Gahal

After that, David Levy ran for a spot on the Histadrut Labor Union board, unheard of for a Moroccan laborer.

And from there, he found his way to the seventh Knesset on the Gahal list, the liberal party that soon became part of Menachem Begin's Likud.

After Menachem Begin became prime minister, David Levy became minister of housing and a leader of efforts to build Jewish settlements over the Green Line, something that Yossi Sarid believed was a disaster for Israelis and Palestinians both.

David Levy was also from the start the butt of jokes, David Levy jokes they were called, that made him seem clueless and dumb despite great quantities of evidence that David Levy was brilliant.