Haim Hanegbi | |
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| Born | Haim Nissim Bajayo 1935 Jerusalem,
Mandate Palestine |
| Died | 2 March 2018 (aged 82–83) |
| Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Haim Hanegbi (1935–2018) was a Palestinian Jewish leftist political activist. He was a journalist and writer and a cofounder of the dissident group Matzpen.
Early life and education
He was born Haim Nissim Bajayo in Jerusalem in 1935. [1] [2] His grandfather, Haim Bajayo, was the last rabbi in Hebron. [1] [3]
Hanegbi was a graduate of Hebrew University. [4]
Career and activities
Hanegbi worked for the news magazine HaOlam HaZeh which was led by Uri Avnery. [4] Hanegbi was one of the founders of the socialist and anti-Zionist group, Matzpen, which was established in 1962. [3] [5] He established a committee consisting of Hebronite Jews to stop settlements in Hebron in 1967. [6] He became the spokesperson for the Israeli Radical Left when other Matzpen founders, Aki Orr and Moshé Machover, left Israel and settled in London following the Six-Day War in 1967. [2] Hanegbi published articles in different media outlets including MERIP. [7]
Views
Hanegbi was a supporter of the two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict until the late summer of 2003 arguing that it was the only solution to the conflict. [8] Then, he supported the one-state solution on a binational basis concerning the conflict. [8] The model he advocated included a federation between Palestinians and Israelis who would have the executive, legislative and constitutional authorities on an equal and agreed basis. [8]
Death
Hanegbi died on 2 March 2018. [6]
References
- ^ a b Orit Bashkin (2023). "The Other Solidarity: Matzpen, the Mizrahi Question, and Palestine". In Sorcha Amy MacGregor Thomson; Pelle Valentin Olsen (eds.). Palestine in the World: International Solidarity with the Palestinian Liberation Movement. London: I.B. Tauris. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-7556-4700-2.
- ^ a b Lutz Fiedler (2020). Matzpen: A History of Israeli Dissidence. Translated by Jake Schneider. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. pp. 2, 11. doi: 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474451161.001.0001. ISBN 9781474451161.
- ^ a b Maya Haber (24 November 2014). "Conflicting Property Rights in Hebron & Jerusalem". Partners For Progressive Israel. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ a b Joshua Blass (2015). "Imperialism and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: Revisions in Matzpen's Historical Perspective". Israel Studies. 20 (1): 152. doi: 10.2979/israelstudies.20.1.134.
- ^ Sami Shalom Chetrit (2009). Intra-Jewish Conflict in Israel: White Jews, Black Jews. London; New York: Routledge. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-135-20232-3.
- ^ a b Ahmad Jaradat (4 March 2018). "Haim Hanegbi Bajayo, the Palestinian Hebronite Jew". International Middle East Media Center. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "The class nature of Israel". WorldCat. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ a b c Ilan Pappé (September 2008). "The one Palestine: past, present and future perspectives". Nebula. Vol. 5, no. 3.
External links
- Hanegbi's articles matzpen.org
- Haim Hanegbi: My family was Jewish Arabs YouTube
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