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Encyclopedia > Avraham Burg
Avraham Burg
Date of birth January 19, 1955
Place of birth Jerusalem, Israel
Knesset(s) 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th,
Party Labor
Former parties Alignment, One Israel

Avraham "Avrum" Burg (Hebrew: אברהם בורג‎, born January 19, 1955) was an Israeli Knesset member, former Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel and former Speaker of the Knesset. is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Jerusalem (disambiguation). ... Elections for the twelfth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November, 1988. ... Elections for the thirteenth Knesset were held in Israel on 23 June 1992. ... The Elections for the 15th Knesset were held on 17 May, 1999 alongside elections for Prime Minister. ... Elections for the 16th Knesset were held in Israel on 28 January 2003. ... The Alignment (Hebrew: המערך, HaMaarakh), originally called the Labour Alignment (Hebrew: המערך העבודה, HaMaarakh HaAvoda) was the dominant left-wing political party in Israel from its founding in 1965 until its transformation into the Labour Party in 1992. ... For the party formed by Yitzhak Yitzhaky see One Israel (1980) One Israel (‎, Yisrael Akhat) was an alliance of the Israeli Labour Party, Meimad and Gesher created to run for the 1999 Knesset elections. ... Hebrew redirects here. ... is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... Jewish Agency for Israel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... List of Speakers of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament: Joseph Shprinzak (Mapai) 1949-59 Nahum Nir (Ahdut Haavodah) 1959 Kadish Luz (Mapai, Alignment)1959-69 Reuven Barkat (Alignment) 1969-72 Yisrael Yeshayahu-Sharabi (Alignment) 1972-77 Yitzhak Shamir (Likud) 1977-80 Yitzhak Berman (Likud) 1980-81 Menachem...

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Biography

Burg was born and raised in Jerusalem's Rehavia neighborhood. His father was Yosef Burg, a German-born Israeli politician and long-time government minister for the National Religious Party. His mother, Rivka (nee Slonim), was born in Hebron and survived the Arab massacre in 1929.[1] In the Israel Defense Forces, Burg served as a lieutenant in the paratroopers brigade. He graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with a degree in the social sciences. For other uses, see Jerusalem (disambiguation). ... Yosef Salomon Burg (January 31, 1909 - October 15, 1999) was an Israeli politician and Rabbi. ... Mafdal party logo The National Religious Party (Hebrew: Mafdal, מפדל) is an Israeli political party representing the religious Zionist movement. ... Arabic الخليل Government City Also Spelled al-Khalil (officially) al-Halil (unofficially) Governorate Hebron Population 166,000 (2006) Jurisdiction  dunams Head of Municipality Mustafa Abdel Nabi Hebron (Arabic:   al-ḪalÄ«l or al KhalÄ«l; Hebrew:  , Standard Hebrew: Ḥevron, Tiberian Hebrew: Ḥeḇrôn) is a city in the southern Judea... Emblem of the IDF The Israel Defense Forces are part of the Israeli Security Forces. ... The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (‎, Arabic: ) is one of Israels oldest, largest, and most important institutes of higher learning and research. ...


Burg is married to Yael and lives in Nataf, a rural community on the outskirts of Jerusalem. Burg and his wife have six children.[2] For other uses, see Jerusalem (disambiguation). ...


Political career

Burg was an activist in left-wing organizations and the Peace Now movement. He was injured in the grenade attack on a Peace Now demonstration in Jerusalem in February 1983, which killed Emil Grunzweig.[3] In 1985, he served as advisor on Diaspora affairs to Prime Minister Shimon Peres. In 1988, he was elected to the Knesset as a member of the Alignment. Peace Now (Hebrew: שלום עכשיו - Shalom Achshav) is an extra-parliamental political movement in Israel, with the agenda of swaying popular opinion and convincing the Israeli government of the need and possibility for achieving a just peace and an historic conciliation with the Palestinian people and neighboring Arab countries; this in exchange... Peace Now (Hebrew: שלום עכשיו - Shalom Achshav) is an extra-parliamental political movement in Israel, with the agenda of swaying popular opinion and convincing the Israeli government of the need and possibility for achieving a just peace and an historic conciliation with the Palestinian people and neighboring Arab countries; this in exchange... Emil Grunzweig was an Israeli Peace Now activist killed during a peace rally in Jerusalem on February 10, 1983. ... For other uses, see Diaspora (disambiguation). ... The Prime Minister of Israel (Hebrew: ראש הממשלה, Rosh HaMemshala, lit. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Type Unicameral Speaker of the Knesset Dalia Itzik, Kadima since May 4, 2006 Deputy Speaker Majalli Wahabi, Kadima since May 4, 2006 Members 120 Political groups Kadima Labour-Meimad Shas Likud Last elections March 28, 2006 Meeting place Knesset, Jerusalem, Israel Web site www. ... The Alignment (Hebrew: המערך, HaMaarakh), originally called the Labour Alignment (Hebrew: המערך העבודה, HaMaarakh HaAvoda) was the dominant left-wing political party in Israel from its founding in 1965 until its transformation into the Labour Party in 1992. ...


