arab Studies">Middle East Centre for Arab Studies</a> which was originally based in Jerusalem before relocating to Shemlan near Beirut. He was at that time known as "Aubrey Evans".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1947, he translated from the original Arabic <i>Maze of Justice: Diary of a Country Prosecutor</i>, a 1937 novel by <a href="/wiki/Tawfiq_al-Hakim" title="Tawfiq al-Hakim">Tawfiq al-Hakim</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diplomacy">Diplomacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abba_Eban&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Diplomacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Eban moved back to London briefly to work in the Jewish Agency's Information Department, from which he was posted to New York, where the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> General Assembly was considering the "<a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Nations_resolutions_concerning_Palestine" title="List of United Nations resolutions concerning Palestine">Palestine Question</a>". In 1947, he was appointed as a liaison officer to the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Special_Committee_on_Palestine" title="United Nations Special Committee on Palestine">United Nations Special Committee on Palestine</a>, where he was successful in attaining approval for the recommendation of partition of Palestine into Jewish and <a href="/wiki/Arab" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab">Arab</a> segments—<a href="/wiki/1947_UN_Partition_Plan" class="mw-redirect" title="1947 UN Partition Plan">Resolution 181</a>. At this stage, he changed his name to the Hebrew word Abba, meaning "Father".<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> Eban continued at the United Nations over the next decade. From 1950 to 1959 he also served as his country's <a href="/wiki/Ambassador_(diplomacy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ambassador (diplomacy)">ambassador</a> to the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-EncycJudaica_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EncycJudaica-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was renowned for his oratorical skills. As <a href="/wiki/Henry_Kissinger" title="Henry Kissinger">Henry Kissinger</a> stated:</p><blockquote><p>I have never encountered anyone who matched his command of the English language. Sentences poured forth in mellifluous constructions complicated enough to test the listener’s intelligence and simultaneously leave him transfixed by the speaker's virtuosity.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote><p> His knowledge of history and fluency in ten languages enhanced his speech-making in the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>, even to skeptical or hostile audiences.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1952, Eban was elected vice president of the UN General Assembly. A collection of Eban's speeches before the United Nations' Security Council and General Assembly both at universities and other venues between 1948 and 1968 was compiled in <i><a href="/wiki/Voice_of_Israel" title="Voice of Israel">Voice of Israel</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> recently reissued in eBook form by <a href="/wiki/Plunkett_Lake_Press" title="Plunkett Lake Press">Plunkett Lake Press</a>. </p><p>He was known for his witty remarks. For example, when he was complimented on his perfect Oxford English he replied "Cambridge actually, but in politics one expects to be smeared."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abba_Eban&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Eban left the United States in 1959 and returned to Israel, where he was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Knesset" title="Knesset">Knesset</a> (the Israeli parliament) as a member of <a href="/wiki/Mapai" title="Mapai">Mapai</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EncycJudaica_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EncycJudaica-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served under <a href="/wiki/David_Ben-Gurion" title="David Ben-Gurion">David Ben-Gurion</a> as Minister of Education and Culture from 1960 to 1963, then as deputy to Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Levi_Eshkol" title="Levi Eshkol">Levi Eshkol</a> until 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-EncycJudaica_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EncycJudaica-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Through this period (1959–66), he also served as president of the <a href="/wiki/Weizmann_Institute_of_Science" title="Weizmann Institute of Science">Weizmann Institute</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rehovot" title="Rehovot">Rehovot</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EncycJudaica_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EncycJudaica-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1966 to 1974, Eban served as Israel's <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Affairs_Minister_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel">foreign minister</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EncycJudaica_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EncycJudaica-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He defended the country's reputation after the <a href="/wiki/Six-Day_War" title="Six-Day War">Six-Day War</a> by asserting, in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly, that Israel acted in response to an imminent threat: "So on the fateful morning of 5 June, when Egyptian forces moved by air and land against Israel's western coast and southern territory, our country's choice was plain."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nonetheless, he was a strong supporter of trading parts of the territories occupied in the war in exchange for peace. While serving as foreign minister, he remained in contact with Israel's Ambassador to the U.S. <a href="/wiki/Avraham_Harman" title="Avraham Harman">Avraham Harman</a> during the war. Five days after the <a href="/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident" title="USS Liberty incident">USS <i>Liberty</i> incident</a> took place, Harman cabled from <a href="/wiki/Washington_D.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Washington D.C.">Washington D.C.