Daniel Ben-Simon

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Daniel Ben-Simon
Ben-Simon in 2008
Faction represented in the Knesset
2009–2013Labor Party
Personal details
Born (1954-04-29) 29 April 1954 (age 70)
Meknes, Morocco

Daniel Ben-Simon (Hebrew: דניאל בן סימון, born 29 April 1954) is an Israeli journalist and politician, who served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party between 2009 and 2013.

Biography

Born in

Sapir College and Rupin College and also wrote four books, and was involved in the making of documentary films based on two of his books. He is a recipient of the Sokolov Prize.[1]

Prior to the

Binyamin Netanyahu's government, but was elected chairman of Labor's Knesset faction on April 1, saying "the moment the party convention voted in favor [of joining], my resistance faded. I turned from an objector to one who obeys".[3]

However, in October 2009 he resigned as chairman, and began pressuring the party to leave the coalition. In January 2011 he announced that he was leaving the Labor Party to establish an independent single-member faction in response to his failure to persuade the party to leave the government.[4] However, he ultimately remained in the party, and was placed 21st on its list for the 2013 elections.[5] He subsequently left the Knesset as the party won only 15 seats.

References

  1. ^ "Mr. Daniel Ben-Simon". The Israel Democracy Institute. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
  2. ^ Ilan, Shahar. "The freshman". Haaretz. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
  3. ^ Mualem, Mazal; Shahar Ilan (2009-04-03). "Ex-Haaretz reporter Daniel Ben-Simon to head Labor's Knesset faction". Haaretz. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
  4. ^ MK Daniel Ben-Simon resigns from Labor to form one-man party Haaretz, 11 January 2011
  5. ^ Labor Party Central Elections Committee

External links

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