Maariv reported today that Avraham Burg, former Labor MK and Speaker of the Knesset, was spotted voting in the French national elections yesterday (Shabbat? No, sorry, it was a Sunday voting day).
Turns out he is a French citizen since 2006, through his wife who is the daughter of a notorious liberal, progressive Jew.
C'est la vie!
And in case you don't believe me, here's the scanned article:-
American born, my wife and I moved to Israel in 1970. We have lived at Shiloh together with our family since 1981. I was in the Betar youth movement in the US and UK. I have worked as a political aide to Members of Knesset and a Minister during 1981-1994, lectured at the Academy for National Studies 1977-1994, was director of Israel's Media Watch 1995-2000 and currently, I work at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem. I was a guest media columnist on media affairs for The Jerusalem Post, op-ed contributor to various journals and for six years had a weekly media show on Arutz 7 radio. I serve as an unofficial spokesperson for the Jewish Communities in Judea & Samaria.
2 comments:
Does anyone have any idea what caused Burg's exodus from Israeli politics and his exercise of French citizenship? It seems very strange.
Money and avarice
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