Yehuda Harel
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|caption = Harel in 1969
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1934|11|11|df=y}}
|birth_place = Berlin, Germany
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|office1 = Faction represented in the Knesset
|suboffice1 = The Third Way
|subterm1 = 1996–1999
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Yehuda Harel ({{Langx|he|יהודה הראל}}; born 11 November 1934) is a former Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Third Way between 1996 and 1999.
Biography
Harel was born in Berlin in 1934 and his family emigrated to Mandatory Palestine the following year. He studied philosophy and history at Tel Aviv University and was the secretary of the Mahanot Olim youth movement. He joined kibbutz Menara, becoming its secretary. He also served as secretary of the Committee of Golan Settlements. Harel was one of the founders of kibbutz Merom Golan.[http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/.premium-1.548001 The Golan Heights come down to Earth] Haaretz[https://www.haaretz.com/1.4677819 New Heights of Tranquility] Harel was a socialist and profoundly influenced by Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin and Rosa Luxemburg. As manager of the Yad Tabenkin Institute, he explored ways to save the Kibbutz Movement from bankruptcy and concluded that capitalism was the only way to achieve this.{{YouTube|id=hUXObPzGJVs|title=Yehuda Harel}} – On Meaning
Harel served as a personal aide to Yitzhak Rabin. In 1996, he was a founding member of the Third Way party, and was elected to the Knesset on its list that year. He served as the party's parliamentary group chairman, and was third on the party's list for the 1999 elections.[http://info.jpost.com/1999/Supplements/Elections99/politicalblocs/partylists.shtml Parties and Lists] The Jerusalem Post However, the party failed to cross the electoral threshold and Harel lost his seat.
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External links
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Category:Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Mandatory Palestine
Category:Members of the 14th Knesset (1996–1999)
Category:Tel Aviv University alumni