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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|2|11|df=y}} |
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| birth_place = [[Casablanca]], [[Morocco]] |
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| Year of Aliyah =1956 |
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| Knesset(s) = [[Israeli legislative election, 2013|19]], [[Israeli legislative election, 2015|20]] |
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Prior to the [[Israeli legislative election, 2013|2013 Knesset elections]] he was placed fourth on the Jewish Home list,<ref>[http://www.bechirot.gov.il/elections19/heb/list/List.aspx?ListId=101 The Jewish Home] Central Elections Committee</ref> entering the Knesset as the party won twelve seats. Following the elections he was appointed Deputy [[Ministry of Religious Services|Minister of Religious Services]] in the [[Thirty-third government of Israel|new government]]. He was re-elected in [[Israeli legislative election, 2015|2015]] after being placed fourth on the party's list again. He was subsequently appointed Deputy [[Ministry of Defense (Israel)|Minister of Defense]] in the [[Thirty-fourth government of Israel|new government]]. |
Prior to the [[Israeli legislative election, 2013|2013 Knesset elections]] he was placed fourth on the Jewish Home list,<ref>[http://www.bechirot.gov.il/elections19/heb/list/List.aspx?ListId=101 The Jewish Home] Central Elections Committee</ref> entering the Knesset as the party won twelve seats. Following the elections he was appointed Deputy [[Ministry of Religious Services|Minister of Religious Services]] in the [[Thirty-third government of Israel|new government]]. He was re-elected in [[Israeli legislative election, 2015|2015]] after being placed fourth on the party's list again. He was subsequently appointed Deputy [[Ministry of Defense (Israel)|Minister of Defense]] in the [[Thirty-fourth government of Israel|new government]]. |
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==Statements== |
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In remarks to graduates of a pre-military academy, Ben-Dahan said, "Your most important task is to increase the spiritual strength and protection of the IDF."<ref name=INN>[http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/196891#.VaeNKhN3nFU Ben-Dahan to Soldiers: Prove Israel is World's Most Moral Army] Arutz Sheva, 17 June 2015</ref> |
In remarks to graduates of a pre-military academy, Ben-Dahan said, "Your most important task is to increase the spiritual strength and protection of the IDF."<ref name=INN>[http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/196891#.VaeNKhN3nFU Ben-Dahan to Soldiers: Prove Israel is World's Most Moral Army] Arutz Sheva, 17 June 2015</ref> |
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==Controversy== |
==Controversy== |
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Ben-Dahan has stirred controversy with some of his statements, which were cited after his appointment to administer the IDF's civil administration in the West Bank, with jurisdiction over Palestinians resident there: |
Ben-Dahan has stirred controversy with some of his statements, which were cited after his appointment to administer the IDF's civil administration in the West Bank, with jurisdiction over Palestinians resident there: |
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| ⚫ | In July 2015, after a Palestinian youth was shot dead for throwing stones,<ref name="jerusalemonline">{{cite news |last=Nasi|first=Dana|url=http://www.jerusalemonline.com/news/middle-east/israeli-palestinian-relations/binyamin-brigade-commander-investigated-over-shooting-incident-14565|title=Binyamin Brigade Commander investigated over shooting incident|work= |location= |publisher=''[[Jerusalem Online]]''|date=12 July 2015|accessdate=16 July 2015}}</ref> Ben-Dahan spoke out in defense of the IDF commander, "Throwing stones is terrorism. Stones kill. The Binyamin Brigade commander was acting in self defense."<ref name="timesofisrael1">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-politicians-back-officer-who-killed-stone-thrower/|title=IDF, politicians back officer who killed stone-thrower|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Times of Israel]]''|date=3 July 2015|accessdate=1 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="middleeastmonitor">{{cite news |last=Purkiss|first=Jessica|url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/blogs/73-update/19833-one-incident-two-narratives|title=One incident, two narratives|work= |location= |publisher=''[[Middle East Monitor]]''|date=14 July 2015|accessdate= }}</ref> |
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"For me <nowiki>[Palestinians]</nowiki> are like animals, they are not human."<ref>[http://www.timesofisrael.com/new-deputy-defense-minister-called-palestinians-animals/#.VVG3cfFYzgw.facebook New deputy defense minister called Palestinians ‘animals’] [[The Times of Israel]], 11 May 2015.</ref><ref>[http://news.nana10.co.il/Common/GeneralModules/Ticker/PopUp.asp?ServiceID=126&ArticleID=995608&Inews=0&utm_source=mivzakimnet&utm_medium=ticker&utm_campaign=mivzakimnet סגן השר בן דהן: "הפלסטינים הם חיות אדם, הם לא אדם"] Nana, 1 August 2013</ref> |
