Michael Bar-Zohar
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| Date of birth | 30 January 1938 |
| Year of Aliyah | 1948 |
| Knesset(s) | 10th, 12th |
| Party | Alignment |
Dr Michael Bar-Zohar (Hebrew: מיכאל בר-זוהר, born 30 January 1938) is an Israeli historian, novelist and politician. His World War II-era nonfiction and fiction works have been published in English, French, Hebrew, and other languages. He was also a member of the Knesset on behalf of the Alignment.
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[edit] Background
Born in Bulgaria, Bar-Zohar immigrated to Israel in 1948. He attended High School E in Tel Aviv and went on to study economics and international relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He also studied at the Institute of Political Science in the University of Paris, where he earned a PhD.
He became science editor for Davar, a weekly newspaper in 1958, but left the job the following year. Between 1960 and 1964 he wrote for LeMarhav, an Israeli newspaper in Paris. In 1967 he became a spokesman for the Israeli Ministry of Defense, and later lectured at the University of Haifa between 1970 and 1973.
[edit] Political career
Bar-Zohar became involved in politics in the 1960s, and joined Rafi upon its foundation in 1965. Rafi merged into the Alignment in 1968, forming formed the Labour Party faction and Bar-Zohar became a Labour Party member, eventually joining its Central Committee.
He was first elected to the Knesset in the 1981 elections on the Alignment's list and was a member of the Education and Culture Committee. Although he lost his seat in the 1984 election, he regained it in the 1988 vote, after which he was appointed Chairman of the Education and Culture Committee. He lost his seat in the 1992 election and did not return to the Knesset.
[edit] Writings
Bar-Zohar is a recipient of the 1965 Sokolow award for his achievements as a journalist. He published several books, including a biography of David Ben-Gurion, several books about the Israeli security organizations, and an account of the rescue of Bulgarian Jews from the Nazis in World War II.
[edit] Bibliography
- A Bridge Over the Mediterranean: Franco-Israeli Relations Between 1947-1964 (1964)
- Hunting for the German Scientists (1965)
- The Grayest Month (1965)
- The Paratroopers Book (1969)
- Spies in the promised land Houghton Mifflin (1972) ISBN-10: 0395136415 ISBN-13: 978-0395136416
- Ben Gurion: a biography (centennial edition). New York: Adama Books, 1986 (c.1978). ISBN 0-915361-59-0 (hc) ISBN 0-915361-60-4 (pbk)
- Beyond Hitler’s grasp: the heroic rescue of Bulgaria’s Jews. Holbrook, Mass.: Adams Media, 1998. ISBN 1-58062-060-4.
- The Quest for The Red Prince: The Israeli Hunt for Ali Hassan Salameh the PLO leader who masterminded the Olympic Games Massacre. By Michael Bar-Zohar and Eitan Haber. Includes black and white photographic plates which include Yasser Arafat, together with an index. [1]
- (other titles: see US Library of Congress catalog)
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Detail from a copy of The Quest for The Red Prince...... published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson in 1983 with an ISBN 0 297 78063 8
