Betzalel "Tzali" Reshef is a former Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

i politician who served as a member of the Knesset

Knesset

The Knesset is the unicameral legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem.-Role in Israeli Government :The legislative branch of the Israeli government, the Knesset passes all laws, elects the President and Prime Minister , approves the cabinet, and supervises the work of the government...

 for the Labor Party between August 2002 and February 2003.

Biography

Reshef studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; ; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's second-oldest university, after the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The Hebrew University has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot. The world's largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J...

 and Harvard University

Harvard University

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, where he gained a bachelor's and master's degree respectively, before working as an attorney.

One of the founders of Peace Now, for the 1999 elections he was placed 35th on the One Israel list (an alliance of Labor, Meimad

Meimad

Meimad is a left-wing religious Zionist political party in Israel. Founded in 1999, it is based on the ideology of the Meimad movement founded in 1988 by Rabbi Yehuda Amital. At the national level, it was in alliance with the Labour Party, and until the 2006 elections, received 10th spot on the...

 and Gesher), but failed to win a place in the Knesset as the party won only 26 seats. However, he entered the Knesset on 21 August 2002 as a replacement for Ra'anan Cohen

Ra'anan Cohen

Dr Ra'anan Cohen is a former Israeli politician who served as a government minister during the early 2000s.-Biography:Born in Baghdad in Iraq, Cohen made aliyah in 1951. During his youth he was a counsellor in the HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed youth movement, and was secretary of the Labor Party youth...

. He lost his seat in the 2003 elections.

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