In 1992, when the Alignment merged with the Labor Party, he was reelected to Knesset. In 1995, he was appointed Chairman of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organization, and resigned from the Knesset. As head of the Jewish Agency, he worked to recover Jewish property lost during the Holocaust. The Israeli Labor Party (‎, Mifleget HaAvoda HaYisraelit), generally known in Israel as Avoda (‎) is a center-left political party in Israel. ... Jewish Agency for Israel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The World Zionist Organization, or WZO, was founded as the Zionist Organization, or ZO, on September 3, 1897, at the First Zionist Congress held in Basel, Switzerland. ... For other uses, see Holocaust (disambiguation) and Shoah (disambiguation). ...


In 1999, Burg returned to domestic politics, and was elected to the Knesset on Ehud Barak's One Israel list (an alliance of Labor, Meimad and Gesher. Burg was elected Speaker of the Knesset, a position he held until early 2003. In his capacity as speaker of the Knesset he served as interim President of Israel for 20 days, from 12 July until 1 August 2000 when the presidency was vacant following Ezer Weizman's resignation. Following Barak's defeat in the 2001 election for Prime Minister and his subsequent resignation, Burg ran for the Labor Party leadership, but lost. Nevertheless, he retained his seat in the Knesset in the 2003 elections. Ehud Barak (Hebrew: אֵהוּד בָּרָק) (born Ehud Brog on February 12, 1942) is an Israeli politician, former Prime Minster, and current Minister of Defense and leader of Israels Labor Party. ... For the party formed by Yitzhak Yitzhaky see One Israel (1980) One Israel (‎, Yisrael Akhat) was an alliance of the Israeli Labour Party, Meimad and Gesher created to run for the 1999 Knesset elections. ... Meimad is a left-leaning religious political party in Israel, founded in 1988. ... Gesher (Hebrew: גשר, Bridge) was a political party in Israel. ... The President of the State of Israel (‎, Nesi HaMedina, lit. ... Ezer Weizman (עזר ויצמן) (Tel Aviv, June 15, 1924 – Caesarea Maritima, April 24, 2005) was the seventh President of the State of Israel (1993-2000). ... Prime Ministerial elections were held in Israel on 6 February 2001, following the resignation of Prime Minister Ehud Barak of the Israeli Labour Party. ... Elections for the 16th Knesset were held in Israel on 28 January 2003. ...


In October of 2003 Burg caused a sensation when he published an article in the British newspaper The Guardian named 'The end of Zionism' calling for a quick withdrawal from the Palestinian Territories.[4] For other uses, see Guardian. ... This article is about the Palestinian territories as a geopolitical phenomenon. ...


Also in 2003, Burg published an article in Yedioth Ahronoth in which he declared, "Israel, having ceased to care about the children of the Palestinians, should not be surprised when they come washed in hatred and blow themselves up in the centers of Israeli escapism."[5] Yedioth Ahronoth (Hebrew: ידיעות אחרונות, meaning latest news) is a major daily Israeli newspaper, written in Hebrew. ...


Retirement from political life

In 2004 he resigned from the Knesset and public life. Since then, he has appeared as a lecturer at international events and pursued private business interests.


In an interview in Haaretz in June 2007, Burg suggested amending the Law of Return and stated that "to define the State of Israel as a Jewish state is the key to its end. A Jewish state is explosive. It's dynamite."[6] In response to public criticism of the interview, however, he published a retraction, recommending that Israel be defined not as a "Jewish State" but as a "State of the Jews." [7] Haaretz (Hebrew: (help· info), The Land) is an Israeli newspaper, founded in 1919. ... The Law of Return (Hebrew: חוק השבות, hok ha-shvut) is Israeli legislation that allows Jews and those with Jewish parents or grandparents, and spouses of the aforementioned, to settle in Israel and gain citizenship. ...


Published works

  • Brit Am: A Covenant of the People, Proposed Policy Guidelines for the National Institutions of the Jewish People, June 1995, Jewish Agency for Israel
  • Defeating Hitler (2007) (Hebrew)
  • God is Back (2006) (Hebrew)[8]

References

  1. ^ http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:4Cx2zi4LFc8J:begincenterdiary.blogspot.com/2007/01/begin-center-bulletin-vol-3-issue-13.html+rivka+burg&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4
  2. ^ http://www.wzo.org.il/doingzionism/resources/expand_author.asp?id=23
  3. ^ Avraham Burg, MK Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 26 February 2003
  4. ^ The end of Zionism The Guardian, 15 September 2003
  5. ^ Letters from Jerusalem: The Apostate The New Yorker, 30 July 2007
  6. ^ Burg: Defining Israel as a Jewish state is the key to its end Haaretz, 7 June 2007
  7. ^ Another way of understanding my book Avraham Burg's blog on TheMarker
  8. ^ http://www.agenciariff.com.br/clientes/catalogos/Deborah%20Harris%20Agency/Deborah%20Harris,%20Autumn%202007%20Catalogue%20Final.doc

External links

  • Avraham Burg on the Knesset website (in English)
  • 'Leaving the Zionist ghetto' by Ari Shavit Haaretz interview, 24 June 2007
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