- Zvi Hendel
MKs
Date of birth =
16 October ,1949
Year of Aliyah = 1959
Knesset(s) = 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th (current)
Party =Tkuma
(part of the National Union)
Former parties =National Religious Party
Gov't roles =Zvi Hendel ( _he. צבי הנדל, born
October 16 ,1949 inTransylvania ,Romania ) is an Israeli politician. He was elected to the 17th Knesset on National Union's list.He made Aliyah in 1959 and in his military service he served as a Gadna instructor. In his reserve duty he served as part of a reconnaissance unit in the
Israeli Artillery Corps and took part in theYom Kippur War .In 1977 he moved with his family to the
moshav ofGanei Tal , part inGush Katif in theGaza Strip . In 2005, they were evicted from their home as a result ofIsrael's unilateral disengagement plan .Political career
In the early 1990s, Hendel was elected to the head of the
Hof Aza Regional Council , and was first elected to the 14th Knesset in 1996 as aNational Religious Party representative. Towards the end of his term, he left the party along withHanan Porat and formed the "Emunim" faction, which soon after changed its name toTkuma . As part the Tkuma party, he joined the National Union list, and on it was elected to the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth Knessets.In the 15th Knesset, he served as chairman of the
Aliyah , Absorption, and Diaspora committee.During
Ariel Sharon 's second term asPrime Minister of Israel , Hendel served as Deputy Minister of Education, Culture, and Sports until the National Union party was dismissed from the coalition on June 6, 2004 prior to a vote about the unilateral disengagement plan.A significant part of his parliamentary career was devoted to efforts for the residents of
Gush Katif (where he himself resided), and strengthening the right wing in the Knesset. In this context, he also coined the phrase "כעומק החקירה, כך עומק העקירה" ("As deep the investigation is, so is the uprooting"), commenting on the legal investigations ongoing against Sharon at the same time Sharon changed his political views and decided on the Disengagement Plan.Hendel also served as head of the Agricultural caucus in the Knesset.
In 2005, Hendel was evicted from his home along with fellow residents of Ganei Tal as part of the Disengagement Plan. Him and his family's dealing with the eviction was the subject of the documentaries "Katif", and "Last Katif".
In 2006, Hendel submitted a bill proposal that would tie an oath of loyalty to "a Jewish and democratic Israel" and to the laws of Israel, to the right to vote. The Bill was turned down by a vote of 45-17. [ [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/776547.html Knesset rejects proposal requiring voter loyalty to state] Haaretz, Accessed 28 April 2007]
References
External links
* [http://knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=46 Zvi Hendel on the official Knesset website (in English)]
* [http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2003/3/Zvi+Hendel.htm Zvi Hendel on the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs website (in English)]
* [http://www.leumi.org.il/english/ National Union party website (in English)]Persondata
NAME= Hendel, Zvi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=צבי הנדל
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Israeli politician
DATE OF BIRTH=October 16 ,1949
PLACE OF BIRTH=Transylvania ,Romania
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=
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