Education
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.
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 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. 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.
A one-time member of Mapai, in 1961 he was amongst the founders of the Liberal Party.