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David Levy

Israeli politician
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Born:
December 21, 1937, Rabat, Morocco
Died:
June 2, 2024, Jerusalem (aged 86)
Political Affiliation:
Herut Party
Likud
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David Levy (born December 21, 1937, Rabat, Morocco—died June 2, 2024, Jerusalem) was an Israeli politician who was a leader of Israel’s Sephardic Jews and who held numerous government offices. After attending primary and secondary schools in Morocco, Levy emigrated to Israel with his family in 1957. When he was in his 20s, Levy decided that politics, particularly the Herut Party, was the means to attempt to improve the lot of Sephardic Jews, a group long considered a disenfranchised underclass. His first important party job was chairman of the Herut faction of the Histadrut, Israel’s influential labour organization. In 1969 ...(100 of 354 words)

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