</a> to Eban in <a href="/wiki/Tel_Aviv" title="Tel Aviv">Tel Aviv</a> that one of their sources was reporting that the Americans had "clear proof that from a certain stage the pilot discovered the identity of the ship and continued the attack anyway." Three days later, Harman repeated the warning to Eban that the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a> was "very angry" and "the reason for this is that the Americans probably have findings showing that our pilots indeed knew that the ship was American."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eban also played an important part in the shaping of <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_242" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 242">UN Security Council Resolution 242</a> in 1967, as well as <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_338" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 338">Resolution 338</a> in 1973. Among his other high level contacts, he was received by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" title="Pope Paul VI">Pope Paul VI</a> in 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Eban was at times criticized for not voicing his opinions in Israel's internal debate. However, he was generally known to be on the "dovish" side of Israeli politics and was increasingly outspoken after leaving the cabinet. In 1977 and 1981, it was widely understood that <a href="/wiki/Shimon_Peres" title="Shimon Peres">Shimon Peres</a> intended to name Eban Foreign Minister, had the Labor Party won those elections. Eban was offered the chance to serve as <a href="/wiki/Minister_without_portfolio" title="Minister without portfolio">minister without portfolio</a> in the 1984 national unity government, but chose to serve instead as chair of the Knesset's <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Affairs_and_Defense_Committee" title="Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee">Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee</a> from 1984 to 1988. </p><p>His comment that Arabs "never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity" (i.e., for peace), made after the <a href="/wiki/Geneva_Conference_(1973)" title="Geneva Conference (1973)">Geneva peace talks in December 1973</a>, is often quoted.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_life">Later life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abba_Eban&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Later life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:King_of_Nepal_1958.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/King_of_Nepal_1958.jpg/220px-King_of_Nepal_1958.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/King_of_Nepal_1958.jpg/330px-King_of_Nepal_1958.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/King_of_Nepal_1958.jpg/440px-King_of_Nepal_1958.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="568" /></a><figcaption>Abba Eban (left) escorting the <a href="/wiki/Mahendra_of_Nepal" title="Mahendra of Nepal">King of Nepal</a> in a 1958 visit to the <a href="/wiki/Weizmann_Institute_of_Science" title="Weizmann Institute of Science">Weizmann Institute</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rehovot" title="Rehovot">Rehovot</a>. Shortly after the visit, Eban became President of the Institute.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1988, after three decades in the Knesset, Eban lost his seat over internal splits in the <a href="/wiki/Labor_Party_(Israel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Labor Party (Israel)">Labour Party</a>. He devoted the rest of his life to writing and teaching, including serving as a visiting academic at <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_George_Washington_University" class="mw-redirect" title="The George Washington University">George Washington University</a>. He also narrated television documentaries including <i>Heritage: Civilization and the Jews</i> (<a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a>, 1984), for which he was host, <i>Israel, A Nation Is Born</i> (1992), and <i>On the Brink of Peace</i> (PBS, 1997). In his book <i>Diplomacy for the Next Century</i> (p.161) he said of <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" title="Benjamin Netanyahu">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> "Only Binyamin Netanyahu, the newly elected Israeli leader, failed to comprehend the centrality of the Palestine issue in the Middle East". </p><p>Eban died in 2002 and was buried in <a href="/wiki/Kfar_Shmaryahu" title="Kfar Shmaryahu">Kfar Shmaryahu</a>, north of <a href="/wiki/Tel_Aviv" title="Tel Aviv">Tel Aviv</a>. He was survived by his wife, Shoshana "Suzy" (née Ambache) (sister of <a href="/wiki/Aura_Herzog" title="Aura Herzog">Aura Herzog</a>), who died in 2011, and their two children.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abba_Eban&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Eban's son, <a href="/wiki/Eli_Eban" title="Eli Eban">Eli Eban</a>, is a clarinettist who teaches at <a href="/wiki/Indiana_University" title="Indiana University">Indiana University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eli has two children, Yael and Omri Eban. </p><p>Eban's brother-in-law was <a href="/wiki/Chaim_Herzog" title="Chaim Herzog">Chaim Herzog</a>, the sixth <a href="/wiki/President_of_Israel" title="President of Israel">President of Israel</a>. Herzog's son <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Herzog" title="Isaac Herzog">Isaac Herzog</a> was leader of the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Labor_Party" title="Israeli Labor Party">Israeli Labor Party</a> from 2013 to 2018 and has been the President of Israel since 7 July 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Eban's cousin, <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Sacks" title="Oliver Sacks">Oliver Sacks</a>, was a neurologist and author. Eban's nephew, <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Lynn" title="Jonathan Lynn">Jonathan Lynn</a>, is a filmmaker and scriptwriter known for satirical <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> shows <i><a href="/wiki/Yes_Minister" title="Yes Minister">Yes Minister</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Yes,_Prime_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Yes, Prime Minister">Yes, Prime Minister</a></i>. Lynn recounts that the plot of an episode of <i><a href="/wiki/Yes,_Prime_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Yes, Prime Minister">Yes, Prime Minister</a></i> ("<a href="/wiki/A_Victory_for_Democracy" class="mw-redirect" title="A Victory for Democracy">A Victory for Democracy</a>"), which involved the British Prime Minister bypassing his own Arab-centred bureaucracy by taking the Israeli ambassador's advice, was based on an actual incident narrated to him by Eban. