Uzi Cohen

Uzi Cohen ( * 1952 in Moshav Tal Shahar, † 18 January, 2008 Ra'anana ) was an Israeli politician ( Likud ).

Career

Cohen moved at the age of two years with his parents from his birthplace moshav Tal Shahar after Ra'anana in central Israel. At age 16, he was a member of a predecessor party to the later Likud. From 1990 he was deputy mayor of Ra'anana Mayor Zeev Bielski below. After this 2005 Chairman of the Jewish Agency was, Cohen was briefly mayor of the city, but lost the election and was deputy to the new Mayor Nachum Chofri.

Cohen was an influential member of the central committee of the Likud. His proposal, if necessary, forcibly resettling the Palestinians from Israel and the West Bank into a Palestinian state to be formed in the north of Jordan, earned him the accusation of being a racist and partisan of a Jewish fascism.

Against him was repeatedly determined, because he illegally issued building permits and municipal institutions have illegally misused for private purposes. In this context, his office was searched by the police in November 2006. His claim, through his connections he could friends " get jobs ", contributed to his bad reputation with in this regard.

Cohen was known nationwide since 2004 at the latest, as the comedian Eli Finish in the popular television satire " Eretz Nehederet " ( A Wonderful Country ) parodied him.

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