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Abe Nathan

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Abe Nathan · Arts & Literature

What

Israeli humanitarian and peace activist who founded the Voice of Peace radio station.

When

1927, Abadan, Persia (Iran) — 2008, Tel Aviv, Israel

Where

Iran · India · Israel

Biography

Abe Nathan is recognized among Israeli contributors to Arts & Literature — Israeli humanitarian and peace activist who founded the Voice of Peace radio station.

How & why

Abie (Abe) Nathan was an Israeli humanitarian and peace activist, born in Persia to a Jewish family and raised partly in India before settling in Israel. A former fighter pilot, he became famous in 1966 for flying a private aircraft to Egypt in a personal peace gesture, and in 1973 he launched the Voice of Peace, a broadcasting station on a ship off the Israeli coast. He also mounted numerous international famine- and disaster-relief missions.

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Israeli humanitarian and peace activist who founded the Voice of Peace radio station.

1927

Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)