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Amir Peretz
Image:2006 05 10 Peretz cropped.JPG
Date of birth March 9, 1952, Bojad, Morocco
Year of Aliyah 1956
Knesset(s) 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th,
16th, 17th (current)
Party Labour
Former parties One Nation
Gov't roles
(current in bold)
Minister of Defence
Deputy Prime Minister

Amir Peretz (Hebrew: עמיר פרץ; born March 9, 1952) is an Israeli politician and Defense Minister of Israel. He also is the current leader of the Israeli Labour Party. Peretz is the former chairman of the Histadrut trade union federation and defeated Shimon Peres in the primary elections for the Labour leadership in November 9, 2005. He led the Labour Party to a second place showing in the 2006 Israeli elections. He was sworn in as Defense Minister [1] along with the rest of the new Cabinet of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on May 4, 2006. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Elections for the twelfth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November, 1988. ... Elections for the thirteenth Knesset were held in Israel on 23 June 1992. ... The Elections for the 15th Knesset were held on 17 May, 1999 alongside elections for Prime Minister. ... Elections for the 16th Knesset were held in Israel on 28 January 2003. ... The Elections for the 17th Knesset were held in Israel on 28 March 2006. ... The Israel Labor Party (Hebrew: העבודה, Ha‘Avoda (Labor), officially מפלגת העבודה הישראלית, Mifleget Ha‘Avoda HaIsra’elit) is a center-left political party in Israel. ... Am Ehad (One Nation) is a political party in Israel. ... Defense Ministers of Israel, 1948-present David Ben-Gurion 1948-1954 Pinhas Lavon 1954-1955 David Ben-Gurion 1955-1963 Levi Eshkol 1963-1967 Moshe Dayan 1967-1974 Shimon Peres 1974-1977 Ezer Weizman 1977-1980 Menachem Begin 1980-1981 Ariel Sharon 1981-1983 Moshe Arens 1983-1984 Yitzhak Rabin... In the State of Israel, there are currently three positions of deputy executive leaders: Vice Premier, Vice Prime Minister, and Deputy Prime Minister. ... “Hebrew” redirects here. ... March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (69th in leap years). ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Politics of Israel takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Israel is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. ... The Israel Labor Party (Hebrew: העבודה, Ha‘Avoda (Labor), officially מפלגת העבודה הישראלית, Mifleget Ha‘Avoda HaIsra’elit) is a center-left political party in Israel. ... The Histadrut (Federation [of labor]) or HaHistadrut HaKlalit shel HaOvdim BEretz Yisrael (ההסתדרות הכללית של העובדים בארץ ישראל) (Hebrew: General Federation of Laborers in the Land of Israel) is the Israeli trade union congress. ... A trade union or labor union is a continuous association of wage-earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment. ...   (Hebrew: ), born Szymon Perske on August 2, 1923 in Poland is an Israeli politician who has been active in Israeli politics for over 50 years. ... A primary election is an election in which voters in a jurisdiction select candidates for a subsequent election (nominating primary). ... November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Elections for the 17th Knesset were held in Israel on 28 March 2006, following an agreement between the Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, and the new Leader of the Israel Labour Party, Amir Peretz. ... Ehud Olmert (IPA ; Hebrew:אהוד אולמרט; born September 30, 1945) is the 12th and current Prime Minister of Israel. ...

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Early life

Amir Peretz was born as Armand Peretz in the town of Boujad, Morocco. His father was head of the Jewish community in Boujad and owned a petrol station. The family emigrated to Israel in 1956. They were settled in the development town of Sderot, where Peretz graduated from high school. Boujad is a small city at the verge of the Atlas mountains in Morocco. ... For other uses, see Jew (disambiguation). ... Aliyah (Hebrew: עלייה, ascent or going up) is a term widely used to mean Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel (and since its establishment in 1948, the State of Israel). ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sederot (Hebrew: (help·info); unofficially also spelled Sderot) is a city in the Southern District of Israel in Israel. ... Main article: Secondary education High school is a name used in some parts of the world, and particularly in North America, to describe the last segment of compulsory education. ...


