Akiva Nof

Akiva Nof
Nof in November 2017
Date of birth (1936-12-02) 2 December 1936
Place of birth Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine
Knessets 8, 9, 10
Faction represented in Knesset
1974–1976 Likud
1976–1977 Free Centre
1977–1978 Democratic Movement for Change
1978–1980 Democratic Movement
1980–1981 Ahva
1981–1984 Likud
Songs by Akiva Nof
Nof's "Along far coasts" album

Akiva Nof (Hebrew: עקיבא נוף‬, born 2 December 1936) is an Israeli poet and song-writer, composer, politician, lawyer and a journalist, who served three terms as a member of the Knesset between 1974 and 1984.

Biography

Nof was born Akiva Naparstek' in Tel Aviv during the Mandate era. He studied international relations, Middle Eastern studies and law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was certified as a lawyer, and also studied at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague.

Political career

Having joined Herut, he became chairman of the party's youth leadership.[1] In 1965 he left the party to establish the Free Centre, serving as its secretary and organisational co-ordinator between 1967 and 1969.[1] He was elected to the Knesset on the Likud list (an alliance of Herut, the Liberal Party, the Free Centre, the National List and the Movement for Greater Israel) in 1973. On 26 October 1976 he and Shmuel Tamir left Likud to establish the Free Centre as an independent faction.[2] Both resigned from the Knesset on 22 January 1977, with Nof being replaced by Amal Nasereldeen.

Having joined the new Democratic Movement for Change in 1977,[1] Nof returned to the Knesset following the May 1977 elections. When the party split in 1978 he joined the Democratic Movement, before defecting to Ahva on 17 September 1980. On 28 January the following year he returned to Likud, and was re-elected on its list in the elections later that year. He lost his seat in the 1984 elections.

During his three terms in the Knesset, Nof served, among other duties, as the chairman of the forming committee for the "Israeli Law Courts" bill. He was prominent in legislative initiatives regarding social issues such as retirees' fair pay, gender equality regarding children's custody of divorced couples, smoking prohibition in public spaces, correction of taxation inconsistencies, prevention of marriage of minors, as well as prevention of corruption in public enterprises. He also served as a member of public boards of directors, such as the Seniors' Services Association, the Bible Museum, Independence House and the Haifa Symphony. Nof also served as an internal adjudicator at the Histadrut, at the Legal Bar Association and at the Composers and Writers Association. By filing law suits, Nof instigated some principle-setting court rulings, such as mandatory provision for handicap access to entertainment venues, prohibition of political censorship of works of art broadcast on radio and television.

Nof at John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Bed-In

Music and writing

Nof composed and wrote popular songs and hits for leading performers including HaGashash HaHiver. His song Izevel (about Jezebel) was a number one hit in 1972.[3] As a student in the Netherlands in the 1960s, while working as a freelance reporter for Kol Israel, Nof interviewed John Lennon and Yoko Ono during their Bed-In. At the end of the interview, Lennon sang a verse from Nof's song Oath for Jerusalem, which Nof transcribed for him into Latin characters.[4]

Nof has published two poetry and song books titled Longing For The Past, and Pleasure Comes For Ever.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Akiva Nof: Public activities Knesset
  2. ↑ "Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups". Knesset. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Eshed, Eli. פיזמונאי ופוליטיקאי: על עקיבא נוף [Songwriter and Politician: on Akiva Nof] (in Hebrew). Eli Eshed's Multiverse. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Aderet, Ofer (10 December 2010). איש בשבוע | עקיבא נוף נזכר בדקות שבילה במחיצתו של ג'ון לנון [Man of the week: Akiva Nof recalls the time he spent in the presence of John Lennon]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved 25 August 2014.
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