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abba_Eban&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2001, Eban was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Israel_Prize" title="Israel Prize">Israel Prize</a> for lifetime achievement and special contribution to society and the State.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Published_works">Published works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abba_Eban&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Published works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Voice of Israel</i>. 1957. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/332941">332941</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Voice+of+Israel&rft.date=1957&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F332941&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAbba+Eban" class="Z3988"></span> <ul><li>Reissued as an eBook by <a href="/wiki/Plunkett_Lake_Press" title="Plunkett Lake Press">Plunkett Lake Press</a>. 2015. <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Standard_Identification_Number" title="Amazon Standard Identification Number">ASIN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WMSREMK">B00WMSREMK</a></li></ul></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>The tide of nationalism</i>. 1959. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/371099">371099</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+tide+of+nationalism&rft.date=1959&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F371099&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAbba+Eban" class="Z3988"></span> (Herbert Samuel lecture)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEban1968" class="citation book cs1">Eban, Abba Solomon (1968). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/mypeople00abba"><i>My people: the story of the Jews</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-394-72759-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-394-72759-2"><bdi>978-0-394-72759-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=My+people%3A+the+story+of+the+Jews&rft.date=1968&rft.isbn=978-0-394-72759-2&rft.aulast=Eban&rft.aufirst=Abba+Solomon&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmypeople00abba&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAbba+Eban" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/mycountry00abba"><i>My country: the story of modern Israel</i></a>. New York, Random House. 1972. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-394-46314-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-394-46314-8"><bdi>978-0-394-46314-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=My+country%3A+the+story+of+modern+Israel&rft.pub=New+York%2C+Random+House&rft.date=1972&rft.isbn=978-0-394-46314-8&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmycountry00abba&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAbba+Eban" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEban1977" class="citation book cs1">Eban, Abba Solomon (1977). <i>Abba Eban: an autobiography</i>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-394-49302-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-394-49302-2"><bdi>978-0-394-49302-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Abba+Eban%3A+an+autobiography&rft.date=1977&rft.isbn=978-0-394-49302-2&rft.aulast=Eban&rft.aufirst=Abba+Solomon&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAbba+Eban" class="Z3988"></span> <ul><li>Reissued as an eBook by Plunkett Lake Press. 2015. <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Standard_Identification_Number" title="Amazon Standard Identification Number">ASIN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TBTU9ZC">B00TBTU9ZC</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEban1983" class="citation book cs1">Eban, Abba Solomon (1983). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/newdiplomacyinte00eban"><i>The new diplomacy: international affairs in the modern age</i></a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-394-50283-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-394-50283-0"><bdi>978-0-394-50283-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+new+diplomacy%3A+international+affairs+in+the+modern+age&rft.date=1983&rft.isbn=978-0-394-50283-0&rft.aulast=Eban&rft.aufirst=Abba+Solomon&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fnewdiplomacyinte00eban&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAbba+Eban" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEban1984" class="citation book cs1">Eban, Abba Solomon (1984). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/heritageciviliza00eban"><i>Heritage: civilization and the Jews</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-671-44103-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-671-44103-6"><bdi>978-0-671-44103-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Heritage%3A+civilization+and+the+Jews&rft.date=1984&rft.isbn=978-0-671-44103-6&rft.aulast=Eban&rft.aufirst=Abba+Solomon&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fheritageciviliza00eban&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAbba+Eban" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/personalwitnessi00eban"><i>Personal witness: Israel through my eyes</i></a>. G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1992. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-399-13589-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-399-13589-7"><bdi>978-0-399-13589-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Personal+witness%3A+Israel+through+my+eyes&rft.pub=G.P.+Putnam%27s+Sons&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=978-0-399-13589-7&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fpersonalwitnessi00eban&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAbba+Eban" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEbanEven1998" class="citation book cs1">Eban, Abba Solomon; Even, Abbâ Šelomo (1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/diplomacyfornext00eban"><i>Diplomacy for the next century</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-300-07287-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-300-07287-7"><bdi>978-0-300-07287-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Diplomacy+for+the+next+century&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=978-0-300-07287-7&rft.aulast=Eban&rft.aufirst=Abba+Solomon&rft.au=Even%2C+Abb%C3%A2+%C5%A0elomo&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fdiplomacyfornext00eban&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAbba+Eban" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Citations">Citations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abba_Eban&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/177524/Abba-Eban">Abba Eban: Israeli statesman</a>." <i>Encyclopædia Britannica</i>. Retrieved 3 January 2016.