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Natan Sharansky [a] [b] (Hebrew: נתן שרנסקי; born 20 January 1948) is an Israeli politician, human rights activist, and author.He served as Chairman of the Executive for the Jewish Agency from June 2009 to August 2018, [1] and currently serves as Chairman for the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP), an American non-partisan organization.
According to Sharansky, the 3D test prevents situations where antisemitism is allowed to "hide behind the veneer of legitimate criticism of Israel". In other cases, the 3D test is used to identify when anti-Zionist rhetoric crosses the line into antisemitism, even if the original motivation was not antisemitic.
Sharansky believes that some criticisms involve applying an especially high moral standard to Israel, higher than applied to other countries (particularly compared to surrounding countries), yet the only special characteristic of Israel is that it is a Jewish state, hence there is an element of antisemitism.
Fear No Evil is a book by the Soviet-Israeli activist and politician Natan Sharansky about his struggle to immigrate to Israel from the former Soviet Union (USSR). The book tells the story of the Jewish refuseniks in the USSR in the 1970s, his show trial on charges of espionage, incarceration by the KGB and liberation.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. The Israeli national emblem, showcasing a menorah surrounded by olive branches with "Israel" written in Hebrew below it. The legitimacy of the State of Israel has been challenged since before the state was formed. There has been opposition to Zionism, the movement to establish a Jewish state in ...
Natan Sharansky, former Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency for Israel, in 2016 ... Israel Tech Challenge is a partnership of the Jewish Agency with the ...
'Israel on the Up') was a political party in Israel between its formation in 1996 and its merger into Likud in 2003. It was formed to represent the interests of Russian immigrants by former refuseniks Natan Sharansky and Yuli-Yoel Edelstein. Initially a centrist party, it drifted to the right towards the end of its existence.
The forum is a project of the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [2] The first forum took place in 2004 and has since taken place every two to three years in Jerusalem. The Sixth Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism was held from 15-21 of March 2018. [3] This forum was held in cooperation with the Israel Ministry for Diaspora Affairs. [4]