The Resume

(October 16, 1886-December 1, 1973)
Born in Plonsk, Poland
Birth name was David Gruen
Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Palestine (1935-48)
First Prime Minister of Israel (1948-53,1955-63)

Why he might be annoying:

He was expelled from Palestine for his political activities (1915).
He initially approved Menachim Begin’s plan for the bombing of the King David Hotel, which killed 91 people (July 22, 1946)
He controversially ordered Israeli forces to fire on the Altalena, a ship carrying arms for a Jewish paramilitary group (June 20, 1948).
He ordered the expulsion of thousands of Palestinians from their homes during the Israeli war of independence.

Why he might not be annoying:

He fought with the British Army’s Jewish Legion in World War I.
When he realized the risks of mass killing in the King David Hotel bombing, he told Begin to call off the operation.
After the Six-Day War (1967), he recommended returning most of the occupied territory.
He said, ‘In Israel, in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.’

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 09]
• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Men [1966]
• Hyphenated Names
• I Attended Winston Churchill’s State Funeral [January 30, 1965]
• I Died in 1973 (Ranked: 87)
• I Have a Perfect Jew Score on Jew or Not Jew.com
• Israeli Prime Ministers (Ranked: 1)
• Middle East Conflict
• New York City Ticker Tape Parades (Ranked: 1951)
• Profiles 22001-22250 (Ranked: 22086)
• Sabras - I am Israeli
• They Named an Airport in My Honor
• Time Magazine's 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century [1998]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 32 Votes: 96.88% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 53 Votes: 39.62% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 73 Votes: 52.05% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 553 Votes: 49.01% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 38 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 76 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 346 Votes: 51.45% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 162 Votes: 49.38% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 66 Votes: 40.91% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 78 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 21 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 22 Votes: 59.09% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 53 Votes: 41.51% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 42 Votes: 45.24% Annoying