Amos Hadar (; 7 September 1923 – 13 January 2014) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the

Knesset The Knesset ( , ) is the Unicameralism, unicameral legislature of Israel. The Knesset passes all laws, elects the President of Israel, president and Prime Minister of Israel, prime minister, approves the Cabinet of Israel, cabinet, and supe ...

for the

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between 1974 and 1981.

Biography

Born Amos Horowitz in

Nahalal Nahalal () is a moshav in Northern District (Israel), northern Israel. Covering , it falls under the jurisdiction of the Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In it had a population of . Nahalal is best known for its general layout, as designed by ...

during the Mandate era, Hadar was a cousin of

Moshe Dayan Moshe Dayan (; May 20, 1915 – October 16, 1981) was an Israeli military leader and politician. As commander of the Jerusalem front in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Chief of General Staff (Israel), Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defe ...

. During his youth he was a member of the

HaNoar HaOved Histadrut HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed (), most commonly translated as Working and Studying Youth and colloquially known as Noar HaOved and abbreviated No'al (), is an Israeli youth movement, a sister movement of Habonim Dror, and affiliated with the ...

youth movement. He joined the

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and fought in

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, later serving as a platoon commander during the

1948 Arab–Israeli War The 1948 Arab–Israeli War, also known as the First Arab–Israeli War, followed the 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine, civil war in Mandatory Palestine as the second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war. The civil war becam ...

, during which he was involved in battles in the Jordan Valley and

Mishmar HaEmek Mishmar HaEmek () is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the western Jezreel Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Megiddo Regional Council. Mishmar HaEmek is one of the few kibbutzim that have not undergone privatization and stil ...

. He became secretary of the

moshav, and also volunteered for the Bnei HaMoshavim movement in the

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during the 1960s. In 1964, he became secretary of the Economic Committee of the

Moshavim Movement The Moshavim Movement (, ''Tnu'at HaMoshavim'') is one of the main Settlement movement (Israel), settlement movements in Israel, whose members are cooperative villages organized as moshavim and moshav shitufi, moshavim shitufiim. History Founded i ...

, and the following year joined the new Rafi party. His brother

Yigal Yigal and Yigael (from Hebrew יגאל) are given names that mean "He (God) will redeem". People with those names include: * Yigal Allon (1918–1980), Israeli politician, acting Prime Minister, a commander of the Palmach, and general * Yigal Amir ...

was also involved in politics, and became a Knesset member in 1969 and later served as a minister. In 1973 Amos was on the Alignment list (an alliance of the Labor Party, which Rafi had merged into in 1968, and

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) for the

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that year, but failed to win a seat. However, he entered the Knesset on 8 April the following year as a replacement for Uzi Feinerman.Knesset Members of the Eighth Knesset
Knesset He was re-elected in

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, but lost his seat in the 1981 elections. Between 1982 and 1985, he served as secretary general of the

. He died in 2014 at the age of 90, and was buried in

Nahalal Cemetery Nahalal () is a moshav in northern Israel. Covering , it falls under the jurisdiction of the Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In it had a population of . Nahalal is best known for its general layout, as designed by Richard Kauffmann: slightly ...

.Former MK, Moshavs Movement leader dies
The Jerusalem Post, 14 January 2014

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hadar, Amos 1923 births 2014 deaths People from Nahalal Jews from Mandatory Palestine British Army personnel of World War II Israeli soldiers Alignment (Israel) politicians Rafi (political party) politicians Members of the 8th Knesset (1974–1977) Members of the 9th Knesset (1977–1981) Burials at Nahalal Cemetery