David Petel

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David Petel
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Faction represented in the Knesset
1959–1965Mapai
1965–1968Alignment
1968–1969Labor Party
1969Alignment
Personal details
Born6 September 1921
Basra, Iraq
Died6 October 2019(2019-10-06) (aged 98)
Ramat Gan, Israel[citation needed]

David Petel (Hebrew: דוד פתל‎, 6 September 1921 – 6 October 2019) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai and its successors from 1959 until 1969.

Biography[]

Born in Basra in Iraq, Petel made aliyah to Mandatory Palestine in 1941, and later became chairman of the Iraqi Immigrants Association.[1]

A member of Mapai, he was elected to Bnei Brak city council, and in 1959 was elected to the Knesset on the Mapai list. He was re-elected in 1961 and 1965, by which time Mapai had formed the Alignment alliance. He lost his seat in the 1969 elections. In 1974 he became a member of the Histadrut's Co-ordinating Committee.[1]

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