Avraham Castle

Avraham Burg (2008)

Avraham "Avrum" castle ( Hebrew אברהם בורג; Born January 19, 1955 in Jerusalem ) is an Israeli author and former high-ranking politician of the Avoda Labor Party .

politics

Avraham Burg served as a paratrooper lieutenant in the Israeli army . He then studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and graduated in social sciences .

Burg was active in left-wing organizations such as Peace Now . In 1983 he was at the Peace Now demonstration, at which Emil Grünzweig was murdered with a hand grenade by the right-wing radical Jona Avruschmi. Burg was injured by the splinter from this grenade. In 1985 he became an advisor to Prime Minister Shimon Peres .

In 1988 he was elected to the Knesset for the Labor Party. In 1995 he resigned after being appointed chairman of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organization . From 1999 to early 2003, Burg was President of the Knesset. In this function, from July 13th to August 1st, 2000 he carried out the constitutional duties of the resigned President Ezer Weizmann .

In 2001 he ran unsuccessfully for chairmanship of the Labor Party.

In autumn 2003, an article by Burg caused a sensation, which first appeared in Jedi'ot Acharonot and was translated into English and German, among other things. In this article, Burg ruled that Israel must give up its illusions and choose between racist oppression or democracy. He called for Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories .

In 2004, Burg withdrew from politics. In an interview for Haaretz in June 2007 on the occasion of the publication of his book Lenazeach et Hitler (Defeating Hitler) , he questioned a number of core theses of Zionism . In 2009 his book was also published in German. Benny Morris called it a “terrible book full of mistakes”, Micha Brumlik called it “for everyone who feels connected to Israel, almost a moral duty”.

Burg is one of the co-founders of the left-wing think tank Molad - Center for the Renewal of Israeli Democracy, founded in 2012 . At the beginning of January 2015, he announced that he would join the left-wing party alliance Chadasch .

family

Burg is the son of Josef Burg , Minister of several Israeli governments for the National Religious Party . He grew up in the Rechavia district of Jerusalem .

Burg's wife, Yael, was born in France, is a psychologist and director of a middle school in Jerusalem. The Burgs have six children and live in Nataf near Jerusalem.

Fonts

Anger and faith: An open letter to my Palestinian friends . In: The New York Times . October 4, 2003
לנצח את היטלר. 2007
- Defeat Hitler. Why Israel must finally break away from the Holocaust. Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt / New York 2009, ISBN 978-3-593-39056-7
  - In the mantle of the prophet , review by Micha Brumlik , Neue Zürcher Zeitung , October 10, 2009
Anti-Semitism and Criticism of Israel - Allowance for Hate . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . 17th January 2013

Web links

Entry on the Knesset website
Trapped in national trauma , article by Ulrich von Schwerin in Qantara.de , November 2, 2009

Footnotes

↑ Avraham Burg. In: MFA Library. Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, February 26, 2003, accessed March 20, 2010 .
^ A Failed Israeli Society Collapses While Its Leaders Remain Silent . In: Forward . August 29, 2003. Reprints: The end of Zionism? A failed Israeli society is collapsing . In: The New York Times . September 6, 2003; The end of Zionism . In: The Guardian . September 15, 2003
↑ There is no middle way: The end of Zionism? In: Hagalil . September 10, 2003. Printed in Süddeutsche Zeitung . September 12, 2003, p. 13
^ Ari Shavit : On the eve of destruction . In: Haaretz . November 14, 2003
↑ Ari Shavit : Leaving the Zionist ghetto (1) ( Memento from December 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), (2) ( Memento from January 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). In: Haaretz . June 8, 2007. Translation: Leave the Zionist Ghetto . In: Hagalil . July 23, 2007
^ Avraham Burg: There's room for hope . In: Haaretz . June 28, 2007
↑ Ludwig Watzal : Avraham Burg speaks of nitroglycerin . In: Friday . June 29, 2007
↑ Julian Bernstein: Mountain of Hope. In: Jungle World . January 21, 2010, accessed November 8, 2017 .
^ Yossi Verter: Reviving the Israeli Left Is a Ten Year Project, Says Think Tank. In: Haaretz . August 9, 2012, accessed November 8, 2017 .
↑ Molad - Center for the renewal of Israeli democracy. In: Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Israel Office. October 2016, accessed November 8, 2017 .
^ Former Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg Joins Hadash. Maki, Communist Party of Israel , January 5, 2015, accessed March 18, 2015 .
↑ ^a ^b Melissa Müller : Avraham Burg on home. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . 24./25. October 2009, p. V2 / 8

personal data
SURNAME	Castle, Avraham
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	אברהם בורג; Castle, Avrum
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Israeli politician and author
DATE OF BIRTH	January 19, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH	Jerusalem

[1] Avraham Burg. In: MFA Library. Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, February 26, 2003, accessed March 20, 2010 .

[2] A Failed Israeli Society Collapses While Its Leaders Remain Silent . In: Forward . August 29, 2003. Reprints: The end of Zionism? A failed Israeli society is collapsing . In: The New York Times . September 6, 2003; The end of Zionism . In: The Guardian . September 15, 2003

[3] There is no middle way: The end of Zionism? In: Hagalil . September 10, 2003. Printed in Süddeutsche Zeitung . September 12, 2003, p. 13

[4] Ari Shavit : On the eve of destruction . In: Haaretz . November 14, 2003

[5] Ari Shavit : Leaving the Zionist ghetto (1) ( Memento from December 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), (2) ( Memento from January 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). In: Haaretz . June 8, 2007. Translation: Leave the Zionist Ghetto . In: Hagalil . July 23, 2007

[6] Avraham Burg: There's room for hope . In: Haaretz . June 28, 2007

[7] Ludwig Watzal : Avraham Burg speaks of nitroglycerin . In: Friday . June 29, 2007

[8] Julian Bernstein: Mountain of Hope. In: Jungle World . January 21, 2010, accessed November 8, 2017 .

[9] Yossi Verter: Reviving the Israeli Left Is a Ten Year Project, Says Think Tank. In: Haaretz . August 9, 2012, accessed November 8, 2017 .

[10] Molad - Center for the renewal of Israeli democracy. In: Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Israel Office. October 2016, accessed November 8, 2017 .

[11] Former Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg Joins Hadash. Maki, Communist Party of Israel , January 5, 2015, accessed March 18, 2015 .

[sz-12] Melissa Müller : Avraham Burg on home. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . 24./25. October 2009, p. V2 / 8