Zehava Gal-On

MKs


Date of birth = 4 January 1956
Place of birth = Soviet Union
Year of Aliyah = 1960
Date of death =
Place of death =
Knesset(s) = 15th, 16th, 17th
Party = Meretz-Yachad
Former parties =
Gov't roles =

Zehava Gal-On ( _he. זהבה גלאון, born 4 January 1956) is an Israeli politician. She is a member of the Knesset for the Meretz-Yachad, and is the party's parliamentary chairwoman.

Biography

Gal-On was born in 1956 in the former Soviet Union and immigrated to Israel in 1960. She is married with two children and lives in Petah Tikva. She is an MA student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.Cite web
title = מפלגת מרצ-יחד - Zehava Galon
accessdate = 2007-12-27
url = http://www.myparty.org.il/main-branch/EN/contents/3030.html]

She served as general secretary of the paper Politika, of the Human Rights organization B'Tselem, and of the Ratz party. She is a member of the general directorate of Meretz. Among her main activities: the struggle for human and civil rights,Cite news
issue = Fall 2004
last = Mason
first = Ruth
title = Zehava Galon - Advocating Tirelessly for Women
work = JW Magazine
accessdate = 2007-12-27
url = http://www.jwmag.org/site/c.fhLOK0PGLsF/b.2447203/k.918A/Zehava_Galon.htm] women's rights and the fight for social justice. She has expressed her support for the IDF refuseniks.Cite news
title = Israeli Refusenik vs. Israeli Peace Party Member: A Debate on Israel's Assault on Lebanon
work = Democracy Now!
accessdate = 2007-12-27
date = 2006-06-21
url = http://www.democracynow.org/2006/7/21/israeli_refusenik_vs_israeli_peace_party]

She was elected to the Knesset in 1999. She is currently chairwoman of the Knesset committee for the struggle against trading in women.Cite news
title = Israel's Sex Trade Escalating
work = CBS News
accessdate = 2007-12-27
date = 2005-03-23
url = http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/23/world/main682673.shtml] She is also a member of the Knesset law and constitution committee and the Knesset committee.

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