David Hacohen | |
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Faction represented in the Knesset | |
1949–1965 | Mapai |
1965–1968 | Alignment |
1968–1969 | Labor Party |
1969 | Alignment |
Personal details | |
Born | 20 October 1898 Gomel, Russian Empire |
Died | 19 February 1984 | (aged 85)
David Hacohen (Hebrew: דוד הכהן; 20 October 1898 – 19 February 1984) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1949 and 1953, and again from 1955 until 1969. He fought with the Ottoman Army in World War I. After the war he studied law and economics in London, then returned to Mandatory Palestine in the 1920s. He was a member of Haganah, and served with the British in World War II. He was arrested by the British in Operation Agatha.