Nuzhat Katzav ( he, נוזהת קצב; ar, نزهة كتساف, 1 April 1932 – 21 November 2022) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the

Knesset The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...

for the Alignment between 1974 and 1977.

Biography

Born in

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon. I ...

in Iraq, Katzav attended an Arab girls school. She made aliyah to Israel in 1951 and studied political science and Middle Eastern studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She joined the

Na'amat Na'amat ( he, נעמת) is an Israeli and international women's organization affiliated with the Labour Zionist Movement. Na'amat was founded in 1921. Etymology Na'amat is an acronym for ''Nashim Ovdot U'Mitnadvot'' ( he, נשים עובדות ...

women's organisation, and was a member of its secretariat between 1954 and 1970. In 1955 she joined

Mapai Mapai ( he, מַפָּא"י, an acronym for , ''Mifleget Poalei Eretz Yisrael'', lit. "Workers' Party of the Land of Israel") was a democratic socialist political party in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger in ...

. In 1970 she became director of the Consumer Defence Authority and also of the Department of Arab and Druze Women. In

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she was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list. She sat on the Finance Committee and the Economic Affairs Committee until losing her seat in the 1977 elections. The following year she became a member of the Histadrut trade union's Organisation Committee, and also chaired the Association for Research and Culture of Iraqi Immigrants. Katzav wrote several books, including ''The Social, Economic and Political Integration of Iraqi Immigrants'' (1953), ''Girls at Risk'' (1972), ''Quality of Life and Social Planning in the Consumer Age'' (1977) and ''The Extent Women Participate in Politics in Israel'' (1980). Katzav died on 21 November 2022 at the age of 90.

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* {{authority control 1932 births 2022 deaths 20th-century Israeli women politicians Politicians from Baghdad Iraqi Jews Iraqi emigrants to Israel Israeli non-fiction writers Israeli people of Iraqi-Jewish descent Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni Israeli trade unionists Women members of the Knesset Alignment (Israel) politicians Mapai politicians Members of the 8th Knesset (1974–1977)