Haim Hanegbi

Haim Hanegbi (Hebrew: חיים הנגבי; 1935–2 March 2018) was a Palestinian Jewish leftist political activist. He was a journalist and writer and a cofounder of the dissident group Matzpen.

Haim Hanegbi
חיים הנגבי
Born	Haim Nissim Bajayo 1935 Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine
Died	2 March 2018(2018-03-02) (aged 82–83)
Alma mater	Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Occupation	Journalist

Early life and education

He was born Haim Nissim Bajayo in Jerusalem in 1935.^[1][2] His grandfather, Haim Bajayo, was the last rabbi in Hebron.^[1][3]

Hanegbi was a graduate of Hebrew University.^[4]

Career and activities

Hanegbi worked for the news magazine HaOlam HaZeh which was led by Uri Avnery.^[4] Hanegbi was one of the founders of the socialist and anti-Zionist group, Matzpen, which was established in 1962.^[3][5] He established a committee consisting of Hebronite Jews to stop settlements in Hebron in 1967.^[6] He became the spokesperson for the Israeli Radical Left when other Matzpen founders, Aki Orr and Moshé Machover, left Israel and settled in London following the Six-Day War in 1967.^[2] Hanegbi published articles in different media outlets including MERIP.^[7]

Views

Hanegbi was a supporter of the two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict until the late summer of 2003 arguing that it was the only solution to the conflict.^[8] Then, he supported the one-state solution on a binational basis concerning the conflict.^[8] The model he advocated included a federation between Palestinians and Israelis who would have the executive, legislative and constitutional authorities on an equal and agreed basis.^[8]

Death

Hanegbi died on 2 March 2018.^[6]