Russian-born Revisionist Zionist leader (1897–1962)
Abba Ahimeir | |
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| אבא אחימאיר Аба Шойл Гайсинович | |
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| Born | Abba Shaul Gaisinovich 2 November 1897 Dolgoe, Russian Empire |
| Died | 6 June 1962(1962-06-06) (aged 64) |
| Resting place | Nahalat Yitzhak Cemetery |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, historian, political activist |
| Known for | Founding Revisionist Maximalism |
| Political party | Revisionist Zionism, Brit HaBirionim |
| Children | Ya'akov Ahimeir, Yosef Ahimeir |
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Abba Ahimeir (Hebrew: אב"א אחימאיר, Russian: Аба Шойл Гайсинович; 2 November 1897 – 6 June 1962) was a Russian-born Jewish journalist, historian, and political activist. One of the ideologues of Revisionist Zionism, he was the founder of the Revisionist Maximalist faction of the Zionist Revisionist Movement (ZRM) and of the clandestine Brit HaBirionim.[1][2]
- ^ Larsen, Stein Ugelvik (ed.). Fascism Outside of Europe. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-88033-988-8. p364.
- ^ Kaplan, Eran. The Jewish Radical Right. University of Wisconsin Press, 2005. p15