Maozia Segal

Maozia Segal was born in 1953 in Petah Tikva

Segal was born in Petah Tikva and finished high school at Yeshurun. As a youth he played basketball for Elitzur Petah Tikva and won the State Cup with the team.

He joined the IDF in November 1972 and served in the paratroopers' 890th Battalion. In May 1974 an artillery barrage on his outpost in the Syrian enclave left him with the loss of both legs, his left hand and the sight of his right eye. He later earned bachelor's and master's degrees in social work at Bar-Ilan University.

For many years he worked in neighborhood rehabilitation projects, including in Jessie Cohen in Holon. He also headed the Variety Center in Jerusalem and now leads the social services department of the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. He volunteered with several nonprofits and served in the reserves, with the representative rank of major.

Politically he was treasurer of Ratz and chaired the finance committee of Meretz. He ran for the Knesset with the Centre Party in 1999 and with Meretz in a later election. He wrote books including a study of the paratroopers' battle at the Chinese Farm.

He is married to Iris and they have 3 children. He lives in Tel Aviv.