Yigal Allon, Native SonBorn in 1918 into the fabric of Arab Jewish frontier life at the foot of Mt. Tabor, Yigal Allon rose to become one of the founding figures of the state of Israel and an architect of its politics. In 1945 Allon became commander of the Palmahan elite unit of the Haganah, the semilegal army of the Jewish communityduring the struggle against the British for independence. In the 1947 49 War of Independence against local and invading Arab armies, he led the