He served in the Israel Defense Forces as the brigade Ordnance officer of the 202nd paratroopers brigade and reached the rank of captain. On April 22, 1974, Peretz was badly wounded as a result of an accident at the Mitla Pass. He spent a year in the hospital recuperating. After leaving the hospital, he bought a farm in the village of Nir Akiva. Still in a wheelchair, he began growing vegetables and flowers for export. During this period he met his wife Ahlama and they married. They have four children. The Israel Defense Forces are part of the Israeli Security Forces. ... The Israeli Ordnance Corps is a combat-support corps in the IDF GOC Army Headquarters. ... An American Paratrooper using a MC1-B series parachute Paratroopers are soldiers trained in parachuting and generally operate as part of an airborne force. ... In military science a brigade is a military unit that is part of a division and includes regiments (where that level exists), or (in modern armies) is composed of several battalions (typically two to four) and directly attached supporting units. ... Captain is a nautical term, an organizational title, and a rank in various uniformed organizations. ... The Mitla Pass is a 32 km-long snaky pass in the Sinai wedged between mountain ranges to the north and south. ... Nir Akiva (in Hebrew ניר עקיבא) is an Israeli moshav/settlement, located in the North-Western Negev, northeastward Netivot and southward Nir Moshe. ... A wheelchair is a wheeled mobility device in which the user sits. ...


In 1983, answering a call made by friends, Peretz ran for the office of mayor of the town of Sderot, as candidate of the Israel Labour Party. At only thirty years of age he won a victory which ended a long period of dominance of the town's politics by the right-wing Likud party and the National Religious Party. It was the first in a series of local councils which passed back to Labour control in the late 1980s. As mayor, he strongly emphasized education and worked to improve previously fractious relations with the kibbutzim in the area. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sederot (Hebrew: (help·info); unofficially also spelled Sderot) is a city in the Southern District of Israel in Israel. ... Likud (Hebrew: ליכוד, literally means consolidation) is a centre-right political party in Israel. ... Mafdal party logo The National Religious Party (Hebrew: Mafdal, מפדל) is an Israeli political party representing the religious Zionist movement. ... Kibbutz Dan, near Qiryat Shemona, in the Upper Galilee, 1990s A kibbutz (Hebrew: ; plural: kibbutzim: קיבוצים; gathering or together) is an Israeli collective intentional community. ...


Histadrut and One Nation

In 1988 he was elected a member of the Knesset - the Israeli parliament. In 1994, after failing in a previous bid for Histadrut leadership, Peretz joined forces with Haim Ramon to contest control of the then powerful trade union federation. They ran on an independent list against the favoured candidate of then Labour leader Yitzhak Rabin. They won, and Peretz became Ramon's deputy at the Histadrut. This isolated Peretz within the Labour Party. He became chairman of Histadrut in December 1995, when Ramon reentered the cabinet following Rabin's assassination. During his early years at the helm of the Histadrut, Peretz was regarded as a militant firebrand, with an easy hand on the trigger of general strikes. Sometimes the pretext for declaring a general strike would be an inopportune statement by the finance minister, as had been the case with Ya'akov Ne'eman in 1996. 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The modern Knesset building, Israels parliament, in Jerusalem Though similar-sounding, Beit Knesset (בית כנסת) literally means House of Assembly, and refers to a synagogue. ... A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modelled after that of the United Kingdom. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... The Histadrut (Federation [of labor]) or HaHistadrut HaKlalit shel HaOvdim BEretz Yisrael (ההסתדרות הכללית של העובדים בארץ ישראל) (Hebrew: General Federation of Laborers in the Land of Israel) is the Israeli trade union congress. ... Haim Ramon (born 10 April 1950) is an Israeli Labour politician. ... For other people named Rabin, see Rabin (disambiguation). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Yaakov Neeman (b. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...


However, in his later years as head of Histadrut, Peretz was seen as becoming much more moderate, as he moved toward a potential run for national office. During the tenure of Benjamin Netanyahu as finance minister (February 2003-August 2005), Peretz was fairly cooperative with the government in a series of structural and financial reforms that moved Israel towards a more market-oriented economy. He has remarked that "the most effective strike is the one that didn't occur".   (Hebrew: בִּנְיָמִין נְתַנְיָהוּ (without niqqud: בנימין נתניהו), Hebrew transliteration written in English: Binyamin Netanyahu, nicknamed Bibi) (born October 21, 1949, Tel Aviv) was the 9th Prime Minister of Israel and is a leading figure in the Likud party. ...


