Ran Cohen [SEP] position held
Ran Cohen
Ran Cohen (, born 20 June 1937) is an Israeli politician and former Knesset member for Meretz. He is a resident of Mevaseret Zion. he is married and has four children.
Background.
Born Said Cohen in Baghdad, Iraq, Cohen was 13 years old when he immigrated to Israel through Iran. He hebraized his first name after his arrival in Israel, renaming himself "Ran". He grew up in Kibbutz Gan Shmuel, where he absorbed Socialist and Zionist ideologies. During his military
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Recent Interventions.
The SEP held a public meeting in Sheffield on 23 February 2011 to address the attempts to extradite Julian Assange. Robert Stevens spoke in defence of Assange, characterising the legal proceedings as "a manhunt".
NHS Fightback was launched on 21 January 2013.
The SEP held a series of meetings in October 2013 to oppose imperialist intervention in Syria and raise the danger of world war.
Elections.
The SEP ran candidates in the 2007 Scottish Parliament elections and the 2007 Welsh Assembly