Education
Born in kibbutz Na"an during the Mandate era, Yatziv was educated at the Hebrew University Secondary School and was a member of the HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed youth movement.
educationist politician Knesset member
Born in kibbutz Na"an during the Mandate era, Yatziv was educated at the Hebrew University Secondary School and was a member of the HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed youth movement.
After his Israel Defense Forces service, in which he served in the Paratroopers Brigade, he went on to study sociology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the London School of Economics, gaining a Doctor of Philosophy. He later taught at the Hebrew University. In the 1970s he joined the Left Camp of Israel and was amongst the founders of Peace Now. In 1979 he joined Mapam, becoming its political secretary and head of its Information Section.
Although he entered the Knesset on 15 March 1988 as a replacement for Victor Shem-Tov, he lost his seat in the November elections.
He died in 2004 at the age of 67.