Yonatan Yosef, is a Jerusalem rabbi,[1][better source needed] a former spokesman for Jewish settlers in Sheikh Jarrah,[2] and right-wing activist for the Judaization of East Jerusalem.[3][4][5] A member of Jerusalem city council since 2018.
In 2013, Yosef ran for Jerusalem City Council.[6][7] In 2018, he was elected to the city council, being in the second place in "Meuchadim" list headed by Aryeh King, which won two of the 31 seats in the counsil.[8]
In the 2019 general elections, he was placed 3 in list of Yachad party headed by Eli Yishai, but the party withdrew few days before the election.[9]
Yosef obtained ownership of a house in part of Sheikh Jarrah in which a Jewish neighborhood existed prior to the 1948 war, and that the Jordanian authorities rented to a family of Palestinian refugees. In 2021 he demanded the eviction of the family, and personally delivered them the eviction notice.[10]
In reference to Sheikh Jarrah, in the 2012 short film My Neighbourhood, Yosef stated that: "The Bible says that this area and this country belong to the Jewish people." "We take house after house because we prove in the court that this area belonged to the Jewish. And because that, all this area will be a Jewish neighbourhood. Our dream is that all East Jerusalem will be like West Jerusalem, Jewish capital of Israel."[11]
In 2023, he was marching in Sheikh Jarrah with a group of supporters, chanting "we want Nakba, Nakba now!" [12][13]
He is the son of Rabbi Ya'akov Yosef[14] and the grandson of Ovadia Yosef.[7]
^Ross, Adam (18 September 2013). "King has New List". Arutz Sheva.
^Hasson, Nir (24 June 2010). "The Orthodox Jews fighting the Judaization of East Jerusalem". Haaretz.
^"Rabbi Yaakov Yosef, son of Shas spiritual leader Ovadia Yosef, dies at 66". Haaretz. 12 April 2013.
^"Yonatan Yosef: Arabs Intend to Invade Jerusalem Homes". Arutz Sheva. 7 September 2011.
^Hasson, Nir. "Right-wing Jerusalem councilman blocking Palestinian construction plans". Haaretz.com. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
^"Jerusalem Mayor Candidates to Address English Speakers". Arutz Sheva. 27 September 2013.
^ ab"Rav Ovadia's Grandson Enters Jerusalem Race". Yeshiva World News. 17 September 2013.
^"ילקוט הפרסומים 8014" (PDF) (in Hebrew). 18 November 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
^"יחד בראשות אלי ישי". bechirot21.bechirot.gov.il (in Hebrew). Central Elections Committee (Israel). Retrieved 24 February 2019.
^"The eviction of the Salem family of Sheikh Jarrah is set for next month 01.2.22". Peace Now. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
^"My Neighbourhood". Just Vision. April 2012.
^@UriAgnon (January 13, 2023). "Far-right member of the Jerusalem Council, Yoni Yossef singing "We want Nakba now" today in #SheikhJarrah" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^@FreeJerusalem1 (January 20, 2023). "Today the settlers are calling again for a Nakba in Sheikh Jarrah. "We want Nakba now" they're chanting" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^"Yonatan Yosef Explains his Father's Words Regarding IDF Sifrei Torah". Yeshiva World News. 14 February 2012.
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