Dov Zakin ( he, דב זכין, 29 September 1922 – 4 September 1986) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the
Knesset
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for the
Alignment
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Archaeology
* Alignment (archaeology), a co-linear arrangement of features or structures with external landmarks
* Stone alignment, a linear arrangement of upright, parallel megalithic standing stones
Biology
* Structu ...
and
Mapam
Mapam ( he, מַפָּ״ם, an acronym for , ) was a left-wing political party in Israel. The party is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Meretz party.
History
Mapam was formed by a January 1948 merger of the kibbutz-based Hashomer Hatz ...
between 1969 and 1977 and again from 1981 to 1984.
Biography
Zakin was born in
Baranavichy
Baranavichy ( ; be, Бара́навічы, Belarusian Latin alphabet, Łacinka: , ; russian: Бара́новичи; yi, באַראַנאָוויטש; pl, Baranowicze) is a city in the Brest Region of western Belarus, with a population (as of ...
in Poland (now in
Belarus
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). He
immigrated
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to
Mandatory Palestine
Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 ...
in 1937, where he was educated at the
Ben Shemen Youth Village
Ben Shemen Youth Village ( he, כפר הנוער בן שמן, ''Kfar HaNo'ar Ben Shemen'') is a youth village and agricultural boarding school in central Israel. Located near Ben Shemen and Ginaton, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi ...
, before studying political science and economics at
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...
.
In 1945 he was amongst the founders of kibbutz
Lehavot HaBashan
Lehavot HaBashan ( he, לְהֲבוֹת הַבָּשָׁן, ''lit.'' Flames of the Bashan) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Hula Valley around ten kilometres southeast of Kiryat Shmona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galil ...
. In 1946 he helped found the
Wadi Ara
Wadi Ara ( ar, وادي عارة, he, ואדי עארה) or Nahal 'Iron ( he, נחל עירון), is a valley and its surrounding area in Israel populated mainly by Arab Israelis. The area is also known as the "Northern Triangle".
Wadi Ara is ...
branch of the Eretz Yisrael Workers Union. In 1950, 1952 and 1963 he travelled to the
United States
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as an emissary for
Hashomer Hatzair
Hashomer Hatzair ( he, הַשׁוֹמֵר הַצָעִיר, , ''The Young Guard'') is a Labor Zionist, secular Jewish youth movement founded in 1913 in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary, and it was also the name of the group ...
, and between 1959 and 1961 served as secretary of the Peace Movement.
A member of the Mapam secretariat, he was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list (an alliance of Mapam and the
Labor Party) in
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
.
In 1970, while visiting the United States, he met with State Department officials,
Joseph Sisco and Undersecretary of State
Roger Davies Roger Davies may refer to:
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* Roger Davies (footballer) (born 19 ...
, who assured him that America would "not abandon or jeopardize the security of Israel."
He was re-elected in
1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...
and in 1977 was part of the Mapam faction that briefly broke away from the Alignment.
Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups
Knesset website He lost his seat in the 1977 elections, but returned to the Knesset after the 1981 elections. He lost his seat for a final time in 1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
.
In 1986 he became a member of the board of directors of the World Zionist Organization
The World Zionist Organization ( he, הַהִסְתַּדְּרוּת הַצִּיּוֹנִית הָעוֹלָמִית; ''HaHistadrut HaTzionit Ha'Olamit''), or WZO, is a non-governmental organization that promotes Zionism. It was founded as the ...
.
References
External links
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1922 births
People from Baranavichy
People from Nowogródek Voivodeship (1919–1939)
Belarusian Jews
Polish emigrants to Mandatory Palestine
Jews from Mandatory Palestine
Israeli people of Belarusian-Jewish descent
Tel Aviv University alumni
Alignment (Israel) politicians
Mapam politicians
Members of the 7th Knesset (1969–1974)
Members of the 8th Knesset (1974–1977)
Members of the 10th Knesset (1981–1984)
1986 deaths