Avraham Elmalih
Israeli politician
Avraham Elmalih (Hebrew: אברהם אלמליח; 1885 – 2 April 1967) was a journalist, linguist, Zionist activist and Israeli politician.
Biography
Born in Ottoman Jerusalem in 1885, Elmalih was educated in a yeshiva and an alliance school. He studied at the Archaeological Institute and worked as a teacher in his home city, as well as in Istanbul, Jaffa and Damascus. In 1914, Elmalih established the Herut newspaper, editing it until 1919. During World War I he was exiled to Damascus.
In 1920 he was elected to the Assembly of Representatives for Histadrut HaSephardim and the following year joined the Jewish National Council. In 1921 he became a member of the editorial board of the Do'ar HaYom newspaper, serving until 1932. In 1928 Elmaliah published a book titled The Land of Israel and Syria during WWI. In 1935 he became a member of Jerusalem city council.
Following Israeli independence he was elected to the first Knesset in 1949 on the Sephardim and Oriental Communities. He lost his seat in the 1951 elections.
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