Maxim Levy ( he, מקסים לוי, 11 February 1950 – 11 October 2002) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the

Knesset The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...

for Gesher and

One Israel One Israel ( he, ישראל אחת, ''Yisrael Ahat'') was an alliance of the Labor Party, Meimad and Gesher created to run for the 1999 Knesset elections. Background One Israel was formed by Labor leader Ehud Barak in the run-up to the 19 ...

between 1996 and 2002, as well as mayor of Lod between 1983 and 1996.

Biography

Born in Rabat in

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...

, Levy made aliyah to Israel in 1957, and worked as an aeroplane technician. In 1973 he became a member of

Herut Herut ( he, חֵרוּת, ''Freedom'') was the major conservative nationalist political party in Israel from 1948 until its formal merger into Likud in 1988. It was an adherent of Revisionist Zionism. History Herut was founded by Menachem Begin ...

's central bureau, and between 1978 and 1983 he chaired the National Workers Council of the Air Industry Workers in Israel. In 1982 he became Deputy Mayor of Lod, and the following year became mayor, serving until 1996. In the mid-1990s Levy joined Gesher, a new party established by his brother,

David David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

. Maxim was first elected to the Knesset on the

Likud Likud ( he, הַלִּיכּוּד, HaLikud, The Consolidation), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement, is a major centre-right to right-wing political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin and Ariel Sha ...

Tzomet Tzomet ( he, צוֹמֶת, lit., ''Crossroads'') is a small, right-wing political party in Israel. History The party was founded by General Rafael Eitan in 1983, after his retirement from the position of chief-of-staff in 1982. He headed it throug ...

-Gesher list in 1996. During his first term, he chaired the Labour and Welfare Committee. For the 1999 elections, Gesher entered the

alliance together with the Labor Party and Meimad. Levy was placed 18th on the alliance's list, and retained his seat as One Israel claimed 26 mandates. He was also appointed Deputy

Speaker of the Knesset The Speaker of the Knesset ( he, יוֹשֵׁב רֹאשׁ הכנסת, Yoshev Rosh HaKnesset, Chairman of the Knesset) is the presiding officer of the Knesset, the unicameral legislature of Israel. The Speaker also acts as President of Israel whe ...

. On 7 March 2001, Levy, David Levy and Mordechai Mishani broke away from One Israel to re-establish Gesher as an independent faction. Levy resigned his seat on 5 June 2002, and was replaced by Meimad's Yehuda Gilad (as the One Israel list priority still applied to replacements). He died four months later. Following his death, the resurrected Hapoel Lod football club was renamed "Hapoel Maxim Lod" in his honour.Sheetrit, Shoham, Yisrael Cohen and the battle for Liga Alef
One, 11 November 2006

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Levy, Maxim 1950 births 2002 deaths Deputy mayors of places in Israel Deputy Speakers of the Knesset Gesher (political party) politicians Herut politicians Jewish Israeli politicians Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent Mayors of places in Israel People from Lod Members of the 14th Knesset (1996–1999) Members of the 15th Knesset (1999–2003) Moroccan emigrants to Israel 20th-century Moroccan Jews One Israel politicians People from Rabat