Meir Avizohar [SEP] date of death
Meir Avizohar
Dr Meir Avizohar (, born 27 September 1923, died 31 August 2008) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1969 and 1974.
Biography.
Born in Jerusalem during the Mandate era, Avizohar studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and London School of Economics, earning a PhD. He was a member of the HaMahanot HaOlim youth movement and kibbutz Hamadia, and joined Mapai in 1944.
In 1950 he was amongst the founders of Eilat. Between 1952 and 1953 he
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The new party won four seats in the seventh Knesset, and Ben Gurion was joined in the Knesset by Meir Avizohar, Isser Harel and Yigal Hurvitz. During the session Avizohar defected to the Alignment, leaving the party with three seats. Ben-Gurion resigned from the Knesset in 1970, and was replaced by Zalman Shoval.
Without Ben Gurion's leadership, the party began to disintegrate. Before the 1973 elections it joined the Likud alliance formed by Herut, the Liberal Party (which had formerly been allied as