Given the question: Facts: - minister: minister of internal affairs minister of transportation - party: mapam ahdut haavoda - ministeryears: 1955 -- 1959 1962 -- 1965 - death date: 04 may 1965 - partyyears: 1949-1954 1954-1965 - birth date: 15 november 1895 - image: israel bar-yehuda . jpg - death place: yagur , israel - birth place: konotop , russian empire Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of yisrael bar-yehuda .
The answer is:
yisrael bar-yehuda -lrb- , 15 november 1895 -- 15 november 1965 -rrb- was a zionist activist and israeli politician .