Ezra Ichilov

Ezra Ichilov was born in 1907 in Petah Tikva

Ichilov was born in Petah Tikva in 1907, during the Ottoman era, to a family of farmers. He lived in the town and ran a farm there. In May 1936, at the start of the Arab revolt, he was shot at in his orchard and was not hurt.

He was active in the Maccabi sports association and represented it at the 19th Zionist Congress in 1935. In 1928 he was among the founders of the football association in the Land of Israel. He was a leader of Bnai Binyamin and in 1932 was elected to the central committee of Hitahdut HaIkarim.

From 1931 to 1955 he sat on the Petah Tikva council. In 1940 he helped found the Association of Moshava Sons, and he represented the Civic Union in the leadership of the Haganah. In 1944 he served on the secretariat of the mobilization and rescue appeal.

He joined the General Zionists in 1948 and was elected to the Knesset in 1951. He was re-elected in 1955 and 1959, also representing the Liberal Party. He died of a heart attack in 1961 and was buried in the Segula cemetery in Petah Tikva.