Michael Nudelman ( he, מיכאל נודלמן, 30 June 1938 – 14 February 2019) was an
Israeli
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politician who served as a member of the Knesset for
Yisrael BaAliyah
Yisrael BaAliyah ( he, ישראל בעלייה, ; lit., ''Israel on the up'') was a political party in Israel between its formation in 1996 and its merger into Likud in 2003. It was formed to represent the interests of Russian immigrants by forme ...
,
Aliyah
Aliyah (, ; he, עֲלִיָּה ''ʿălīyyā'', ) is the immigration of Jews from Jewish diaspora, the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel, which is in the modern era chiefly represented by the Israel, State of Israel ...
, the
National Union,
Yisrael Beiteinu
Yisrael Beiteinu ( he, יִשְׂרָאֵל בֵּיתֵנוּ, russian: Наш Дом Израиль, lit. ''Israel Our Home'') is a secularist, nationalist right-wing political party in Israel. The party's base was originally secular Russia ...
and
Kadima
Kadima ( he, קדימה, lit=''Forward'') was a centrist and liberal political party in Israel. It was established on 24 November 2005 by moderates from Likud largely following the implementation of Ariel Sharon's unilateral disengagement plan ...
between 1996 and 2009.
Political career
Born in
Kiev
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in the
Soviet Union
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(today
Ukraine
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), Nudelman made
aliyah
Aliyah (, ; he, עֲלִיָּה ''ʿălīyyā'', ) is the immigration of Jews from Jewish diaspora, the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel, which is in the modern era chiefly represented by the Israel, State of Israel ...
to Israel in 1991.
He was elected to the
14th Knesset as a representative of
Yisrael BaAliyah
Yisrael BaAliyah ( he, ישראל בעלייה, ; lit., ''Israel on the up'') was a political party in Israel between its formation in 1996 and its merger into Likud in 2003. It was formed to represent the interests of Russian immigrants by forme ...
. He resigned from the party along with
Yuri Stern
Yuri Stern ( he, יורי שטרן, russian: Юрий Штерн, Yuriy Shtern, 29 March 1949 – 16 January 2007) was a Russian-Israeli politician and journalist. He was a member of the Knesset from 1996 until his death, first as a member of Yisr ...
and formed the
Aliyah party, which later merged with
Yisrael Beiteinu
Yisrael Beiteinu ( he, יִשְׂרָאֵל בֵּיתֵנוּ, russian: Наш Дом Израиль, lit. ''Israel Our Home'') is a secularist, nationalist right-wing political party in Israel. The party's base was originally secular Russia ...
, and as a member of this party he was elected to the
15th Knesset and to the
16th Knesset
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In English speech, ...
(as part of the
National Union list, which
Yisrael Beiteinu
Yisrael Beiteinu ( he, יִשְׂרָאֵל בֵּיתֵנוּ, russian: Наш Дом Израиль, lit. ''Israel Our Home'') is a secularist, nationalist right-wing political party in Israel. The party's base was originally secular Russia ...
joined in that election).
In the 14th Knesset he served as chairman of the Science and Technology Committee, and he served as Deputy Chairman of the 16th Knesset.
In 2005 Nudelman supported the
disengagement plan. Towards the end of the 16th Knesset he resigned from the party and announced that he was joining
Kadima
Kadima ( he, קדימה, lit=''Forward'') was a centrist and liberal political party in Israel. It was established on 24 November 2005 by moderates from Likud largely following the implementation of Ariel Sharon's unilateral disengagement plan ...
, seeing out the rest of the Knesset term as an independent MK. He was returned to the Knesset on Kadima's list in the
2006 elections.
Prior to the
2009 elections
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he left Kadima and reformed Aliyah, renaming it
Yisrael HaMithadeshet
Yisrael HaMithadeshet ( he, ישראל המתחדשת, lit. ''Renewed Israel''), formerly known as Aliyah (, lit. ''Immigration'' but also an acronym for ''Amenu LiMa'an Yisrael HaMithadeshet'' (, lit. ''We People For a Renewed Israel'')) is a Lis ...
. However, the party failed to cross the electoral threshold, and he lost his seat.
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1938 births
2019 deaths
Politicians from Kyiv
Ukrainian Jews
Ukrainian emigrants to Israel
Kadima politicians
Yisrael BaAliyah politicians
National Union (Israel) politicians
Yisrael Beiteinu politicians
Yisrael HaMithadeshet politicians
Members of the 14th Knesset (1996–1999)
Members of the 15th Knesset (1999–2003)
Members of the 16th Knesset (2003–2006)
Members of the 17th Knesset (2006–2009)