Rehavam Amir (Zabludovsky) (Hebrew: רחבעם עמיר; January 1, 1916 – April 4, 2013[1]) was an Israeli ambassador, civil servant and former parachutist with the Hagannah.

In 1935, having received an Aliya certificate sponsored by his uncle, the poet Kadish-Yehuda Silman, Rehavam came to Eretz-Israel, then Palestine under the British Mandate.

He participated in one of the Hagannah's first wireless operators' courses that was conducted clandestinely in kibbutz Ayelet HaShahar in Upper Galilee.

In 1941, Amir was requested to head a Hagannah communication course held in the Oriental Bazaar in Tel Aviv for members of the Moshe Dayan Network.

Upon completion of the course, Amir was invited to the home of Eliyahu Golomb, head of the Haganah who told him about the possibility of being sent beyond enemy lines in Europe.

Back in Bari in late December, he boarded a Motor Torpedo Boat (MTB) that took him to the isle of Vis in the Adriatic Sea.

During Amir's three-month stay on the island he made contact with various forces that passed through, amongst them other volunteers from Eretz-Israel, commandos, as well as a group of two hundred Jewish refugees from Yugoslavia who had been assisted by the Partisans to reach Vis.

Allan, as Amir was known by his code name, parachuted into the "Fourth Zone", an area south-east of Lubliana, Slovenia, under Partisan control, but surrounded by the Germans.

Amir's official assignment was to find a lost British mission that had previously parachuted into the area, but had gone astray and had not been contacted.

He was also instructed to establish independent wireless contact with the HQ in Bari and, unofficially to find fleeing Jews in order to help them escape to safety and freedom.

Having completed another three years tour of duty in Poland, Amir returned home to Israel and held several posts in the Foreign Ministry.

In December 1972, Amir's talents and competency were once again put to the test when the PLO's Black September attacked the Israeli embassy in Bangkok and took all the occupants as hostages.

Following the intense negotiations, including the King of Thailand's personal insistence that no blood be shed, and with the rare and courageous cooperation of the Egyptian Ambassador, (at the time Israel had no relations with Egypt), the hostages were finally released without use of force or anyone being hurt.