Editing Moshe Sharett (section)

==Biography==
Moshe Sharett was born in [[Kherson]] in the [[Russian Empire]] (today in [[Ukraine]]) to the family of {{ill|Yaakov Chertok|he|יעקב שרתוק}} and Fanya née Lev ({{lang|he|לב}}).  In 1906 the {{ill|Chertok family|he|משפחת שרתוק}}  [[Aliyah|immigrated to Ottoman Palestine]]. For two years, 1906–1907, the family lived in a rented house in the village of [[Ein Siniya|Ein-Sinya]], north of [[Ramallah]].<ref>{{cite web |title='We are living by the sword': The regrets of an Israel founder's son |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/yaakov-sharett-zionism-israel-palestinians-nakba-negev |website=[[Middle East Eye]]}}</ref> In 1910 his family moved to [[Jaffa]], then became one of the founding families of [[Tel Aviv]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}
[[File:תמונה_קבוצתית_במדים_-_תלמידי_גימנסיה_הרצליה_Gymnasium_students_in_uniform_-_Shar-1300.jpeg|thumb|260x260px|Moshe Sharett (sitting in the middle), a first lieutenant in the [[Ottoman Army (1861–1922)|Ottoman Army]], with other Jewish officers in the army (1916)]]
He graduated from the first class of the [[Herzliya Hebrew High School]], even studying music at the [[Shulamit Conservatory]]. He then went to [[Constantinople]] to study law at [[Istanbul University]], the same university at which [[Yitzhak Ben-Zvi]] and [[David Ben-Gurion]] studied. However, his time there was cut short due to the outbreak of [[World War I]]. He served a commission as First Lieutenant in the [[Military of the Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Army]], working as an interpreter.<ref>{{cite web |title=Moshe Sharett |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/sharett.html |publisher=Jewishvirtuallibrary.org |access-date=21 February 2012}}</ref>

In 1922, Sharett married [[Tzippora Sharett|Tzippora Meirov]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://billiongraves.com/grave/%D7%A6%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%94-%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%AA-%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%91/12786611|title=צפורה שרת (מאירוב) 12 August 1896 - 30 September 1973 in BillionGraves GPS Headstones &#124; BillionGraves|website=billiongraves.com}}</ref> with whom he had two sons, Ya'akov and Haim, and a daughter, Yael.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.il/en/departments/people/moshe_saret|title=Moshe Sharett|website=GOV.IL}}</ref>