Biography
Ornan was born in Jerusalem as Uzziel Halperin, son of Yechiel Halperin, a Hebrew teacher and supporter of Chaim Weizmann, and Paulia, a member of Poale Zion. His parents immigrated to Mandate-era Palestine in 1919, as pioneers of the Third Aliyah. In his youth, Ornan was active in the Etzel. In 1944 he was detained by the British authorities. Subsequently he was deported to and imprisoned in Eritrea, Sudan and Kenya, where he was held until the Israeli Declaration of Independence.
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