Yitzhak Artzi (Hebrew: יצחק ארצי, 14 November 1920 – 17 September 2003)[1] was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1984 and 1988.
Born Izo Hertzig in Siret, Romania into a Hassidic family, Artzi was educated at high schools in his hometown and Cernăuți, before attending the Jewish College in Bucharest.
A leading activist in the HaNoar HaTzioni youth movement, he was amongst the leadership of the Zionist underground in Romania during World War II, helping to rescue children from transit camps, as well as organising illegal immigration to Palestine and helping in the Cyprus internment camps.
He made aliyah to Mandate Palestine himself in 1946, and studied law and economics at Tel Aviv University, gaining certification as a lawyer.
Having joined the Progressive Party, he served as its secretary general from 1959 until 1961 and was deputy editor of its Zmanim newspaper, where he headed its editorial board.