| 1936-39 |
Commander of one of
the field units of the Haganah
Commander of a regiment in the Field Corps |
| 1941 |
One of the founders
of the Palmach |
| 1943-45 |
Deputy Commander of
the Palmach |
| 1945-48 |
Commander of the Palmach |
| 1948-49 |
Appointed Lieut.-Gen.;
commanded forces in decisive battles during the War
of Independence |
| 1950 |
Retired from the IDF |
| 1954 |
Became one of the leaders
of Ahdut
Ha’avodah |
| 1955 |
Elected to the Knesset |
| 1961-67 |
Minister of Labor |
| 1967-69 |
Deputy Prime Minister
and Minister of Immigrant Absorption |
| 1969-74 |
Deputy Prime Minister
and Minister of Education and Culture
Member of the Ministerial Committee on Security and Economy |
| 1974 |
Member of the Israeli
delegation to the separation-of-forces
agreements with Egypt and Syria |
| 1974 |
Deputy Prime Minister
and Minister of Education and Culture |
| 1974-77 |
Minister of Foreign
Affairs |
| 1977-80 |
Member of the Knesset
Committee on Foreign Affairs and Security
Chairman of the Knesset Sub-committee on Lebanon |
| 1978-80 |
Chairman of the World
Labor Zionist movement |
| 1979 |
Instrumental in the
establishment of Takam, the United Kibbutz Movement |
