Avraham Tiar ( he, אברהם טיאר‎, 29 January 1924 – 25 April 2011) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the

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for

Herut Herut ( he, חֵרוּת, ''Freedom'') was the major conservative nationalist political party in Israel from 1948 until its formal merger into Likud in 1988. It was an adherent of Revisionist Zionism. History Herut was founded by Menachem Begin ...

Gahal Gahal ( he, גח"ל, an acronym for ''Gush Herut–Liberalim'' (Hebrew: ), ''lit.'' ''Freedom–Liberals Bloc'') was the main right-leaning political alliance in Israel, ranging from the centre-right to right-wing, from its founding in 1965 until ...

and the

Free Centre The Free Centre ( he, המרכז החופשי, ''HaMerkaz HaHofshi'') was a political party in Israel. It is one of the forerunners of the modern-day Likud. History The party was created on 29 March 1967 during the sixth Knesset when Shmuel Tam ...

between 1961 and 1969.

Biography

Born in

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, Tiar joined Betar at the age of 13, and by 1942 was head of the Gabès branch. In 1946 he became general secretary of the Tunisian Betar movement, as well as being deputy chairman of Revisionist Party in the country. He made aliyah 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 ...

on the S.S. Ben Hecht ship in 1947, but was intercepted by the British, and sent to an internment camp in

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.Avraham Tiar: Public Activities
Knesset website He studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and was certified as a lawyer.

Political and public career

In 1948, Tiar was amongst the founders of Herut. In 1956, he became a member of its central committee. He was elected to the Knesset on the party's list in

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, and in the same year became secretary of the party's

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branch. Between 1963 and 1966 he was chairman of the party's youth leadership. After being re-elected in 1965 on the Gahal list (an alliance of Herut and the

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), Tiar was amongst the three Gahal members to break away from the party and establish the Free Centre in March 1967, before losing his seat in the 1969 elections. He later left the Free Centre and returned to Herut in 1977. Outside of the Knesset, Tiar was a founder of the Blue-White faction in the Histadrut. He later chaired the Free Centre's faction in the trade union, and served as editor of its magazine, ''New Age''. Between 1979 and 1982 he worked in Europe as the head emissary of the

Jewish Agency The Jewish Agency for Israel ( he, הסוכנות היהודית לארץ ישראל, translit=HaSochnut HaYehudit L'Eretz Yisra'el) formerly known as The Jewish Agency for Palestine, is the largest Jewish non-profit organization in the world. ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tiar, Avraham 1924 births 2011 deaths Betar members Free Centre politicians Hatzohar politicians Herut politicians Gahal politicians Israeli trade unionists Tunisian Jews Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Law alumni Tunisian emigrants to Mandatory Palestine People from Gabès Israeli people of Tunisian-Jewish descent Members of the 5th Knesset (1961–1965) Members of the 6th Knesset (1965–1969)