Amnon Linn

Amnon Linn was born in 1924 in Mishmar HaEmek

Amnon Linn was born in 1924 in Mishmar HaEmek, the son of Hava and David Linkovich, later Linn. He joined the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement in 1940. In 1945 he married Ruth, daughter of Abba Hushi, and they had two sons and a daughter.

He joined the Palmach in 1942 but was badly hurt in a training accident and released. He later returned to the Haganah and served as an officer in the War of Independence. He studied law at the Tel Aviv School of Law and Economics.

Linn joined Mapai in 1951 and worked with the Arab public in the north for the Histadrut and the party. From 1965 he headed the national Arab Department. He entered the Knesset for the Alignment in 1967 and lost his seat in 1969.

He returned to the Knesset in 1974 with Likud and founded the Movement for Haifa and the North in 1977. In 1982 he moved back to the Alignment, and in the 11th Knesset he chaired a subcommittee on the civil administration in the West Bank. He ran for mayor of Haifa in 1978 and lost to Aryeh Gur'el.

He lost his seat in 1988. He later researched Arab society in Israel and published a book on Jews and Arabs in 1999. He lived in Haifa, received the title of honored citizen of the city, and died in 2016.