Former Israel Knesset Minister Shulamit Aloni Dies at 85
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JERUSALEM - Firebrand Israeli leftwinger and former cabinet minister Shulamit Aloni, a supporter of Palestinian statehood and opponent of the Orthodox Jewish establishment, died on Friday aged 85, her party said
“Aloni died peacefully at a ripe old age, surrounded by her family,” a statement on the website of the leftwing Meretz party that she headed. It did not elaborate on the cause or place of death.
The civil rights campaigner and longtime supporter of Palestinian statehood was eulogised by liberals and even hawkish rightwingers, including the Jewish state’s current defense minister.
Aloni served during her 28-year parliamentary career as minister of education, of communications, science and as a minister without portfolio.
She was born in Tel Aviv on November 11, 1928 and was a member of the leftwing Hashomer Hatzair youth movement before being elected to parliament in 1965 as a member of the socialist Labour Alignment party.
In 1973 she quit Labor and founded the leftwing Zionist Citizens’ Rights Movement (CRM) which won three seats in that year’s general election and joined slain prime minister Yitzhak Rabin’s Labour-led coalition government.”Aloni died peacefully at a ripe old age, surrounded by her family,” a statement on the website of the leftwing Meretz party that she headed. It did not elaborate on the cause or place of death.
The civil rights campaigner and longtime supporter of Palestinian statehood was eulogised by liberals and even hawkish rightwingers, including the Jewish state’s current defense minister.
Aloni served during her 28-year parliamentary career as minister of education, of communications, science and as a minister without portfolio.
She was born in Tel Aviv on November 11, 1928 and was a member of the leftwing Hashomer Hatzair youth movement before being elected to parliament in 1965 as a member of the socialist Labour Alignment party.
In 1973 she quit Labor and founded the leftwing Zionist Citizens’ Rights Movement (CRM) which won three seats in that year’s general election and joined slain prime minister Yitzhak Rabin’s Labour-led coalition government.
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I can’t say that I always agreed with Shulamit but she was a fighter and never backed down from what she believed was right. May her family and all of Israel be comforted.