One of the founders of Betar, he was a close associate of revisionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky, but later became a member of the labour party, Mapai.
[1] Binyamin Lubotzky was born in Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire, and immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1925.
[2] His memoirs, Zikhronot min hayamin (Memories of the Right) describe his ideological shift to the left.
According to the memoirs' editor Danny Rubinstein, Eliav could have been a rising star in Israeli politics, but failed due to his inability to deal with political intrigue.
[3] As a diplomat, he served as Israel's First Secretary in Buenos Aires and subsequently as Consul General in New York.