Yitzhak Walker

Yitzhak Walker was born in 1925 in Berlin

Walker was born in Berlin to Yosef and Klara Walker. In 1934 he moved to the Land of Israel with his parents and two younger brothers, and the family settled in Tel Aviv. His father was a senior figure in Betar and served on the Tel Aviv-Yafo city council.

He joined the Irgun in 1939 and later commanded a platoon and then a company. He was wounded in the battle for Jaffa and again in an attack on the village of Qaqun in March 1948. He then joined the IDF with his company and fought in Operation Brosh in July 1948.

After officer training he became an instructor at Bahad 1 and then volunteered for the paratroopers. He commanded the first combat company of Battalion 890. He fought in Gaza in the Sinai War, served 3 years on a mission in Africa, and led a reserve battalion in the Six-Day War.

After leaving the army he worked at the Transport Ministry on road safety. He led the Likud list in Bat Yam in 1973 and became mayor in January 1974, building community centers and high schools. He was removed in a council vote on 30 January 1977 and later ran again in 1978 and 1983.

He died in 1993. Bat Yam named a garden after him on Sharett Street in the Ramat Yosef neighborhood.