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Yossi Beilin (born June 12, 1948) is a dovish left wing politician, a former Knesset member of Israeli Labour Party and now one of the leaders of Meretz party (although he didn't made it into the Knesset in the last elections). He is the head of the Shaar sect of Meretz.
To good and bad, Beilin is identified with the Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestinians. It foritified him a position as a leader of the Israeli Peace Movement, and many believe that Oslo, despite its flaws, was a step in the right direction. However, others mark him as responsible for violence that followed the accords (Palestinian wave of terror in 1994, 1996 and the Al-Aqsa Intifada) which claimed the lives of more than a thousand Israelis. Extreme right-wing movements demand to put Beilin on trail for his part in the Oslo Accords.
Beilin holds a soft capitalist agenda, called Socio-Liberalism. He speaks little on social issues, focusing his efforts on negotiations with Palestinians officials.
Beilin is one of the founders of the Economic Cooperation Foundation.
Beilin was also one of the powers behind the creation of the Geneva Accord along with Yasser Abed Rabbo and others, which is an unofficial agreement proposing a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Yossi Beilin is running to office for leading the Yachad party - a union of Meretz and Shaar. His political rival for the office is Meretz's Ran Cohen - a Zionist Socialist who believes Yachad should focus more on social-economic issues than negotitation with the Palestinians.Recent Activity
