Shlomo Argov
Israeli diplomat (1929–2003)
Shlomo Argov (Hebrew: שלמה ארגוב; 14 December 1929 – 23 February 2003) was an Israeli diplomat. He was the Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, whose attempted assassination led to the 1982 Lebanon War.
Early life and education
Argov was born in Jerusalem in 1929 to the Salomon family that had lived in Jerusalem for ten generations. As a teenager, he joined the Palmach, the elite force of the Haganah. During the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine, he was wounded in the Battle of Safed. When Israel was established and the 1948 Arab–Israeli War broke out, Argov joined the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
In 1950, he completed his military service and went to the United States to study, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, Washington D.C., in 1952. While studying, he worked part-time at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, where he met his future wife Hava. Afterwards, he went to study in the United Kingdom, and received an MA in international relations from the London School of Economics in 1955.
Career
Argov then returned to Israel, where he spent several years working in the Prime Minister's Office under David Ben-Gurion.
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