Yitzhak Yitzhaky ( he, יצחק יצחקי, 26 November 1936 – 19 February 1994) was an Israeli educator and politician. He was elected to the
ninth Knesset
Legislative elections were held in Israel on 17 May 1977 to elect the ninth Knesset. For the first time in Israeli political history, the right wing, led by Likud, won a plurality of seats, ending almost 30 years of rule by the left-wing Alignme ...
as a member of
Ariel Sharon's
Shlomtzion.
Biography
Yitzhaky was born in
Tiberias
Tiberias ( ; he, טְבֶרְיָה, ; ar, طبريا, Ṭabariyyā) is an Israeli city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. A major Jewish center during Late Antiquity, it has been considered since the 16th century one of Judaism's F ...
and was an active member of the
Maccabi youth movement
The "Maccabi youth movement" (, ''HaMaccabi HaTza'ir'') is a Zionist youth movement established during the international convention of the Maccabi organization in Prague, Czech Republic in 1929. As the Maccabi movement is involved with promoting ...
. He studied
psychology
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and
education
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at
Bar-Ilan University
Bar-Ilan University (BIU, he, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academi ...
, gaining an MA. Upon completing his studies, he taught
physical education
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in a number of elementary schools and served as the headmaster of Public School 8 for Children with Special Needs in Tiberias from 1961 to 1963. In 1961, he also founded and directed "Idud", a village for intellectually challenged children.
In 1977, as
elections
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative ...
for the ninth Knesset approached, he joined the newly founded
Shlomtzion, and gained second place on its
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 ...
list. The party won two seats, and he was elected to the Knesset along with
Ariel Sharon. Immediately after the election, Shlomtzion merged with
Likud
Likud ( he, הַלִּיכּוּד, HaLikud, The Consolidation), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement, is a major centre-right to right-wing political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin and Ariel Sha ...
. On 14 October 1980 Yitzhaky left Likud and formed a one-man faction named
One Israel
One Israel ( he, ישראל אחת, ''Yisrael Ahat'') was an alliance of the Labor Party, Meimad and Gesher created to run for the 1999 Knesset elections.
Background
One Israel was formed by Labor leader Ehud Barak in the run-up to the 19 ...
. He lost his seat in the
1981 elections when the party failed to cross the electoral threshold.
Bibliography
*''To be like other Children'' (1975)
*''Whisper and Desire'' (1976)
*''Lexicon for Knesset Expressions'' (1975)
*''The Rights of Children in Israeli Legislation'' (1983)
*''Drugs and Minors'' (1983)
External links
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1936 births
1994 deaths
People from Tiberias
Bar-Ilan University alumni
Israeli educators
Members of the 9th Knesset (1977–1981)
One Israel (1980) politicians
Shlomtzion (political party) politicians