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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: CG6468 on April 30, 2012, 02:30:04 PM
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Jerusalem - Prime Minister Netanyahu's Father Dies At 102
Jerusalem - Ben-Zion Netanyahu, the historian and Zionist activist whose skepticism about peacemaking with the Arabs helped to shape the world outlook of his son, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, died on Monday. He was 102.
Born Ben-Zion Mileikowsky in Warsaw, Poland, Netanyahu was a devout follower of revisionist Zionist leader Zeev Jabotinsky, who advocated Jewish military strength and opposed partitioning Palestine between Arabs and Jews. Netanyahu served as his personal aide until Jabotinsky’s death in 1940.
He then edited right-wing Jewish publications and earned a Ph.D in history from Dropsie College in Philadelphia, a center of Jewish learning that was later incorporated into the University of Pennsylvania. Later, he was a professor of Jewish history and Hebrew literature at the University of Denver and Cornell University, where he served as chairman of the department of Semitic languages and literature. He was the editor-in-chief of the Hebrew Encyclopedia for more than a decade.
He was best known in academic circles for his research into the medieval inquisition against the Jews of Spain.
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In newspaper interviews late in life, Ben-Zion Netanyahu forcefully questioned the feasibility of Mideast peace.
“The tendency to conflict is in the essence of the Arab. He is an enemy by essence. His personality won’t allow him any compromise or agreement. It doesn’t matter what kind of resistance he will meet, what price he will pay. His existence is one of perpetual war,†he told the Maariv daily in 2009. “The Arab citizens’ goal is to destroy us. They don’t deny that they want to destroy us.†(snip)
http://www.vosizneias.com/105437/2012/04/30/jerusalem-prime-minister-netanyahus-father-dies-at-102
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RIP to a good person. He had to be very proud of his son.
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Rip, I will be saying a prayer for him. He was a good man.
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RIP sir
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Israel-bashing Leftists gloat over death of Netanyahu’s father (http://twitchy.com/2012/04/30/israel-bashing-leftists-gloat-over-death-of-netanyahus-father/)
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I pray for Bibi's father. He obviously did well in raising his sons to be heroes (Bibi's older brother Jonathan was killed leading the raid on Entebbe). :taps: even though he's not American.
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I pray for Bibi's father. He obviously did well in raising his sons to be heroes (Bibi's older brother Jonathan was killed leading the raid on Entebbe). :taps: even though he's not American.
Like. RIP!