Zehava Gal-On
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| Date of birth | 4 January 1956 |
| Place of birth | Vilnius, Soviet Union |
| Year of aliyah | 1960 |
| Knessets | 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 |
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| 1999–2009 | Meretz |
| 2011–present | Meretz |
Zehava Gal-On (Hebrew: זֶהָבָה גַּלְאוֹן; born 4 January 1956) is an Israeli politician. She is a member of Knesset for Meretz, known for her very liberal and pluralist views. On 7 February 2012, she was elected chairperson of Meretz.
Zehava Schnipitzky (later Gal-On) was born in 1956 in Vilnius in the Soviet Union (now in Lithuania). She immigrated at age four to Israel in 1960 with her father Aryeh (born 30 December 1925), a plumber for a subsidiary of Solel Boneh (a construction company), and her mother, Yaffa (19 February 1923 – 10 March 2012), a teacher. They lived in a ma'abara transit camp and eventually moved to a housing project in Petah Tikva. She earned her M.A. degree at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Gal-On is married to Pesach (born 5 December 1953) with two sons, Yiftah (born 4 March 1980) and Nadav (born 28 January 1982), and still lives in Petah Tikva.
Gal-On served as general secretary of the paper Politika, of the Human Rights organization B'Tselem, and of the Ratz party. She is a member of the general directorate of Meretz. Among her main activities: the struggle for human and civil rights, women's rights and the fight for social justice. In regards to IDF refuseniks, she has said that "Meretz should not go with the wind of refusal, but should not try to oppose it. We are a party that believes in ideological pluralism and should not bury our heads in the sand. Meretz must show empathy towards the refuseniks and must bring the matter up for public discussion and reveal the reasons why the officers are refusing to serve."
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