Place of birth Jerusalem, Israel 2000–2003 Meretz | Name Mossi Raz Role Israeli Politician | |
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Date of birth (1965-12-19) 19 December 1965 (age 50) Knessets Israeli general election, 1999 | ||
Mossi Raz (Meretz) at Mitvim's elections event, 25 February 2015
Moshe "Mossi" Raz (Hebrew: משה "מוסי" רז, born 19 December 1965) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Meretz between 2000 and 2003.
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Biography
Born in Jerusalem to Kurdish parents, during his IDF national service Raz volunteered to serve as a paratrooper in the Paratroopers Brigade. He served as a soldier and a squad leader. Later on he became an infantry officer, after completing Officer Candidate School, and served as a platoon leader in the elite Maglan unit, where he continues to serve as a reserve major.
An activist, Raz has served as secretary general of Peace Now and director of the non-profit organisation Ir Shalem. For the 1999 Knesset elections Raz was placed 11th on the Meretz list, but missed out on a seat when they won only 10 mandates. However, he entered the Knesset on 25 February 2000 when Haim Oron resigned his seat.
He won eighth place on the party's list for the 2003 elections, but lost his seat when the party was reduced to six seats. Raz was placed 10th on the list for the 2006 elections, but the party won only five seats. Prior to the 2009 elections he won fourth place on the Meretz list, but the party won only three seats.
Six elections in a row, he missed the Knesset by only one seat.
A Likud Member of Knesset, MK Miki Zohar (Likud) claimed Raz justifies attacks on Israelis. He urged members of Raz's party to “condemn MKs who go on terrorist flotillas and [former Meretz MK] Mossi Raz, who, on the day of the [fatal terror] attack [near Dolev], wrote that it was because of settlements.” Labor Knesset Member Stav Shaffir dismissed Zohar's statement as "a blatant, ugly, nauseating lie" and asked the Attorney General to investigate Zohar for defamation.
He was questioned by the police for managing a radio station which they said broadcast illegally.
Awards
In 2010, Raz along with colleague Maysa Baransi-Siniora was awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Peace prize by the International Council for Press and Broadcasting at the International Media Awards in London for his work with All for Peace radio.