Prof. Michael Ben-Yair (Hebrew: מיכאל בן יאיר; born September 1, 1942) and raised in Sheikh Jarrah until 1948, is a former Attorney General of Israel from 1993 to 1996.[1] He is also a former acting Supreme Court of Israel judge.
In 1994 whilst Attorney General he petitioned the then prime minister Yitzhak Rabin to evict all Jewish settlers living in Hebron following Jewish Extremeist Baruch Goldstein attack resulting in 29 deaths and 125 injuries at a Palestinian shrine. [2]
In 2014 he called on the European Union to recognise the state of Palestine. [2]
In 2019 he co penned a letter to the The Guardian acknowledging that The UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2018 Gaza protests should be supported in full. [3]
In 2022, he wrote an oped in an Irish newspaper agreeing with the then recent Amnesty International report characterizing Israel as an apartheid regime.[4]
His grandmother Sarah Jannah owned a home in Sheikh Jarrah before 1948. Ben-Yair has been very strongly against the evictions of Palestinians from the former family home and wishes to regain ownership and allow the Palestinians to live in the home to remain with a nominal rent. [5]
References
- ^ Ben-Yair, Michael (Mar 3, 2002). “The war’s seventh day”. Haaretz. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ^ Jump up to:a b Jalil, Justin. “Ex-Israeli attorney general urges EU to recognize Palestine”. http://www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
- ^ Letters (2019-03-14). “Israel-Gaza violence and the struggle for Middle East peace | Letters”. the Guardian. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
- ^ “Former AG of Israel: With great sadness I conclude that my country is now an apartheid regime”. thejournal.ie. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
- ^ “Former Attorney General Discovers Settler Group Took Over His Family’s Sheikh Jarrah Home”. Haaretz. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
Suggested Reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times:
Everything is a Miracle According to the Holy Quran and Albert Einstein
Einstein’s Quote on Human Compassion
Debate: Anti-Zionism is Anti-Semitism
If We give up Islamism and Jewish and Christian Sharia in State Affairs, What is Left is Human Rights and Coexistence
BBC Video: The Big Questions: Is anti-Zionism anti-Semitic
As an Israeli American, I agree with Ilhan Omar much more than the US politicians weaponising antisemitism
Debunking the myth that anti-Zionism is anti-Semitic
Bernie Sanders Hires First-Ever Muslim Presidential Campaign Manager
The Muslim Times’ Collection to Show, Islam or the Holy Quran are Not Anti-Semitic
CNN Documentary: Ultra-orthodox Jews and Israel’s Struggle with Secularism
Why Did Muhammad Fly to Jerusalem?
How can we build the Third Temple together?
True Fasting: A Message of Compassion and Love from the Old Testament
President Jimmy Carter: Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid
This 90 Year Old Jew Says Zionism is Genocide
Kripkean Dogmatism: The Best Metaphor to Understand Religious and Political Debates
Categories: Anti-Semitism, Arab World, Asia, Israel, Middle East, Zionism
obviously