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Knesset member (1988–1991); Deputy Prime Minister of Israel (1984–1990); Knesset member (1984–1988); President of Israel (1978–1983)."},{"q":"Where did Yitzhak Navon study?","a":"Yitzhak Navon was educated at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hebrew University Secondary School."}],"related":[{"name":"Benjamin Netanyahu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/benjamin-netanyahu"},{"name":"Golda Meir","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/golda-meir"},{"name":"David Ben-Gurion","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/david-ben-gurion"},{"name":"Shimon Peres","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/shimon-peres"},{"name":"Ariel Sharon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ariel-sharon"},{"name":"Yitzhak Rabin","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/yitzhak-rabin"},{"name":"Ehud Barak","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ehud-barak"},{"name":"Moshe Katsav","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/moshe-katsav"},{"name":"Yigal Allon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/yigal-allon"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/yitzhak-navon-797af9ba1e.jpg","width":500,"height":694,"license":"CC BY 4.0","credit":"IPPA photographer","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yitzhak_Navon_in_1978.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Yitzhak Navon","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yitzhak_Navon","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q311583","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311583","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Yitzhak Navon in 1978.jpg by IPPA photographer (CC BY 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yitzhak_Navon_in_1978.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Yitzhak Navon, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Yitzhak Navon in 1978.jpg — IPPA photographer, CC BY 4.0.","cite":"\"Yitzhak Navon\". DigiNepal. Last updated 7 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/yitzhak-navon. Retrieved 21 October 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-07T11:48:10Z","facts_checked":"2026-10-21","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/yitzhak-navon","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/yitzhak-navon","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/yitzhak-navon?lang=ne"}}