10 Facts About Michael Bar-Zohar

Michael Bar-Zohar is an Israeli historian, novelist and politician.

Michael Bar-Zohar was a member of the Knesset on behalf of the Alignment and Labor Party in the 1980s and early '90s.

Michael Bar-Zohar attended High School Heh in Tel Aviv and went on to study economics and international relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Michael Bar-Zohar studied at the Institute of Political Science in the University of Paris, where he earned a PhD.

Michael Bar-Zohar became science editor for Davar, a weekly newspaper in 1958, but left the job the following year.

Rafi merged into the Alignment in 1968, forming the Labor Party, with Michael Bar-Zohar becoming a Labor Party member, eventually joining its central committee.

Michael Bar-Zohar was first elected to the Knesset in the 1981 elections on the Alignment's list and was a member of the Education and Culture Committee.

Michael Bar-Zohar lost his seat in the 1992 election and did not return to the Knesset, despite running in Labor Party primaries in the 1990s.

In 1965 Michael Bar-Zohar won the Sokolov Award for his achievements as a journalist.

Michael Bar-Zohar published several books, including biographies of David Ben-Gurion and Shimon Peres, several books about the Israeli security organizations, and an account of the rescue of Bulgarian Jews from the Nazis in World War II.