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Lavon (other)
Lavon () may refer to: Places * Lavon, Israel, a community in the Galilee, Israel * Lavon, Texas, a suburb of Dallas in Collin County, Texas * Lake Lavon, a lake in Texas People * Pinhas Lavon (1904–1976), Israeli politician Other * Lavon Affair, a failed Israeli false flag on American and British targets in Egypt See also * Patrick Lavon Mahomes ** Patrick Lavon Mahomes, II *LaVon (given name) LaVon is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * LaVon Brazill (born 1989), American football player * LaVon Crosby (1924–2016), American politician * Lavon Heidemann (born 1958), American politician * LaVon Mercer (born 1959), A ... * Levon (other) {{disambig, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lavon, Israel
Lavon () is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee four kilometres north of Karmiel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The village was established in 1980 and was named after former Minister of Defence A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divid ... Pinchas Lavon. References {{Authority control Community settlements Populated places established in 1980 Populated places in Northern District (Israel) 1980 establishments in Israel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galilee
Galilee (; ; ; ) is a region located in northern Israel and southern Lebanon consisting of two parts: the Upper Galilee (, ; , ) and the Lower Galilee (, ; , ). ''Galilee'' encompasses the area north of the Mount Carmel-Mount Gilboa ridge and south of the east-west section of the Litani River. It extends from the Israeli coastal plain and the shores of the Mediterranean Sea with Acre, Israel, Acre in the west, to the Jordan Valley to the east; and from the Litani in the north plus a piece bordering on the Golan Heights to Dan (ancient city), Dan at the base of Mount Hermon in the northeast, to Mount Carmel and Mount Gilboa in the south. It includes the plains of the Jezreel Valley north of Jenin and the Beit She'an Valley, the Sea of Galilee, and the Hula Valley. Etymology The region's Hebrew name is , meaning 'district' or 'circle'. The Hebrew form used in Isaiah 9, Isaiah 8:23 (Isaiah 9:1 in the Christian Old Testament) is in the construct state, leading to "Galilee of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Israeli-occupied territories, It occupies the Occupied Palestinian territories, Palestinian territories of the West Bank in the east and the Gaza Strip in the south-west. Israel also has a small coastline on the Red Sea at its southernmost point, and part of the Dead Sea lies along its eastern border. Status of Jerusalem, Its proclaimed capital is Jerusalem, while Tel Aviv is the country's Gush Dan, largest urban area and Economy of Israel, economic center. Israel is located in a region known as the Land of Israel, synonymous with the Palestine (region), Palestine region, the Holy Land, and Canaan. In antiquity, it was home to the Canaanite civilisation followed by the History of ancient Israel and Judah, kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Situate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lavon, Texas
Lavon ( ) is a city in Collin County and has been one of the U.S. state of Texas's fastest-growing communities, with a 2000 census-tabulated population of 387 and 2020 tabulated population of 4,469. Geography Lavon, Texas, is a city located in southeastern Collin County. The city is situated approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Lavon Dam on the East Fork of the Trinity River, which forms Lavon Lake, a key recreational and water supply resource for the region. According to the United States Census Bureau, Lavon encompasses a total area of 2.4 square miles (6.1 km²), with 0.01 square miles (0.02 km²), or 0.39%, accounted for by water. Transportation infrastructure in Lavon includes Texas State Highway 78, which runs through the city, providing direct access northward to Farmersville, located 11 miles (18 km) away, and southwest to Garland, 16 miles (26 km) distant. Additionally, Texas State Highway 205 intersects Highway 78 on the west side of Lavon, extending south f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Lavon
Lavon Lake is a freshwater reservoir located in southeast Collin County, Texas, on the East Fork of the Trinity River near Wylie, off State Highway 78. It is commonly called Lake Lavon for commercial and recreational purposes, but Lavon Lake is its official name according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It was originally called Lavon Reservoir. Statistics * Length: * Maximum depth: 38 ft * Surface area: * Conversion storage capacity: * Conservation pool elevation: msl * Spillway level: * Shoreline length: * Wildlife management area: 6,500 acres * Date impounded: September 14, 1953 * Owned by: United States government (North Texas Municipal Water District, the local cooperative agency, has rights to of water in the conservation pool of the lake) * Operated by: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers In addition to flood control and recreation, the lake serves as a water source for hundreds of thousands of North Texas residents. Lavon Lake is a part of the North Texas Muni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinhas Lavon
