Born in
Alexandria in
Egypt, Cohen-Tzidon attended the Upper Trade school in his home city, and was an activist in the Egyptian branch of the Zionist movement. In 1949 he made
aliyah to Israel, where he studied at the School for Jurisprudence and Economics in
Tel Aviv, and was certified as a lawyer. An activist amongst
Mizrahi Jews, he published a magazine entitled
HaMizrah HaHadash. A one-time member of
Mapai, in 1961 he was amongst the founders of the
Liberal Party. He was on the Gahal list (an alliance of the Liberal Party and
Herut) for the
1965 elections, and although he failed to win a seat, he entered the Knesset on 16 October 1966 as a replacement for the deceased
Eliyahu Meridor. On 11 February 1969 he left Gahal, and after trying to establish his own single-member faction named the Popular Faction, joined the
Free Centre, which had left Gahal in 1967. He lost his seat in the
October 1969 elections when the party was reduced from four to two seats. ==References==