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Zehava Galon (Zlata Shnipitskaya) was born on 4 January, 1956 in Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union, is an Israeli politician. Discover Zehava Galon's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?

Popular As Zlata Shnipitskaya
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Age 68 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 4 January, 1956
Birthday 4 January
Birthplace Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality Lithuanian

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1925

She immigrated at age four to Israel in 1960 with her parents: father Aryeh (born 30 December 1925), a plumber for a subsidiary of Solel Boneh (a construction company), and mother, Yaffa (19 February 1923 – 10 March 2012), a teacher.

They lived in a ma'abara transit camp and eventually moved to a housing project in Petah Tikva.

During her service in the Israel Defense Forces, Galon served as a clerk in the Paratroopers Brigade.

She holds a B.E.D. degree in special education from Beit Berl College, an M.A. in philosophy of education from the Hebrew University, and completed doctoral studies in gender studies at Bar-Ilan University (without submitting a research thesis).

1953

Galon is married to Pesah (born 5 December 1953).

1956

Zehava Galon (זֶהָבָה גַּלְאוֹן; born 4 January 1956), is an Israeli politician, the president of the research institute ZULAT for Equality and Human Rights and former leader of Meretz.

Zehava Galon was born in 1956 in Vilnius in the Soviet Union (now in Lithuania).

1980

They have two sons, Yiftah (born 4 March 1980) and Nadav (born 28 January 1982), she has 6 grandchildren, and still lives in Petah Tikva.

Galon started her political career in the 1980’s; she led the successful struggle against religious coercion in Petah Tikva, was secretary general of the Ratz party, co-founded and became the first Executive Director of B’Tselem - The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories.

1990

In the 1990's Galon served as one of Meretz's Co-Secretary Generals.

Later on, Galon served as the Executive Director of the Tel Aviv-based International Center for Peace in the Middle East (ICPME).

In regards to military conscientious objectors of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the refuseniks, she has said that "Meretz should not go with the wind of refusal, but should not try to oppose it. We are a party that believes in ideological pluralism and should not bury our heads in the sand. Meretz must show empathy towards the refuseniks and must bring the matter up for public discussion and reveal the reasons why the officers are refusing to serve."

1996

Galon was first listed on the 11th place on Meretz list in the 1996 Israeli legislative election, but Meretz only won nine seats.

1999

Galon served as a member of the Knesset from 1999 to 2017 and ran as the leader of Meretz in the 2022 Israeli legislative election but failed to pass the electoral threshold.

She elected to the Knesset in 1999 and was one of the Knesset's most outstanding members, active and highly esteemed by the entire House.

She served as head of the Meretz faction in the Knesset for a decade and was a member of the main committees, the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and the Finance Committee.

Galon founded and served as head of the Committee of Inquiry on the Trafficking of Women for seven years.

She was elected to the Knesset in 1999, and served as chairwoman of the Knesset committee for the struggle against trafficking in women.

She was a member of the Knesset law and constitution committee and the Knesset committee.

That same year, she also called for a repeal of the Law of Return, stating that "The Law of Return is discriminatory, it discriminates between Jews and non-Jews. I can accept that after the Holocaust, it was kind of a necessity. But maybe after 51 years, we are not in the same situation, and we don't need to run our country based on such undemocratic laws."

2007

In 2007, Galon launched an unsuccessful bid to become the leader of Meretz in the 2008 Meretz leadership election.

She expressed her belief that the party needed to reinvent itself and promote a civilian agenda, which encompasses human rights and civil liberties, in order to remain politically viable.

Galon said that Meretz could not afford to watch while other parties adopted some of its long-time positions, and it must work to cement the principles of democracy and equality in Israeli society.

She lost to Haim Oron, as the polls predicted.

2009

Galon volunteered her third spot on the Meretz list for the 2009 elections as a gesture of respect for Nitzan Horowitz, but lost her seat when the party was reduced to three seats.

She attributed the party's failure to its uncertain response to Israel's Operation Cast Lead, and said: "My opinion was different than that of most party members. Because Meretz is an ideological party, it must have a clear statement even in such a situation".

2011

In March 2011 she returned to the Knesset after Haim Oron retired.

2012

On 7 February 2012, Galon was elected as Meretz party chair, with more than 60% of the vote in the party's primaries.

2013

In the 2013 legislative elections Meretz doubled its number of seats from three to six.

2015

Prior to the 2015 legislative election, Galon said during the campaign that she would resign if the party won only four seats.

When preliminary results of the 2015 election indicated that the party would be reduced in representation, Galon announced she would resign as chairperson of Meretz as soon as a successor is chosen, and from the Knesset in order to open a place for Tamar Zandberg, the party's fifth-place candidate, who appeared to have lost her seat.

Zandberg, Ilan Gilon and others urged Galon to reconsider her decision.

Once absentee and soldier ballots were counted, Meretz gained a fifth seat.

With this success, Galon announced that she would continue as party leader.

She said: "Meretz received a fifth seat from young supporters, from Israeli soldiers, who raised the party's rate of support. That allowed Meretz to maintain its strength in terms of the number of voters – some 170,000 – compared with the last election. Under the circumstances and against all odds, that is a success."

2017

In October 2017 Galon resigned from the Knesset, but said she would remain leader of Meretz.

Her seat was taken by Mossi Raz.

2018

Galon initially announced her candidacy for the 2018 Meretz leadership race, but eventually dropped out.

Tamar Zandberg was elected party chair.

2020

In 2020, Galon established the NGO Zulat for Equality and Human Rights, and she serves as the organization president.