David Tal (Israeli politician)

David Tal
Date of birth (1950-01-26) 26 January 1950
Place of birth Tunisia
Knessets 14, 15, 16, 17
Faction represented in Knesset
1996–2002 Shas
2003–2005 One Israel
2005 Noy
2005–2009 Kadima

David Tal (Hebrew: דוד טל‎) (born 26 January 1950[1]) is an Israeli politician and a four-time member of the Knesset. He is a member of the Kadima faction.

Biography

Born in Tunisia[2] and raised in Rehovot, Tal studied at an ORT high school in that city. He served as a First Sergeant during his national service in the IDF and afterwards worked as a mechanic. He speaks English, Arabic and Tunisian.[1] He lives in Rishon LeZion with his wife. He has six children.

Political career

He joined the Sephardi Haredi party Shas, and began his political career as a member of the Rishon LeZion municipal council. In 1996 he was elected to the Knesset on the Shas list[3] and became a Deputy Speaker of the Knesset. He retained his seat in the 1999 elections[3] and was reappointed Deputy Speaker, also becoming chairman of the Labour, Welfare, and Health Committee and the Joint Committee for Automobile Insurance Arrangements.[1]

He resigned from the Knesset in November 2002 and joined Amir Peretz's new One Nation party,[4][5] where he was third on the list.[6] He returned to the Knesset with One Nation following the January 2003 elections. When Peretz agreed to merge One Nation into the Labour Party, Tal broke away,[7] and founded his own, one-man faction, Noy,[8] on 23 May 2005.[9]

On 23 November 2005, 14 MKs split off from the Likud faction and formed the Achrayut Leumit (National Responsibility) faction. Tal dissolved Noy to join this faction, which renamed itself Kadima on 17 January 2006.[9] In the run-up to the 2006 elections Tal was placed 23rd on Kadima's list.[3] With the party winning 29 seats, he returned to the Knesset for a fourth term, and was reappointed Deputy Speaker. He also chaired the House Committee, the Joint Committee for Discussion on the Law and Governance Order Bill, the Subcommittee for the Shmita Year, the Subcommittee for Examining the Security Measures for Knesset Members, and the Lobby for Closing the Social Gaps.[1] He lost his seat in the 2009 elections.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Knesset Members: David Tal". Knesset. 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  2. ↑ Regev, David (15 May 2008). "France to help Tunisian Holocaust survivors get restitution from Israel". Ynetnews. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 "The real 'Survivor' show goes on in the Knesset". Haaretz. 6 April 2006. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  4. ↑ Zrahiya, Zvi (12 November 2002). "'Frustrated' MK David Tal resigns from Shas faction". Haaretz. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  5. ↑ Verter, Yossi (25 November 2002). "Former Shas MK David Tal to join Am Ehad". Haaretz. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  6. ↑ Sandler, Shmuel; Ben Mollov, M.; Rynhold, Jonathan (19 July 2005). Israel at the Polls 2003. Routledge. p. 107. ISBN 0-415-36019-6.
  7. ↑ Alon, Gideon (5 April 2005). "A winter session of discontent with the opposition". Haaretz. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  8. ↑ "Israeli Political System and Parties". Zionism and Israel - Encyclopedic Dictionary. 2008. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  9. 1 2 "Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups: Sixteenth Knesset". The Knesset. 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
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