Elyakim Haetzni

Elyakim Haetzni (Hebrew: אליקים העצני; 22 June 1926 – 18 September 2022) was a German-born Israeli lawyer, settlement activist and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Tehiya from 1990 until 1992.

Born Georg Bombach in Kiel in 1926, Haetzni emigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1938 with his parents and sister,[1] settling in the Kerem Avraham neighbourhood of Jerusalem.

He was severely wounded in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and spent eighteen months in hospital.

Whilst a student he established the Sherut HaMitnavdim volunteer organisation, which helped new immigrants and protested government corruption, with Haetzni himself renouncing his membership of the ruling Mapai party.

[1] He became a member of the Yesha Council's Steering Committee, and joined the right-wing Tehiya party.