Former member of the Knesset, the man of the Black Panthers Charlie Beaton passed away this evening (Saturday) at the age of 76. His funeral will be held tonight at 10:30 PM in Jerusalem.
Beaton was born in Casablanca, Morocco and immigrated to Israel at the age of two.
He grew up in the Mosrara (licensed) neighborhood in Jerusalem.
He was an Israeli social activist and a former member of Knesset on behalf of Hadash, one of the founders of the Black Panthers. He was also an activist for the rights of people of the Mizrahi ethnic group. He was formerly a radical leftist activist.
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