Neta Harpaz

Neta Harpaz was born in 1893 in Kosów Lacki

Neta Harpaz was born Neta Goldberg in 1893 in Kosów Lacki, in the Russian Empire. His father was a merchant and scholar, and his mother died when he was a child. He studied in heders and yeshivas.

He began Zionist activity in Warsaw with Poale Zion and joined Jewish self-defense, moving weapons to Siedlce in 1906. He emigrated to the Land of Israel in 1908 and worked in farming and road building. In 1913 he helped found the Ahva contracting group for workers in Petah Tikva.

In 1914 he was elected to the central committee of Hapoel Hatzair. During World War I he was held in an Ottoman prison in Damascus, and his wife and son died while he was there. In 1919 he helped found Ahdut HaAvoda and the Histadrut.

In 1926 he joined the Agricultural Center and directed its department of villages. He helped found the Yakhin and Hekel companies. He was a member of the Jewish National Council and was elected to the first Knesset on the Mapai list, losing his seat in 1951. He died on October 11, 1970.