Ephraim Eitam
Ephraim "Effi" Eitam ( Hebrew אפרים "אפי" איתם; * July 25, 1952 in En Gev ) is an Israeli politician. Initially leader of the National Religious Party , he later headed a splinter group ( Ahi ), which in turn merged into the Likud Party in 2009. He was a member of the Knesset between 2003 and 2009 .
Life
Eitam was born in Kibbutz En Gev and was raised secularly. When he was old enough, he joined the Israeli armed forces . Eitam holds an MA in Political Science and International Relations and is a former student of the Yeshiva Merkas HaRaw Kook and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst . He is married with eight children and lives in the Israeli settlement of Nov in the Golan Heights .
Military career
Eitam is Brigadier General ( Aluf ) of the Israel Defense Forces Reserve and is viewed by the State of Israel as a war hero ; he received the Medal of Distinguished Service in the Yom Kippur War . He also took part in Operation Entebbe , where he commanded the Sajeret Golani . He also commanded an infantry battalion in Operation Litani and a battalion in an officers' school during the 1982 Lebanon War . During the First Intifada, he commanded the Giv'ati Brigade . In 1988, then Israeli Defense Minister Yitzchak Rabin ordered the Israeli army to put down Palestinian rioters. According to the website The Electronic Intifada , Effi Eitam is said to have ordered his troops to beat up the 21-year-old Palestinian prisoner Ayyad Aqel; Aqel is said to have died while executing this command. An Israeli court martial sentenced four of Eitam's soldiers who also testified against him. The Advocate General severely reprimanded Eitam and recommended that Eitam never be promoted. Eitam finally left the army in December 2000.
Political career
After retiring from military service, Eitam went into politics and joined the National Religious Party. Although he was not a member of the Knesset, he was appointed Minister without Portfolio on April 8, 2002 , and held that position until September 18 of the same year when he became Minister of National Infrastructure. He was elected to the Knesset for the first time in January 2003, and in March 2003 he was appointed Minister for Housing and Construction.
ideology
The Israeli left views him as a nationalist zealot, and some have accused him of being a fanatic and self-proclaimed messiah. In an interview he is reported to have said: “I have a dream of leading the entire Israeli people. I think it's my destiny. "And further:" I came to lead, not to make irrelevant politics. "
Eitam described the Israeli Arabs as “cancer in the body of the nation” and also opposed a sovereign Palestinian state: “[...] for the area west of the Jordan we must stipulate that no other sovereignty will be established there than that of the State of Israel. "(" [...] for the area west of the Jordan, we have to state that no sovereignty will be established there other than that of the State of Israel. ")
Web links
- Ephraim Eitam. In: Knesset Members. Knesset , accessed March 26, 2014 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jim Holstun, Irene Morrison: "We will have to kill them all": Effie Eitam, thug messiah . The Electronic Intifada, November 25, 2009
- ^ A Nazi by any other name . In: Haaretz , April 4, 2002
- ↑ Dear God, this is Effi . In: Haaretz , March 20, 2002
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eitam, Ephraim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eitam, Effi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 25, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | En Gev |