What is Meron Benvenisti?
'''Meron Benvenisti''' ({{lang-he-n|מירון בנבנשתי}}, April 21, 1934 – September 20, 2020) was an Israeli political scientist and politician. He was the Deputy Mayor of [[Jerusalem]] under [[Teddy Kollek]] from 1971 to 1978. He was in charge of [[East Jerusalem]] and was Jerusalem's Chief Planning Officer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/6390.html |title=Intimate Enemies : Meron Benvenisti – University of California Press |publisher=Ucpress.edu |access-date=20 July 2011 |archive-date=30 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930165330/http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/6390.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was a critic of [[Israel]]'s policies towards [[Palestine]]. Benvenisti was born in Jerusalem and also died in Jerusalem from [[renal failure]] at the age of 86.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/former-deputy-mayor-of-jerusalem-meron-benvenisti-dies-642937 Former deputy mayor of Jerusalem Meron Benvenisti dies]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Benvenisti, Meron}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Columnists]] [[Category:Deputy mayors]] [[Category:Harvard University alumni]] [[Category:Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni]] [[Category:Israeli activists]] [[Category:Israeli historians]] [[Category:Israeli journalists]] [[Category:Israeli trade unionists]] [[Category:Jewish Israeli politicians]] [[Category:Writers from Jerusalem]] [[Category:Israeli political scientists]] {{bio-stub}}