Born in
Odessa in the
Russian Empire (today in
Ukraine), Peled moved with his family to the
Bessarabian region of
Romania when he was eight, where he studied at a Hebrew school in
Chișinău. He joined the local
Hashomer Hatzair movement, and was the secretary to the organisation's leadership in Romania. He was also secretary to the central committee of the
HeHalutz movement. He
emigrated to
Mandatory Palestine in 1933, and joined
kvutzat Melet in
Nes Tziona, where he was also a member of the local Workers' Council. In 1934 he joined kibbutz
Sarid, and in 1936 became a member of the executive committee of
Kibbutz Artzi, which was affiliated with Hashomer Hatzair, serving on its secretariat until 1939. Between 1939 and 1944 he was secretary of the
Histadrut's security committee. From 1946 until 1948 he served as an emissary of Hashomer Hatzair and the Histadrut in the United States. After his return to Israel, he served as secretary of Hashomer Hatzair-Kibbutz Artzi from 1950 until 1955. In 1956 he became the political secretary of
Mapam (the party affiliated with Hashomer Hatzair), a role he held until appointed
Israel envoy to Bulgaria in 1958. In 1960 he became Israel's ambassador to
Austria, serving until 1963. In 1965 he was elected to the
Knesset on Mapam's list. Although he lost his seat in the
1969 elections, he was appointed Minister of Immigrant Absorption in July 1970, a role he held until after the
1973 elections. Between 1975 and 1980 he returned to his role as secretary of Kibbutz Artzi. ==References==