Abraham "Avrum" Burg (Hebrew: אברהם בורג, romanized: Avraham Burg; born 19 January 1955) is an Israeli author, politician and businessman.[1] He was a member of the Knesset, chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, Speaker of the Knesset, and Interim President of Israel. He was the first Speaker of the Knesset to have been born in Israel after its declaration of independence in 1948. A member of the Labor Party when he was a member of the Knesset, Burg announced in January 2015 that he had joined Hadash.[2]
From the 2000s onwards he has expressed views described as post-Zionist, a label he self-identified with in 2011. He is in favor of Israel negotiating with Hamas, and has called to abandon Herzelian Zionism (calling it a scaffolding that should be removed) in favor of a form of Cultural Zionism, also citing the civic nationalism of France as an example to follow.[3]
^"The Directors". Dun & Bradstreet. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
^"Hadash votes in favor of forming unified Arab list: Arab-Jewish party votes in favor of continued negotiations with Arab parties, welcomes new member: Former Knesset speaker Avraham Burg". Haaretz. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
^לב-ארי, שירי (22 April 2011). "צריך להחליט אם אנחנו אומת תרבות או דם". Ynet. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
Abraham "Avrum" Burg (Hebrew: אברהם בורג, romanized: AvrahamBurg; born 19 January 1955) is an Israeli author, politician and businessman. He was a member...
Shazar. ^ After Weizman resigned from the presidency, Knesset Speaker AvrahamBurg took over as Acting President of Israel until the appointment of Moshe...
Speakers not to have come from the ruling party, though in two cases (AvrahamBurg and Reuven Rivlin) the party of the speaker (One Israel and Likud respectively)...
the party. In the initial count of the vote, Speaker of the Knesset AvrahamBurg defeated Minister of Defense Binyamin Ben-Eliezer. Following alleged...
elections, taken by Afu Agbaria. In January 2015, former Knesset speaker AvrahamBurg joined Hadash. Hadash is a left-wing party that supports a socialistic...
and initially had 16 ministers, though the number later rose to 24. AvrahamBurg was appointed as Speaker of the Knesset. United Torah Judaism left the...
1995) AvrahamBurg (Feb 1995–Feb 1999) Sallai Meridor (25 Feb 1999–2005), "acting" until May 1999, then elected Zeev Bielski (2005–2009) Avraham Duvdevani...
2006 President Moshe Katsav Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Preceded by AvrahamBurg Succeeded by Dalia Itzik Minister of Communications In office 7 March...
the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. Speakers for the motion were AvrahamBurg, former chair of the Jewish Agency for Israel and former Speaker of the...
been removed from the event. In November 2013, Harvard Hillel barred AvrahamBurg, a former Speaker of the Israeli Knesset, from speaking at Hillel because...
Britain, to live in Israel, and they'll say, 'Those who do are nuts.'" AvrahamBurg, former Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel and former Speaker of...
leaders and officials publicly defended Hanegbi. Former Knesset Speaker AvrahamBurg who opposes Hanegbi politically, has called for the firing of the prosecutor...
agendas, Odeh met with Jewish Hadash activists and former Knesset speaker AvrahamBurg (who had endorsed Hadash), in an attempt to allay concerns that the new...
historians Ilan Pappé and Benny Morris, and former speaker of the Knesset AvrahamBurg. On 3 September 2023, Youth Against Dictatorship released an open letter...
some significant figures in Israel's leadership was illustrated when AvrahamBurg, a former Knesset Speaker and former chair of the Jewish Agency for Israel...
tough on Israel" with fellow speaker AvrahamBurg. Speakers against the motion were Dore Gold and Alan Dershowitz. Burg and Scheuer won the debate, with 63%...
were set for September 4, 2001. These primaries were supposedly won by AvrahamBurg (who was the Speaker of the Knesset at the time), although in practice...
Nine other peace activists were injured, among them future politicians AvrahamBurg and Yuval Steinitz. Avrushmi was arrested in 1984, convicted of murder...
account-by-account analysis of available documentation. Ruben Beraja, AvrahamBurg, and Ronald S. Lauder were appointed representatives for the World Jewish...
Signatories included Israeli historian Benny Morris, former Jewish Agency head AvrahamBurg, and Israeli American Holocaust expert Omer Bartov, who said Israel's...
journalist January 19 Sir Simon Rattle, English orchestral conductor AvrahamBurg, Israeli author, politician and businessman Paul Rodriguez, Mexican American...
seats, Majadele entered the Knesset on 28 June 2004 as a replacement for AvrahamBurg, who had resigned from the Knesset and public life and become a businessman...
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