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Meron Benvenisti
Israeli political scientist and politician (–)
Meron Benvenisti (Hebrew: מירון בנבנשתי, 21 April 20 September ) was an Israeli political scientist who was deputy mayor of Jerusalem under Teddy Kollek from to , during which he administered Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem and served as Jerusalem's chief planning officer.[1] He supported a binational Israeli–Palestinian state.[2]
Early life
Benvenisti was born in in Jerusalem, his father was David Benvenisti, a Greek Jew originally from Thessaloniki and recipient of the Israel Prize, while his mother Leah (née Friedman) was Lithuanian Jewish.[2][3][4] He was the brother of Refael (Rafi) Benvenisti, and father of Eyal Benvenisti.
He graduated from the Leyada and served his compulsory military service in a Nahal unit near the Israeli–Lebanese border at Kibbutz Gesher HaZiv.
In the early s, following his discharge, Benvenisti moved to the nearby Kibb