Haim Gouri

Haim Gouri is an Israeli poet, novelist, journalist, and documentary filmmaker.

Haim Gouri was born in Tel Aviv. After studying at the Kadoorie Agricultural High School, he joined the Palmach and completed a commanders course. He participated in the bombing of a British radar station being used to track Aliyah Bet ships carrying illegal Jewish immigrants to Palestine. In 1947 he was sent to Hungary to assist Holocaust survivors to emigrate to Mandate Palestine. During the 1948 ArabIsraeli War he was a deputy company commander in the Palmachs Negev Brigade.

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