Alon liel biography of michael

  • Alon Liel, former director general at Israel's Foreign Ministry, says the feeling in Israel when Hezbollah leader Nasrallah was killed a few weeks ago was that.
  • The treaty was a pivotal event in Islamic history that affected Middle Eastern war and peace concepts.
  • Dr Alon Liel was the head of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and former Ambassador to South Africa.

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    Sami Michael

    Iraqi-born Israeli author and human rights activist (1926–2024)

    Sami Michael (Hebrew: סמי מיכאל, Arabic: سامي ميخائيل; 15 August 1926 – 1 April 2024) was an Israeli Iraqi author, having migrated from Iraq to Israel at the age of 23. From 2001, Michael was the President of The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI).

    Michael was among the first in Israel to call for the creation of an independent Palestinian state to exist alongside Israel. In his novels, Michael writes about the aspirations and struggles of both Jews and Arabs. This new approach in modern Hebrew literature was controversial and has been widely discussed in universities and in the media. Michael was awarded the EMET Prize in 2007. Michael defined han själv not as a Zionist, but as an Israeli in beställning to man room for the inclusion of all citizens in Israel.

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    Born as Kamal Salah, Sami Michael was the firstborn of a large, secular, Jewish family in Baghdad, where his fath

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    Former high-ranking diplomat: Israel chose revenge over the lives of hostages

    Israel made a big mistake in putting the destruction of Hamas over rescuing the hostages, former high-ranking Israeli diplomat Alon Liel said on The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri and Sarah Ben-Nun.

    Liel, the former Israeli ambassador to South Africa, was asked about his thoughts on the ongoing hostage deal talks. 

    His response was to point out how, in the wake of October 7, Israel failed to make saving the hostages the No. 1 priority rather than the elimination of Hamas.

    "This transmitted the message to the families and to the Israeli public that the government doesn't really take responsibility for them becoming hostages," Liel explained. "So I think this decision to put the elimination of Hamas [above saving the hostages] was a mistake that later caused additional mistakes in the handling of the crisis."

    He continued, "The tendency for revenge was so strong that the commitment t

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    Ostroff’s open letter to Alon Liel, et al

    MAURICE OSTROFF

    I refer to the letter initiated by you and signed by 363 Israelis reading:

    “We, Israelis who worry and care for the well-being of the state of Israel, believe that the long-term existence and security of Israel depends on the long-term existence and security of a Palestinian state. For this reason we, the undersigned, urge members of the UK Parliament to vote in favour of the motion to be debated on Monday  October 13 2014, calling on the British Government to recognise the State of Palestine alongside the State of Israel.” 

    I and very many other Israelis would have gladly signed your letter had it been slightly modified as below:

    We, Israelis who worry and care for the well-being of Israelis, Arabs and all other demographic groups in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, urge the British Parliament to vote in favour of a motion promoting the early realisation of a Palestine State alongside the S

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