Editing Dov Hoz (section)

==Biography==
Born in [[Orsha]], [[Russian Empire]], in 1894, Hoz immigrated to [[Palestine (region)|Ottoman Palestine]] as a child along with his family in 1906. Beginning in 1909, he was part of the group that organized guarding activity of the city of [[Tel-Aviv]]. The group included [[Shaul Avigur|Shaul Meirov-Avigur]], [[Eliyahu Golomb]] and [[Moshe Sharett]]. During [[World War I]], Hoz volunteered for service in the [[Ottoman Empire|Turkish]] army and was sentenced to death for continuing activities to secure the Jewish settlement of Palestine. He escaped death by fleeing to the south of Palestine which had just been conquered by the British.

[[File:מר שרת בחברת רעיתו ודב הז-JNF035756.jpeg|thumb|Hoz with Sharett 1930]]
Hoz was one of the organizers of the [[Jewish Legion]]. From 1920 to 1930, he was a member of the central Haganah committee. From 1931 to 1940, he was a member of the national Haganah command center. He went on to become one of the heads of the labor movement and a founding member of the socialist [[Ahdut HaAvoda]] party. In 1935 he was appointed vice-mayor of [[Tel-Aviv]], and later head of the state department of the [[Histadrut]] (Labor Federation).

Hoz died in a car accident in December 1940. He was on his way to an ''[[Aviron Aviation Company|Aviron]]'' board meeting. He was traveling with his wife Rivka (sister of [[Moshe Sharett]], who later became Israel's second prime minister) and his daughter Tirza. Also in the car were his sister-in-law Tzvia Sharett and ''Aviron'' co-founder Yitzhak Ben-Ya'akov. All five people were killed in the accident.