David Zucker

David Zucker was born in 1948 in Haifa

Zucker was born in Haifa in 1948, the third child of Simcha and Tzipora Zucker. He grew up in the Neve Sha'anan neighborhood and was a member of a youth movement there.

After his army service he moved to Jerusalem and studied at the Hebrew University. He earned a BA in economics and international relations in 1974 and an MA in political science in 1983. He began a doctorate in history at Tel Aviv University but did not finish it after entering the Knesset.

He worked as an assistant to the director general of the Ministry of Education and later did educational research at the Van Leer Institute from 1977 to 1982. In 1978 he was among the founders of Peace Now. In 1981 he joined Ratz and became its secretary general.

Zucker entered the Knesset in 1986, replacing Mordechai Bar-On, and was reelected in 1988, 1992 and 1996. In 1989 he initiated the founding of B'Tselem and served as its chairman. In 1999 he left Meretz, headed the Green Party list and lost his seat when the list did not pass the threshold.

He later became an entrepreneur and the CEO of the company Mappo. He has 4 children and lives in Tel Aviv.