Biography
Katsav was born in Yazd, Iran as Musa Qasab. His family brought him to Tehran when he was an infant; in June 1951, when he was five, they immigrated to Israel. He remains fluent in Persian. Upon arriving in Israel, the Katsav family was sent to a ma'abara, an immigrant tent-camp in Israel's south, inland from the port city of Ashdod. In the winter of 1951, severe flooding inundated the camp, and Katsav's two-month-old brother Zion died. Katsav and his family lived in a tent camp for recent immigrants for several years before the camp was developed into the city of Kiryat Malakhi.
Katsav attended the Hebrew University of Jerusalem beginning in 1968, and while studying he taught history and mathematics in a high school. He graduated in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts in economics and history.
He married Gila Katsav in 1969. The couple have five children and two grandchildren.
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