Eliyahu Moyal

Eliyahu Moyal was born in 1920 in Salé

Eliyahu Moyal was born in Salé, Morocco, on 2 August 1920. There he became secretary of the Community Council in 1941 and secretary of the All Israel are Friends association in 1942.

He moved to Mandatory Palestine in 1945 and joined the Haganah. In 1946 he joined Mapai and was arrested by the British. He later went to the internment camps in Cyprus as an emissary for the Jewish Agency.

In 1948 he helped found kibbutz Bror Hayil, and in 1949 he went to France and Morocco for the Habonim movement. He then joined Kibbutz Dorot and studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He worked in education, including at the Sha'ar HaNegev regional school.

In 1957 he moved to Beersheba and became secretary of Mapai's Negev branch. He later led the Beersheba Workers Council and joined the Histadrut's central committee in 1966. He sat in the Knesset for the Alignment from 1974 to 1981 and served as Deputy Minister of Communications.

In 1982 he became chairman of Clalit's national board. He also researched Eastern Jewry and the Sabbatean movement. He died on 6 September 1991 and was buried in Beersheba.