He moved to Eilat in 1978 and ran the community centre and management college in the city. He was elected to the city council in 1993, and ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 1998. Between 1998 and 2003 he served as opposition leader on the council. He won the municipal election in 2003, and following the formation of Kadima, Halevi joined the new party. In the 2008 elections he was re-elected with 50% of the vote.
He gained notoriety for his "City Without Crime" program. He left Likud and joined New Hope in 2020.[3]
References
^"Knesset to receive 16 new MKs after ministers resign through 'Norwegian law'". The Times of Israel. 16 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^Kubovich, Yaniv; Zarchin, Tomer (21 November 2010). "Eilat mayor knew of assault allegations against Bar-Lev". Haaretz. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
^Hoffman, Gil; Joffre, Tzvi (December 28, 2020). "Eilat mayor joins Gideon Sa'ar's New Hope Party". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
External links
Meir Yitzhak Halevi on the Knesset website
List of Eilat's mayors 2018-11-30 at the Wayback Machine Eilat Municipality
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meir, yitzhak, halevi, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, especially. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful Find sources Meir Yitzhak Halevi news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2010 Learn how and when to remove this template message Meir Yitzhak Halevi Hebrew מאיר יצחק הלוי born 1953 is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the New Hope party 1 and as deputy Minister of Education citation needed He previously served as mayor of Eilat between 2003 and 2021 2 Meir Yitzhak Halevi מאיר יצחק הלוי Faction represented in the Knesset2021 2022New HopePersonal detailsBorn 1953 06 18 18 June 1953 age 69 Jerusalem Israel Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Political career 2 References 3 External linksBiography EditHalevi was born in Jerusalem in 1953 and is of Yemenite Jewish descent as his grandfather was the chief rabbi of Yemen Halevi fought in the Yom Kippur War Political career Edit He moved to Eilat in 1978 and ran the community centre and management college in the city He was elected to the city council in 1993 and ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 1998 Between 1998 and 2003 he served as opposition leader on the council He won the municipal election in 2003 and following the formation of Kadima Halevi joined the new party In the 2008 elections he was re elected with 50 of the vote He gained notoriety for his City Without Crime program He left Likud and joined New Hope in 2020 3 References Edit Knesset to receive 16 new MKs after ministers resign through Norwegian law The Times of Israel 16 June 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Kubovich Yaniv Zarchin Tomer 21 November 2010 Eilat mayor knew of assault allegations against Bar Lev Haaretz Retrieved 8 July 2011 Hoffman Gil Joffre Tzvi December 28 2020 Eilat mayor joins Gideon Sa ar s New Hope Party The Jerusalem Post Retrieved February 12 2021 External links EditMeir Yitzhak Halevi on the Knesset website List of Eilat s mayors Archived 2018 11 30 at the Wayback Machine Eilat Municipality Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Meir Yitzhak Halevi amp oldid 1141236561, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