In 1999 Peretz resigned from the Labour Party to form his own party, One Nation (Am Ekhad). The party won two seats in the Knesset in the 1999 elections, and three in 2003. As Labour's fortunes changed with the Likud Party in government, and Israel's social programmes being dismantled by the market-oriented reforms of finance minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Peretz became increasingly popular with Israel's working-class. By the start of 2004 he was being talked of as a "white knight who will rescue Labour from oblivion". [2] After protracted negotiations with then-Labour Party leader Shimon Peres and other party leaders, One Nation merged with Labour in the summer of 2004. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Am Ehad (One Nation) is a political party in Israel. ... The modern Knesset building, Israels parliament, in Jerusalem Though similar-sounding, Beit Knesset (בית כנסת) literally means House of Assembly, and refers to a synagogue. ... The Elections for the 15th Knesset were held on 17 May, 1999 alongside elections for Prime Minister. ... Elections for the 16th Knesset were held in Israel on 28 January 2003. ... Likud party logo Likud or ליכוד literally means consolidation. ...   (Hebrew: בִּנְיָמִין נְתַנְיָהוּ (without niqqud: בנימין נתניהו), Hebrew transliteration written in English: Binyamin Netanyahu, nicknamed Bibi) (born October 21, 1949, Tel Aviv) was the 9th Prime Minister of Israel and is a leading figure in the Likud party. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...   (Hebrew: ), born Szymon Perske on August 2, 1923 in Poland is an Israeli politician who has been active in Israeli politics for over 50 years. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Labour Party leadership

After the merger, Peretz ran for the leadership of the Labour Party on a platform of ending the coalition with Likud, led by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, and reasserting Labour's traditional socialist economic policies. Peretz narrowly defeated Peres, the incumbent leader, in the election on 9 November 2005.   (Hebrew: , also known by his diminutive Arik אָרִיק) (born February 27, 1928) is a former Israeli politician and general. ... November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Views

During his campaign Peretz declared that "within two years of taking office I will have eradicated child poverty in Israel". [1] [2] Notwithstanding, he has reiterated his commitment to a market economy. For his movement in latter years towards "third way" positions, as well as for his earthy and warm personality, Peretz has been compared more to Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva than Hugo Chávez by Marxist.com.[citation needed] This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (IPA: ) (born July 28, 1954) is the current President of Venezuela. ...


In matters concerning relations with the Palestinians and the Arab world, Peretz was seen as holding dovish positions. [2] He was one of the early leaders of the Peace Now movement.[3] He was also, in the 1980s, a member of a group of eight Labour party Knesset members, dubbed "the Eight" and led by Yossi Beilin, who tried to set a liberal agenda for the party in matters concerning the peace process with the Palestinians, connecting the unresolved conflict with the Palestinians with the failure to solve Israel's most pressing social ills. The Palestinian flag, adopted in 1948, is a widely recognized modern symbol of the Palestinian people. ... Languages Arabic other languages (Arab minorities) Religions Predominantly Islam Some adherents of Druze, Judaism, Samaritan, Christianity Related ethnic groups Jews, Canaanites, other Semitic-speaking groups An Arab (Arabic: ); is a member of a Semitic group of people whose cultural, linguistic, and in certain cases, ancestral origins trace back to the... Peace Now (Hebrew: שלום עכשיו - Shalom Achshav) is an extra-parliamental political movement in Israel, with the agenda of swaying popular opinion and convincing the Israeli government of the need and possibility for achieving a just peace and an historic conciliation with the Palestinian people and neighboring Arab countries; this in exchange... Yossi Beilin Dr. Yossef (Yossi) Beilin (Hebrew: ; born June 12, 1948) is an Israeli politician, Knesset member, and a former , deputy foreign minister and justice minister within the Israeli Labour Party. ...


