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Israel Shamir (Russian: Исраэль Шамир) (born 1947),[1] also known by the name Jöran Jermas[2][3] and Adam Ermash, is a Swedish[4][5][6] writer and journalist.[7] He is a commentator on Arab - Israeli relations and Jewish culture.[8][9][10] Originally from Novosibirsk, Siberia, Shamir moved to Israel in 1969.[11][12][13] He says that he served in the 1973 war, after which he took up journalism and writing.[14]
Shamir writes about Israel, Palestine, and the Jewish people, and has published or self-published a number of books that have been translated into several languages; the French edition of Flowers of Galilee (2004) was banned for a time in France over allegations of antisemitism. Shamir has been accused of antisemitism and Holocaust denial,[15][16] charges Shamir has rejected.
Background and personal life
Shamir is a Russian-born Jew who converted to Orthodox Christianity.[3][12][17][18][19][20] He was known at birth as Izrail Schmerler.[12][13] In the article "Jews in the Soviet Union" according to the Shorter Jewish Encyclopedia I. Schmerler (Shamir) was born in 1948.[13] Shamir says that he was born in Novosibirsk, Siberia in 1947. According to Shamir, he read mathematics and law at Novosibirsk University. He moved to Israel in 1969,[11][12][13] and states that he served as paratrooper in the Israel Defense Forces, and fought in the 1973 Yom Kippur War.[14] After the war he says that he returned to his study of law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, but then abandoned this in favour of a career in journalism.[21]
Norman Finkelstein is quoted by Tablet magazine article "His Jewish Problem" as saying of Shamir: "He has invented his entire personal history. Nothing he says about himself is true".[22] Manfred Ropschitz in the Independent Media Center article writes that "For twenty years the Jewish Israeli journalist Israel Shamir has been living a double life as a Swede called Jöran Jermas".[19]
According to Searchlight, which describes him as a "Swedish anti-semite",[23] Shamir was registered in Sweden in 1984 and later gained Swedish citizenship, in 1992.[12] He left Sweden for Russia and then Israel in 1993, before returning in 1998, having remarried in Israel in July 1994.[23] However, others argue that Swedish files show that he was married in Sweden.[24] He was known as Jöran Jermas from 2001 to 2005, before changing his name to Adam Ermash, although continuing to use "Israel Shamir" as a penname.[12] According to Shamir, these name changes were necessary "in order to safeguard my private life and to manage to travel without harassments from political adversaries."[25]
In 2004 Shamir was baptized into the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem by Archbishop Theodosios (Atallah) Hanna of Sabastia and given the name Adam.[14]
According to his website, Shamir "lives in Jaffa and spends much time in Moscow and Stockholm".[14] He has three sons,[14] one of whom is the Swedish journalist Johannes Wahlström.[12][26]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Shamir
Israel Shamir (Russian: Исраэль Шамир) (born 1947),[1] also known by the name Jöran Jermas[2][3] and Adam Ermash, is a Swedish[4][5][6] writer and journalist.[7] He is a commentator on Arab - Israeli relations and Jewish culture.[8][9][10] Originally from Novosibirsk, Siberia, Shamir moved to Israel in 1969.[11][12][13] He says that he served in the 1973 war, after which he took up journalism and writing.[14]
Shamir writes about Israel, Palestine, and the Jewish people, and has published or self-published a number of books that have been translated into several languages; the French edition of Flowers of Galilee (2004) was banned for a time in France over allegations of antisemitism. Shamir has been accused of antisemitism and Holocaust denial,[15][16] charges Shamir has rejected.
Background and personal life
Shamir is a Russian-born Jew who converted to Orthodox Christianity.[3][12][17][18][19][20] He was known at birth as Izrail Schmerler.[12][13] In the article "Jews in the Soviet Union" according to the Shorter Jewish Encyclopedia I. Schmerler (Shamir) was born in 1948.[13] Shamir says that he was born in Novosibirsk, Siberia in 1947. According to Shamir, he read mathematics and law at Novosibirsk University. He moved to Israel in 1969,[11][12][13] and states that he served as paratrooper in the Israel Defense Forces, and fought in the 1973 Yom Kippur War.[14] After the war he says that he returned to his study of law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, but then abandoned this in favour of a career in journalism.[21]
Norman Finkelstein is quoted by Tablet magazine article "His Jewish Problem" as saying of Shamir: "He has invented his entire personal history. Nothing he says about himself is true".[22] Manfred Ropschitz in the Independent Media Center article writes that "For twenty years the Jewish Israeli journalist Israel Shamir has been living a double life as a Swede called Jöran Jermas".[19]
According to Searchlight, which describes him as a "Swedish anti-semite",[23] Shamir was registered in Sweden in 1984 and later gained Swedish citizenship, in 1992.[12] He left Sweden for Russia and then Israel in 1993, before returning in 1998, having remarried in Israel in July 1994.[23] However, others argue that Swedish files show that he was married in Sweden.[24] He was known as Jöran Jermas from 2001 to 2005, before changing his name to Adam Ermash, although continuing to use "Israel Shamir" as a penname.[12] According to Shamir, these name changes were necessary "in order to safeguard my private life and to manage to travel without harassments from political adversaries."[25]
In 2004 Shamir was baptized into the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem by Archbishop Theodosios (Atallah) Hanna of Sabastia and given the name Adam.[14]
According to his website, Shamir "lives in Jaffa and spends much time in Moscow and Stockholm".[14] He has three sons,[14] one of whom is the Swedish journalist Johannes Wahlström.[12][26]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Shamir