Gadi Yatziv

Gadi Yatziv was born in 1937 in Na'an

Gadi Yatziv was born in kibbutz Na'an in 1937. As a youth he belonged to the HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed movement. He finished high school at the Hebrew University Secondary School in Jerusalem.

After his army service he studied sociology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He received his doctorate in 1974, under the supervision of Moshe Lissak. He then spent 3 years as a postdoctoral researcher at the London School of Economics.

He taught sociology at the Hebrew University and helped found the Center for Socialist Studies at Givat Haviva. After the Six-Day War he helped found the Peace and Security Movement, and in 1969 he led the Peace List, which won no seat. He later joined the Left Camp of Israel and was among the founders of Peace Now.

In 1979 he joined Mapam, where he served as political secretary and head of its information department. He entered the Knesset in 1988 in place of Victor Shem-Tov and sat on several committees. He lost his seat in the elections later that year.

He then left politics and lectured at the Hebrew University's school of communication. He also served as dean of the school of communication at Netanya Academic College. He was married to Batya from 1964 and died in Jerusalem in 2004.