Peretz saw an intrinsic connection between a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the resolving of Israel's internal social tensions. He argued that the resources allotted to the settlements in the West Bank had diverted funds that could have helped to solve social problems throughout Israel. He described the conflict as having mutated Israeli politics, so that the traditional left-right distinctions did not hold: Instead of supporting a social-democratic left which would advance their cause, the lower classes, mostly of Middle Eastern Jewish origins, were diverted to the right by the fanning of nationalist tendencies; Concurrently, the left in Israel was usurped by the well-to-do, so that the Labour party had ironically become elitist.[4]


Results

Peretz won 42% of the votes as against 40% for Peres and 17% for former defence minister and former party leader Benjamin Ben-Eliezer . After winning this election, Peretz resigned from his post at Histadrut to focus on the campaign to become the prime minister. In fulfillment of Peretz's pledge to withdraw Labour from the Likud-led coalition government, the party withdrew its support for the government on 11 November and all Labour Party cabinet ministers resigned. This action deprived the government of its majority in the Knesset and resulted in Prime Minister Ariel Sharon calling a new election for March 28, 2006. Shortly thereafter, Sharon and much of his Cabinet left Likud to form a new party, Kadima. Brigadier-General (Res. ... Kadima (Hebrew: קדימה, Qādīmāh, forward) is an Israeli political party. ...


Election and Government

Peretz campaign billboard, Tel Aviv, January 2006. "Ki Higiah Hazman" - "Because The Time Has Come"
Peretz campaign billboard, Tel Aviv, January 2006. "Ki Higiah Hazman" - "Because The Time Has Come"

If Labour had won the 2006 election, Amir Peretz would have become the first non-Ashkenazi prime minister in Israel's history. Instead, Labour placed a strong second behind the Kadima Party, led by Sharon's successor, Ehud Olmert. Labour agreed to join a coalition government led by Olmert and the Kadima Party. In the negotiations for the formation of the government, Peretz, after attempting to gain the finance ministry, became Defense Minister, replacing Shaul Mofaz (Kadima) in the post. Peretz also received the title of Deputy Prime Minister. Image File history File linksMetadata PeretzCampaign. ... Image File history File linksMetadata PeretzCampaign. ... Ashkenazi Jews, also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim (אַשְׁכֲּנָזִי אַשְׁכֲּנָזִים Standard Hebrew, Aškanazi,Aškanazim, Tiberian Hebrew, ʾAškănāzî, ʾAškănāzîm, pronounced sing. ... Ehud Olmert (IPA ; Hebrew:אהוד אולמרט; born September 30, 1945) is the 12th and current Prime Minister of Israel. ...


Lebanon

Peretz, in addition to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, has come under a torrent of criticism for his handling of the crisis with Lebanon. While Peretz has not repudiated his past views, some have come to view him as hawkish in his attitude to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since his entry into government, especially over the conflict in Lebanon and with the Hamas group in and around the Gaza Strip. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch described the Army's actions in Lebanon as "War Crimes" along with Hizbollah's actions.[5][6] Ibrahim Sarsur MK of the United Arab List, called Peretz a "child murderer" in the aftermath of the 2006 Qana airstrike, while Ahmad Tibi MK of the Arab nationalist party, Ta'al told to Peretz; "you are a man of war, you are no longer a man of peace" [7] Ehud Olmert (IPA ; Hebrew:אהוד אולמרט; born September 30, 1945) is the 12th and current Prime Minister of Israel. ... Combatants Hezbollah Amal LCP  Israel Commanders Hassan Nasrallah (Secretary General of Hezbollah) Imad Mughniyeh (Commander of Hezbollahs armed wing)[5] Dan Halutz (CoS) Moshe Kaplinsky[12] Udi Adam (Regional) Strength 600-1,000 active fighters 3,000-10,000 reservists[6] 30,000 ground troops (plus IAF & ISC)[13... Combatants  Israel Defense Forces (Israeli Security Forces) Hamas Popular Resistance Committees, al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Jaish al-Islam, Islamic Jihad Commanders Dan Halutz (Chief of Staff) Yoav Galant (Regional) Khaled Mashal (Leader of Hamas[1])Mohammed Deif (Leader of Hamas military wing) Strength 3,000 unknown Casualties 5 soldiers killed... Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) comprising a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights.[1] Founded in the UK in 1961, AI compares actual practices of human rights with internationally accepted standards and demands compliance where these... Human Rights Watch Banner Human Rights Watch is a United States-based international non-government organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. ... In the context of war, a war crime is a punishable offense under International Law, for violations of the laws of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ... Sheikh Ibrahim Sarsur (born: 1947) is an Arab-Israeli politician and Knesset member, head of Raam-Taal. ... // (Blue = coalition parties, red = opposition parties) 1This title, called in Hebrew ממלא מקום ראש הממשלה (Memale Mekom Rosh HaMemshala, lit. ... United Arab List (RAAM, Hebrew. ... The 2006 Qana airstrike was an attack by the Israel Air Force (IAF) on a building in the small community of al-Khuraybah near the South Lebanese village of Qana on July 30, 2006, during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. ... Ahmad Tibi, Israeli Arab politician. ... // (Blue = coalition parties, red = opposition parties) 1This title, called in Hebrew ממלא מקום ראש הממשלה (Memale Mekom Rosh HaMemshala, lit. ... Taal, or the Arab Movement for Renewal, is a single-member Israeli parliamentary group that was founded by MK Ahmad Tibi after he left Balad during the 14th Knesset. ...


