Treasure Trove: David Matlow explains why the current Israeli protests bear the name of the country’s first finance minister
Eliezer Kaplan (1891-1952) would be surprised to learn that his name is attached to the Israeli protest movement opposing the government’s anti-democratic legislation. Kaplan was Israel’s first finance minister and served as the country’s first deputy prime minister. As a signatory of Israel’s Declaration of Independence on May 14, 1948, Kaplan himself would probably have […]
