And what do Polish, Russian, Latvia Jews do in the Middle East in the first place? Israeli presidents in order: 1)David Ben-Gurion (born David Grün) in Płońsk, Congress Poland, which was then part of the Russian Empire (nowadays, Poland). 2)Chaim Weizmann, born in the village of Motal near Pinsk in Belarus (at that time part of the Russian Empire). 3)Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (born Yitzhak Shimshelevich), in Poltava in the Russian Empire (today in Ukraine). 4)Zalman Shazar (born Shneur Zalman Rubashov), in Mir, near Minsk, in the Russian Empire (today in Hrodna Voblast, Belarus). 5)Ephraim Katzir (born Efraim Katchalski) in Kiev, in the Russian Empire (nowadays, Ukraine). 6)Yitzhak Navon, born in Jerusalem, Palestine from family that migrated from Turkey and Morocco. 7)Chaim Herzog, born at Cliftonpark Avenue in Belfast, United Kingdom/Ireland. 8)Ezer Weizman, born in Tel Aviv, Palestine. Family migrated to Palestine from Belarus. 9)Moshe Katsav (born Musa Qasab) in Yazd, Iran. Whole family moved from Iran to Palestine. 10)Shimon Peres (born Szymon Perski [pl. Shimon the Persian) in Wiszniew, Poland (now Vishnyeva, Belarus). 11)Reuven Rivlin born in Jerusalem, Palestine. The Rivlin family originated in Vienna, Austria. Ill throw in, Benjamin Netanyahu (born Benjamin Mileikowsky), in Tel Aviv, Palestine. Whole family moved from Warsaw, Russian Empire (now Poland) to Palestine.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 22:42:26 +0000