Elyakim Haetzni

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Elyakim Haetzni
Faction represented in the Knesset
1988–1992Tehiya
Personal details
Born(1926-06-22)22 June 1926
Kiel, Germany
Died18 September 2022(2022-09-18) (aged 96)

Elyakim Haetzni (Hebrew: אליקים העצני, 22 June 1926 – 18 September 2022) was a German-born Israeli lawyer, settlement activist and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Tehiya from 1990 until 1992.

Biography

Born Georg Bombach in

1948 Arab-Israeli War and spent eighteen months in hospital.[1] He went on to attend the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, graduating with a law degree in 1954. Whilst a student he established the Sherut HaMitnavdim volunteer organisation, which helped new immigrants and protested government corruption, with Haetzni himself renouncing his membership of the ruling Mapai
party.

In 1961 he established a law firm in Tel Aviv. After Israel's victory in the Six-Day War in 1967, he was involved in Jewish settlement in the West Bank, including the re-establishment of the Etzion Bloc and a Jewish community in Hebron. In 1972 he moved from Ramat Gan to the new Kiryat Arba settlement near Hebron. He later opened a law practice in the settlement.[1] He became a member of the Yesha Council's Steering Committee, and joined the right-wing Tehiya party. He was on the party's list for the 1988 Knesset elections, but failed to win a seat. However, he entered the Knesset on 31 January 1990 as a replacement for Eliezer Waldman.[2]

Haetzni was married, with four children. He died on 18 September 2022 at the age of 96.

References

  1. ^ a b c Elyakim Haetzni Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Israel Unity Coalition
  2. ^ Knesset Members in the Twelfth Knesset Knesset website

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