Peretz has also been harshly criticsed from the right, from whom he has faced accusations of inexperience and incompetence in his Defence post. An Israeli committee, appointed by Defense Minister Amir Peretz, will investigate how the nation's military and security establishment handled the planning and execution of the war on Hezbollah in Lebanon, a defense ministry official told. The committee plans to provide its initial conclusions in three weeks, the official said on August 16 2006.[8]


Israel Beytenu

Prior to his entry into government Peretz promised that he would not enter government with Avigdor Liberman's Israel Beytenu party, which has a platform of removing Arabs from Israel by redrawing Israels boundaries. However, he did not protest when Liberman signed a coalition agreement with Kadima on October 23, 2006, making Israel Beytenu a junior coalition partner,[9] leading the Israeli newspaper Haaretz to say that "Amir Peretz has let his voters down in every possible way."[10] One of Labour's ministers, Ophir Pines-Paz, resigned from the government in protest, but Peretz has kept the party in the coalition. Peretz has nominated an Arab Israeli, Raleb Majadele, to succeede Pines-Paz. His nomination has been accepted by the rest of the Cabinet, and Majadele is now its first Arab member. Avigdor Liberman Avigdor Liberman (b. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Kadima (Hebrew: קדימה, Qādīmāh, forward) is an Israeli political party. ... October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Haaretz (Hebrew: (help· info), The Land) is an Israeli newspaper, founded in 1919. ... Ophir Pines-Paz Ophir Pines-Paz (in Hebrew אופיר פינס - פז) (born July 11, 1961) is the Israeli Interior Minister and a Knesset member. ... Israeli Arabs, or 1948 Palestinians, are those Arabs who remained inside the borders of what would become Israel after 1948, when most Arabs fled the country in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War (see also Nakba). ... Raleb Majadele (also spelt Ghaleb Majadele; Arabic: غالب مجادلة, Hebrew: ראלב מגאדלה, born April 5, 1953 in Baqa al-Gharbiyye [1]) is an Israeli politician. ...


Recent News

It has been rumored that Peretz will resign from his office, due to protests by many Israeli CItizens, however, only after the primaries of his party, the Labor party.


References

  1. ^ Peretz - The Guardian
  2. ^ a b General secretary of the Israeli unions becomes leader of the Israeli Labour Party - Marxist.com. 15 November 2005
  3. ^ "Lebanon II: The first war run by Peace Now", 2006-08-02. Retrieved on 2006-08-09. 
  4. ^ Interview in Ha'aretz - Haaretz.
  5. ^ Amnesty: Israel committed war crimes in Lebanon campaign - Associated press via Haaretz. 23 August 2006
  6. ^ Qana bombs an Israeli 'war crime' - BBC News. 31 July 2006.
  7. ^ Peretz: No pilot ordered to fire at civilians - Yedioth Ahronoth. 31 July 2006
  8. ^ "Israel says its troops could stay in Lebanon for months", CNN, 2006-08-16. 
  9. ^ "PM, Lieberman sign coalition deal", Ynetnews, October 23, 2006
  10. ^ What is left of Amir Peretz? - Haaretz Editorial. 27 October 2006

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