Omer Bar-Lev

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Omer Bar-Lev
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Date of birth (1953-10-02) 2 October 1953 (age 59)
Place of birth Haifa, Israel
Knessets 19
Party represented in Knesset
2013– Labor Party

Yisrael Omer Bar-Lev (Hebrew: עומר בר-לב‎, born 2 October 1953) is an Israeli politician. A member of the Labor Party, he was placed seventh on the party's list for the 2013 Knesset elections.[1]

Biography[edit]

Born in Haifa and the son of IDF Chief of Staff and later government minister Haim Bar-Lev, Omer served in the Sayeret Matkal unit in the IDF and was commander of its Jordan Valley Brigade. He was later a founder of Peace Now and joined the Labor Party in the 1990s.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Labor Party Central Elections Committee (Hebrew)
  2. ^ A Labor candidate for Knesset without much to say, meet Omer Bar-Lev Haaretz, 11 January 2013

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