Pinhas Lavon (; 12 July 190424 January 1976) was an Israeli politician, minister and labor leader, best known for the Lavon Affair. Early life Lavon was born Pinhas Lubianiker in the small city of Kopychyntsi in the Galicia region of Austria-Hungary, now part of Ukraine. He studied law at the University of Lviv, where he organized Histadrut organizations in the region. He made aliyah and moved to Mandatory Palestine in 1929. Political life Lavon was elected to the first Knesset in 1949, and served briefly as the leader of the Histadrut in 1949–50. He was appointed Minister of Agriculture in David Ben-Gurion's second government. He retained his seat in the 1951 elections, and in 1952 was appointed Minister without Portfolio. Following Ben-Gurion's resignation, he was appointed Minister of Defense in 1954. However, he resigned from the cabinet after he was accused of authorizing an Israeli false flag operation in Egypt, which came to be known as the Lavon Affair. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lavon Affair
The Lavon affair was a failed Israeli covert operation, codenamed Operation Susannah, conducted in Egypt in the summer of 1954. As part of a false flag operation, a group of Egyptian Jews were recruited by Israeli military intelligence to plant bombs inside Egyptian-, American-, and British-owned civilian targets: cinemas, libraries, and American educational centers. The bombs were timed to detonate several hours after closing time. The attacks were to be blamed on the Muslim Brotherhood, Egyptian communists, "unspecified malcontents", or "local nationalists" with the aim of creating a climate of sufficient violence and instability to induce the British government to retain its occupying troops in Egypt's Suez Canal zone. The operation caused no casualties among the population, but resulted in the deaths of four operatives. The overseer of the operation allegedly informed the Egyptians, after which 11 suspected operatives were arrested. Two died by suicide after being captured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Lavon Mahomes
Patrick Lavon Mahomes (born August 9, 1970) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball from to with the Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates. Mahomes also pitched in two seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball, and with the Yokohama BayStars. He last played with the Grand Prairie AirHogs of the independent American Association in . Early life and amateur career Mahomes was born in Texas, one of three children. His father worked for a local oil company and coached Mahomes' youth baseball team. His mother worked as a nurse until Mahomes was seven years old when she was in a car accident that left her requiring the use of a wheelchair. Mahomes attended Lindale High School in Lindale, Texas, where he played baseball, football and basketball. He was an intense competitor and, according to his parents, would cry or refuse to eat or talk after every loss in high school. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Lavon Mahomes, II
Patrick Lavon Mahomes II ( ; born September 17, 1995) is an American professional American football, football quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). Mahomes has led the Chiefs to seven consecutive AFC Championship Game appearances and five Super Bowl appearances since becoming their starting quarterback in 2018. He is one of five quarterbacks in NFL history to win three or more Super Bowls as a starter. Mahomes is widely considered one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. He is also often regarded as the best quarterback of his generation, with many sources consistently ranking him as the best quarterback in the league. Mahomes played college football for the Texas Tech Red Raiders football, Texas Tech Red Raiders, winning the Sammy Baugh Trophy as a junior after leading the NCAA Division I FBS, FBS in passing yards and total touchdowns. He was selected 10th overall by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2017 NFL draft and spent his rookie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LaVon (given Name)
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LaVon is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * LaVon Brazill (born 1989), American football player * LaVon Crosby (1924–2016), American politician * Lavon Heidemann (born 1958), American politician * LaVon Mercer (born 1959), American-Israeli basketball player * Lavon Volski (born 1965), Belarusian musician and writer See also *Levon (name), given name and surname *LaVonne (name) LaVonne (also seen as Lavonne or LaVonna) is a name, mostly used as a feminine name in the United States, though variants like Lavon and LaVaughn are used more broadly. American First Lady Michelle Obama's middle name is LaVaughn; it was her patern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
