10 Facts About Eitan Livni

Yeruham "Eitan" Livni was a Revisionist Zionist activist, Irgun commander and Israeli politician, father of Israeli politician Tzipi Livni.

Eitan Livni's family moved to Mandatory Palestine in 1925 and settled in Tel Aviv.

Eitan Livni went to High School and Trade School in Tel Aviv, and in 1938, he joined the Betar movement at Zikhron Ya'akov, where he was assigned to agricultural work and guard duty.

Eitan Livni was arrested on April 4,1946, for his participation in the sabotage operation against British railroads called "Night of the Trains", where an Irgun fighter, two British and four Arabs were killed, which was along with the Night of the Airfields and the Night of the Bridges led a forceful British retaliation, and 2 weeks later Operation Agatha.

Eitan Livni was sentenced, together with his comrades, to 15 years imprisonment, but was freed two years later in the Acre Prison break.

Eitan Livni was a member of the Directorate and Secretariat of the Herut Movement in 1960 and Head of its Organization Department in 1965.

Eitan Livni was the chairman of the Union of Irgun Soldiers between 1962 and 1980 and chairman of Acre and Jerusalem Prisoners Association in 1963.

Eitan Livni was elected to the Knesset in 1973,1977 and 1981.

Eitan Livni was a member of the Economic Affairs, Foreign Affairs and Defense and State Control Committees.

Eitan Livni was later elected leader of Kadima, but eventually left to form her own party, Hatnuah.