Eitan Cabel ( he, איתן כבל; born 23 August 1959) is an Israeli politician who represented the Israeli Labor Party in the Knesset from 1996 to 2019.

Biography

Eitan Cabel was born in Rosh HaAyin. After serving in the Israeli Defense Force, he studied at the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

. He was president of the Students' Union. He is married with 4 children.

Political career

After his graduation he worked as an aide to Agriculture Minister

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, Shimon Peres and Binyamin Ben-Eliezer. He was first elected to the Knesset in 1996. In the past he served as the chairman of the Subcommittee for the Stock Market, the Economic Affairs Committee, and as the chairman of the Lobby for the Promotion of Culture and Art in Israel. He also served as a member of the House Committee and the Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee, as well the Lobby for Reserve Soldiers and the Social-Environmental Lobby. In 2007 he resigned his position as Minister without Portfolio, and told

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to resign as well. He said "I can no longer sit in a government headed by Ehud Olmert." He resigned after the Winograd Commission released a report that blamed Olmert and other members of the Israeli government as being responsible for the failures of the Second Lebanon War. Cabel retained his seat in the 2009 elections, having been placed seventh on the party's list. In that tenure, he initiated a law that put a limit on call center waiting. On July 21, 2015, Cabel received the Israel Democracy Institute's Outstanding Parliamentarian Award along with MK

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of the

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party for their "exemplary parliamentary activity in 2014." Following a clash with then Labor party leader,

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, in 2019, Cabel was placed at the 15th slot of the party slate and failed to retain his seat in the elections for the 21st Knesset.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cabel, Eitan 1959 births People from Rosh HaAyin Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni Government ministers of Israel Living people Israeli Jews One Israel politicians Israeli Labor Party politicians Zionist Union politicians Members of the 14th Knesset (1996–1999) Members of the 15th Knesset (1999–2003) Members of the 16th Knesset (2003–2006) Members of the 17th Knesset (2006–2009) Members of the 18th Knesset (2009–2013) Members of the 19th Knesset (2013–2015) Members of the 20th Knesset (2015–2019)