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NYT-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCharney2002" class="citation news cs1">Charney, Marc D. (18 November 2002). <span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/18/world/abba-eban-eloquent-defender-and-voice-of-israel-is-dead-at-87.html">"Abba Eban, Eloquent Defender And Voice of Israel, Is Dead at 87"</a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120207082019/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/18/world/abba-eban-eloquent-defender-and-voice-of-israel-is-dead-at-87.html">Archived</a> from the original on 7 February 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 September</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Abba+Eban%2C+Eloquent+Defender+And+Voice+of+Israel%2C+Is+Dead+at+87&rft.date=2002-11-18&rft.aulast=Charney&rft.aufirst=Marc+D.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2002%2F11%2F18%2Fworld%2Fabba-eban-eloquent-defender-and-voice-of-israel-is-dead-at-87.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAbba+Eban" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1413478/Abba-Eban.html">"Abba Eban [obituary]"</a>. <i>The Telegraph</i>. 18 November 2002<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 September</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Telegraph&rft.atitle=Abba+Eban+%5Bobituary%5D&rft.date=2002-11-18&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fobituaries%2F1413478%2FAbba-Eban.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAbba+Eban" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBronner2015" class="citation news cs1">Bronner, Ethan (31 December 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/03/books/review/abba-eban-a-biography-by-asaf-siniver.html">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'Abba Eban: A Biography,' by Asaf Siniver"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331">0362-4331</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 April</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=%27Abba+Eban%3A+A+Biography%2C%27+by+Asaf+Siniver&rft.date=2015-12-31&rft.issn=0362-4331&rft.aulast=Bronner&rft.aufirst=Ethan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2016%2F01%2F03%2Fbooks%2Freview%2Fabba-eban-a-biography-by-asaf-siniver.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAbba+Eban" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/nov/18/guardianobituaries.israel">"Obituary: Abba Eban"</a>. <i>the Guardian</i>. 18 November 2002<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 April</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=the+Guardian&rft.atitle=Obituary%3A+Abba+Eban&rft.date=2002-11-18&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fnews%2F2002%2Fnov%2F18%2Fguardianobituaries.israel&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAbba+Eban" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Eban, Abba: An Autobiography</i>. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. p. 6</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gaffe, Steven (20 November 2002). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/imported/belfasts-legacy-to-the-israelis-13594537.html">Belfast's legacy to the Israelis</a>." <i>Belfast Telegraph</i>. Retrieved 3 January 2016.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Those being Greek, Latin, English, Modern Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, French, German and Spanish.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cowper-Coles, Sherard. <i>Ever the Diplomat: Confessions of a Foreign Office Mandarin</i>. London: HarperPress, 2012. p. 19.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Johnson-Davies, Denys (2008). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=xVKxaEfmez8C&pg=PA3">Introduction</a>". In: Johnson-Davies (ed.). <i>The Essential Tawfiq Al-Hakim: Plays, Fiction, Autobiography</i> (pp. 1–4). Cairo; New York: The American University in Cairo Press. p. 4. This edited volume contains an excerpt from the novel, in Eban's translation, pp. 201–210.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The translation was published in 1947 by Harvill Press, London; see: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6191719">6191719</a>. It was reissued in 1989 under the title <i>Maze of Justice: Diary of a country prosecutor: an Egyptian novel</i> (London: Saqi Books; Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-EncycJudaica-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-EncycJudaica_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EncycJudaica_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EncycJudaica_12-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EncycJudaica_12-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EncycJudaica_12-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSamuelRolef2007" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Samuel, Edwin, 2nd Viscount Samuel; Rolef, Susan Hattis (2007). "Eban, Abba (Aubrey) Solomon". 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title="Yigal Allon">Allon</a> (1969–74)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aharon_Yadlin" title="Aharon Yadlin">Yadlin</a> (1974–77)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zevulun_Hammer" title="Zevulun Hammer">Hammer</a> (1977–84)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yitzhak_Navon" title="Yitzhak Navon">Navon</a> (1984–90)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zevulun_Hammer" title="Zevulun Hammer">Hammer</a> (1990–92)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shulamit_Aloni" title="Shulamit Aloni">Aloni</a> (1992–93)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yitzhak_Rabin" title="Yitzhak Rabin">Rabin</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amnon_Rubinstein" title="Amnon Rubinstein">Rubinstein</a> (1993–96)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zevulun_Hammer" title="Zevulun Hammer">Hammer</a> (1996–98)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yitzhak_Levy" title="Yitzhak Levy">Levy</a> (1998–99)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yossi_Sarid" title="Yossi Sarid">Sarid</a> (1999–2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ehud_Barak" title="Ehud Barak">Barak</a> (2000–01)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limor_Livnat" title="Limor 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