Mordechai Bar-On
Mordechai Bar-On | |
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| 1984–1986 | Ratz |
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| Born | 26 December 1928 Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine |
| Died | 7 March 2021 (aged 92) Jerusalem, Israel |
Mordechai Bar-On (Hebrew: מרדכי בר-און, 26 December 1928 – 7 March 2021) was an Israeli historian, Chief Education Officer of the Israel Defense Forces and politician, serving as a member of the Knesset for Ratz from 1984 to 1986.
Biography
Born in
Chief of Staff's bureau in 1958. From 1961 until 1963 he served as the deputy Chief Education Officer in the Education and Youth Corps, before becoming its head in 1963. He was demobilized in 1968. After leaving the IDF, he worked for the Jewish Agency for Israel, heading its Youth and Pioneering Department until 1977.[1]
Bar-On later became one of the leaders of the Peace Now movement, and was elected to the Knesset in 1984 on the Ratz list. However, he resigned from the Knesset on 26 November 1986, and was replaced by David Zucker.[2]
He died in March 2021.[3]
Books
Books Bar-On authored include:
- The Gates of Gaza: Israel’s Road to Suez and Back, 1955–1957 (1994)
- In Pursuit of Peace: A History of the Israeli Peace Movement (1996)
- Never-ending Conflict: Israeli Military History (2004)
- Moshe Dayan: Israel's Controversial Hero (2012)
References
- ^ Mordechai Bar-On: Public Activities Knesset website
- ^ Knesset Members in the Eleventh Knesset Knesset website
- ^ Mordechai Bar-On Knesset
External links
- Official website
- Mordechai Bar-On on the Knesset website
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