Moshe Harif

Moshe "Moussa" Harif (Hebrew: משה "מוסה" חריף‎, 2 June 1933 – 16 January 1982) was an Israeli politician and kibbutz activist.

Biography

Born in Sosnowiec, Poland in 1933, Harif made aliyah to Mandatory Palestine the following year. He attended high school in Jerusalem, and went on to study architecture and urban construction at the Technion.

In 1952, he joined kibbutz Tzora. He became a member of the Meuhedet movement, and served as its co-ordinator in the Jerusalem area from 1953 until 1955, and as its secretary from 1958 until 1959. Between 1968 and 1974 he worked in the planning department of Kibbutz HaMeuhad. He later became secretary of Ihud HaKvutzot VeHaKibbutzim, and helped establish the United Kibbutz Movement, a merger of the two organisations.

In 1981, he was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list. However, he died in a traffic collision in January the following year. His seat was taken by Edna Solodar. Neve Harif, a new kibbutz established in 1983, was named after him.