The Legislative Assembly of the State of Rio de Janeiro has named Yacov Gotal, Israel’s Consul General in Rio, an honorary citizen of the state. Gotal, 58, a Haifa industrialist, was born in Poland and escaped from a Nazi concentration camp. After arriving as an illegal immigrant to Palestine, he joined the Irgun and served in the Zahal as a Lieutenant Colonel.
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