Moshe "Mutz" Matalon is an
IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
i politician and member of the
KnessetThe Knesset is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem.-Operation of the Knesset:...
for Yisrael Beiteinu.
During his national service Matalon served as a paratrooper. He was injured during the
Yom Kippur WarThe Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War or October War , also known as the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and the Fourth Arab-Israeli War, was fought from October 6 to October 26, 1973, between Israel and a coalition of...
and has been wheelchair-bound since, while practicing
disabled sportsDisabled sports are sports played by persons with a disability, including physical and intellectual disabilities. As many of these based on existing sports modified to meet the needs of persons with a disability, they are sometimes referred to as adapted sports...
and competing in
javelinA Javelin is a throw weapon, used more commonly in the modern athletics discipline: Javelin throw.Javelin may also refer to:* Javelin , a DC Comics supervillain...
and
shot putThe shot put is an athletics event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball as far as possible...
at the
1976 Summer ParalympicsThe 1976 Summer Paralympics were the fifth Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Toronto, in the province of Ontario, Canada. They were originally known as the Torontolympiad.This marked the first time that Canada hosted the Paralympics...
.
As a
LikudLikud is the major center-right political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin in an alliance with several right-wing and liberal parties. Likud's victory in the 1977 elections was a major turning point in the country's political history, marking the first time the left had...
member, Matalon was elected to
HerzliyaHerzliya is a city of 84,200 residents located on the central coast of Israel. It is part of the Tel Aviv District. Named after Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, Herzliya covers an area of 26 km²...
city council in 1994, serving until 2000.
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Moshe "Mutz" Matalon is an
IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
i politician and member of the
KnessetThe Knesset is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem.-Operation of the Knesset:...
for Yisrael Beiteinu.
Biography
During his national service Matalon served as a paratrooper. He was injured during the
Yom Kippur WarThe Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War or October War , also known as the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and the Fourth Arab-Israeli War, was fought from October 6 to October 26, 1973, between Israel and a coalition of...
and has been wheelchair-bound since, while practicing
disabled sportsDisabled sports are sports played by persons with a disability, including physical and intellectual disabilities. As many of these based on existing sports modified to meet the needs of persons with a disability, they are sometimes referred to as adapted sports...
and competing in
javelinA Javelin is a throw weapon, used more commonly in the modern athletics discipline: Javelin throw.Javelin may also refer to:* Javelin , a DC Comics supervillain...
and
shot putThe shot put is an athletics event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball as far as possible...
at the
1976 Summer ParalympicsThe 1976 Summer Paralympics were the fifth Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Toronto, in the province of Ontario, Canada. They were originally known as the Torontolympiad.This marked the first time that Canada hosted the Paralympics...
.
As a
LikudLikud is the major center-right political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin in an alliance with several right-wing and liberal parties. Likud's victory in the 1977 elections was a major turning point in the country's political history, marking the first time the left had...
member, Matalon was elected to
HerzliyaHerzliya is a city of 84,200 residents located on the central coast of Israel. It is part of the Tel Aviv District. Named after Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, Herzliya covers an area of 26 km²...
city council in 1994, serving until 2000. Between 2000 and 2008 he was chairman of the IDF Disabled Veterans' Organisation, and also served as chairman of the IDF's Disabled Fund. In these positions, he headed the Israeli delegations to the Paralympics in 2004 and 2008.
He was placed thirteenth on the Yisrael Beiteinu list prior to the
2009 electionsElections for the 18th Knesset were held in Israel on 10 February 2009. These elections became necessary due to the resignation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as leader of the Kadima party, and the failure of his successor, Tzipi Livni, to form a coalition government...
, and entered the Knesset when the party won 15 seats.
Matalon currently lives in
HerzliyaHerzliya is a city of 84,200 residents located on the central coast of Israel. It is part of the Tel Aviv District. Named after Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, Herzliya covers an area of 26 km²...
and is married with four children.
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