# David Hacohen

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{{Short description|Israeli politician (1898–1984)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Hacohen david.jpeg
| caption = Hacohen in 1949
| birth_date = 20 October 1898
| birth_place = [Gomel](/source/Gomel), [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1984|2|19|1898|10|20|df=y}}
| death_place = 
| suboffice1 = [Mapai](/source/Mapai)
| office1 = Faction represented in the [Knesset](/source/Knesset)
| subterm1 = 1949–1965
| suboffice2 = [Alignment](/source/Alignment_(political_party))
| subterm2 = 1965–1968
| suboffice3 = [Labor Party](/source/Israeli_Labor_Party)
| subterm3 = 1968–1969
| suboffice4 = [Alignment](/source/Alignment_(political_party))
| subterm4 = 1969
}}[[File:דוד_הכהן_במדים_בצבא_העותמאני_David_Hacohen_in_uniform-69.jpeg|thumb|327x327px|Hacohen while serving as a first lieutenant'in the [Ottoman Army](/source/Ottoman_Army_(1861%E2%80%931922)) in 1918]]
[[File:Latrun detention camp.jpg|thumb|[Zionist](/source/Zionist) leaders, arrested in [Operation Agatha](/source/Operation_Agatha), in detention in [Latrun](/source/Latrun) (l-r): [David Remez](/source/David_Remez), [Moshe Sharett](/source/Moshe_Sharett), [Yitzhak Gruenbaum](/source/Yitzhak_Gruenbaum), [Dov Yosef](/source/Dov_Yosef), Mr. Shenkarsky, David Hacohen, and Mr. Halperin ([Isser Harel](/source/Isser_Harel)) (1946)]]

'''David Hacohen''' ({{langx|he|דוד הכהן}}; 20 October 1898 – 19 February 1984) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the [Knesset](/source/Knesset) between 1949 and 1953, and again from 1955 until 1969. He fought with the [Ottoman Army](/source/Ottoman_Army) in [World War I](/source/World_War_I).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hacohen, David|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/hacohen-david |access-date=2025-09-13 |website=[Encyclopedia.com](/source/Encyclopedia.com)}}</ref> After the war he studied law and economics in London, then returned to [Mandatory Palestine](/source/Mandatory_Palestine) in the 1920s. He was a member of [Haganah](/source/Haganah) and served with the British in [World War II](/source/World_War_II). He was arrested by the British in [Operation Agatha](/source/Operation_Agatha).

==Biography==
Hacohen was born in [Gomel](/source/Gomel) in the [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire) (today in [Belarus](/source/Belarus)).<ref name=P>[https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=376 David Hacohen: Particulars] Knesset</ref> He studied at a local [heder](/source/heder), before his family [immigrated](/source/aliyah) to Ottoman-controlled Palestine in 1907. He then attended [Herzliya Hebrew High School](/source/Herzliya_Hebrew_High_School).<ref name=P/> In 1916 he joined the [Ottoman Army](/source/Ottoman_Army) and fought in [World War I](/source/World_War_I).<ref name=P/> Following the war, he studied law and economics in [London](/source/London) between 1919 and 1923.<ref name=P/>

After returning to Palestine he became Director of the Office of Public Works and Planning, which later became a company under the name [Solel Boneh](/source/Solel_Boneh).<ref name=PA>[https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=376 David Hacohen: Public activities] Knesset</ref> He also became a member of the [Haganah](/source/Haganah), which operated an underground radio station from his home in [Haifa](/source/Haifa), and was elected to Haifa City Council.<ref name=PA/> During [World War II](/source/World_War_II) he was an officer in the [British Army](/source/British_Army), serving as a liaison between the British Army and the Haganah.<ref name=P/> However, following the war he was arrested by the British authorities during [Operation Agatha](/source/Operation_Agatha) in 1946 and imprisoned.<ref name=PA/> In the same year he married the writer [Bracha Habas](/source/Bracha_Habas).<ref name="auto">{{cite book |last= Skolnik | first= Fred |date= 1 January 2006|title= Encyclopaedia Judaica, Second Edition, Volume 8|url= http://www.jevzajcg.me/enciklopedia/Encyclopaedia%20Judaica,%20v.%2008%20(Gos-Hep).pdf|access-date= 20 November 2022|location= Stamford, Connecticut| publisher= Thomson| page= 173| isbn=978-0-028-65936-7}}</ref>

In 1949 Hacohen was elected to the [first Knesset](/source/1949_Israeli_legislative_election) on the Mapai list. He was re-elected in [1951 elections](/source/1951_Israeli_legislative_election) but resigned from the Knesset on 1 December 1953 after he was appointed Israeli ambassador to [Burma](/source/Myanmar), a post he held until 1955. That year he was returned to the Knesset on the Mapai list and was subsequently re-elected in [1959](/source/1959_Israeli_legislative_election), [1961](/source/1961_Israeli_legislative_election) and [1965](/source/1965_Israeli_legislative_election), by which time Mapai had formed the [Alignment](/source/Alignment_(political_party)) alliance with Ahdut HaAvoda, serving until the [1969 elections](/source/1969_Israeli_legislative_election). During his time as an MK, he was a delegate to the [Inter-Parliamentary Union](/source/Inter-Parliamentary_Union) and served on its executive board.<ref name=PA/>

Hacohen died in 1984 at the age of 85.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{MKlink|id=376}}

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