Claim: Before being a member of the Knesset for the Progressive Party and Liberal Party between 1949 and 1963, Idov Cohen (born on 1909 in Botoșani County, Romania) was a Romanian-Israeli politician who worked as a bookkeeper between 1927 and 1933, then worked as a journalist afterwards between 1933 and 1943.
Evidence: Idov Cohen (Hebrew: אידוב כהן‎, 4 November 1909 – 16 May 1998) was a Romanian-Israeli politician and journalist. He served as a member of the Knesset for the Progressive Party and Liberal Party between 1949 and 1963. Between 1927 and 1933 he worked as a bookkeeper, before being appointed General Secretary of the Jewish National Fund in the country, a job he held until 1939. He also worked as a journalist, and was a member of the editorial board of Our Rebirth between 1933 and 1939, the editor of Romanian Zionist Weekly from 1933 until 1943, Illustrated Zionist Weekly (1933–1937), as well as publishing Adam, a monthly Jewish literary magazine (1937–1939). A founding member of the Progressive Party, he served on Tel Aviv city council, and was elected to the Knesset on the party's list in 1949.