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In 2013, while discussing the resumption of peace talks in a radio interview, Ben-Dahan said: "To me, they <nowiki>[Palestinians]</nowiki> are like animals, they are not human."<ref name="timesofisrael2">{{cite news |last=Pileggi|first=Tamar|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/new-deputy-defense-minister-called-palestinians-animals/|title=New deputy defense minister called Palestinians ‘animals’|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Times of Israel]]''|date=15 May 2015|accessdate=11 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="haaretz">{{cite news |last=Levy|first=Gideon|url=http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/1.655674|title=Stop Whining. Long Live Israel's New and Honest Government|work= |location= |publisher=''[[Haaretz]]''|date=10 May 2015|accessdate=1 November 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://news.nana10.co.il/Common/GeneralModules/Ticker/PopUp.asp?ServiceID=126&ArticleID=995608&Inews=0&utm_source=mivzakimnet&utm_medium=ticker&utm_campaign=mivzakimnet סגן השר בן דהן: "הפלסטינים הם חיות אדם, הם לא אדם"] Nana, 1 August 2013</ref><ref>[http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/534/750.html בן דהן: נישואי חד-מיניים - כמו בין יהודי וגויה] Ma'ariv, 23 December 2013</ref><ref name="The Mortality and Morality of Nations">{{cite book |last1=Abulof|first1=Uriel|title=The Mortality and Morality of Nations: Jews, Afrikaners, and French-Canadians|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ejIZCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA183&lpg=PA183&dq=Eli+Ben-Dahan+palestinians+are+not+animals&source=bl&ots=n3n-WJZfLL&sig=HM6td9dXDPaHPf2hD1_3jQyHGgc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CFQQ6AEwCDgUahUKEwjPxqLFwM_IAhXJOhQKHQVwCQQ#v=onepage&q=Eli%20Ben-Dahan%20palestinians%20are%20not%20animals&f=false|date=2015|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|page=183|isbn=978-1107097070}}</ref> |
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"A Jew always has a much higher soul than a gentile, even if he is a homosexual."<ref>{{cite news |last=Pileggi |first=Tamar |date=11 May 2015 |title=New deputy defense minister called Palestinians ‘animals’|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/new-deputy-defense-minister-called-palestinians-animals/ |newspaper=The Times of Israel |location=Jerusalem |access-date=11 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/534/750.html בן דהן: נישואי חד-מיניים - כמו בין יהודי וגויה] Ma'ariv, 23 December 2013</ref> |
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Ben-Dahan also spoke out after a [[Wall Street Journal]] report<ref>[http://www.wsj.com/articles/spy-virus-linked-to-israel-targeted-hotels-used-for-iran-nuclear-talks-1433937601 Spy Virus Linked to Israel Targeted Hotels Used for Iran Nuclear Talks"] Wall Street Journal, Times of Israel, 10 June 2015</ref> claimed Israel used a computer virus to spy on nuclear negotiations with Iran. "The deputy defense minister called the allegations 'nonsense,' and assured the interviewer that Israel had other ways of gathering intelligence, and didn’t need to resort to hacking."<ref>[http://www.timesofisrael.com/deputy-defense-minister-denies-israel-spied-on-iran-nuke-talks Deputy defense minister denies Israel spied on Iran nuke talks"] The Times of Israel, 10 June 2015</ref> |
Ben-Dahan also spoke out after a [[Wall Street Journal]] report<ref>[http://www.wsj.com/articles/spy-virus-linked-to-israel-targeted-hotels-used-for-iran-nuclear-talks-1433937601 Spy Virus Linked to Israel Targeted Hotels Used for Iran Nuclear Talks"] Wall Street Journal, Times of Israel, 10 June 2015</ref> claimed Israel used a computer virus to spy on nuclear negotiations with Iran. "The deputy defense minister called the allegations 'nonsense,' and assured the interviewer that Israel had other ways of gathering intelligence, and didn’t need to resort to hacking."<ref>[http://www.timesofisrael.com/deputy-defense-minister-denies-israel-spied-on-iran-nuke-talks Deputy defense minister denies Israel spied on Iran nuke talks"] The Times of Israel, 10 June 2015</ref> |
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Eliyahu Michael "Eli" Ben-Dahan (Hebrew: אלי בן דהן, born 11 February 1954) is an Israeli rabbi and politician. He was Deputy Minister of Religious Services from 2013 to 2015. He currently serves as a member of the Knesset for the Jewish Home and is the Deputy Minister of Defense. In that position, he is responsible for "pre-military training academies, hesder program which combine military service and yeshiva study, military conversion programs, legislation between Israeli law and the military rule in Judea-Samaria, and to deal with public infrastructure in Judea-Samaria."[1]
Biography
The eldest of five boys,[2] Ben-Dahan was born in Casablanca, Morocco, and immigrated to Israel in 1956 at the age of two, his family settling in Beersheba.[3] He studied at the Nativ Meir and Mercaz HaRav yeshivas, and is an ordained rabbi. During his national service in the IDF he became a major in the Artillery Corps.[2] He later went on to gain a teaching certificate, a bachelor's degree in business administration from Touro College, and a master's degree in public policy from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[2] He was ordained by Rabbis Chalom Messas, Avraham Shapira and Mordechai Eliyahu.[2]
In 1978 Ben-Dahan was amongst the founders of the Haspin settlement in the Golan Heights.[2] In 1983 he moved to Beit El settlement in the West Bank after being asked by Mordechai Eliyahu to manage his office.[2] He became Director-General of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel's Rabbinical Court system in 1989, holding the post for 21 years. During his tenure as director of the rabbinical courts, he promoted legislation to enact punitive sanctions on husbands who refused their wives a get (bill of divorce), had the divorce process streamlined, and promoted the introduction of female advocates into the rabbinical courts.[3]
Prior to the 2013 Knesset elections he was placed fourth on the Jewish Home list,[4] entering the Knesset as the party won twelve seats. Following the elections he was appointed Deputy Minister of Religious Services in the new government. He was re-elected in 2015 after being placed fourth on the party's list again. He was subsequently appointed Deputy Minister of Defense in the new government.
In remarks to graduates of a pre-military academy, Ben-Dahan said, "Your most important task is to increase the spiritual strength and protection of the IDF."[5]
Ben-Dahan currently lives in Har Homa in East Jerusalem and is married with nine children.[3]
Controversy
Ben-Dahan has stirred controversy with some of his statements, which were cited after his appointment to administer the IDF's civil administration in the West Bank, with jurisdiction over Palestinians resident there:
In July 2015, after a Palestinian youth was shot dead for throwing stones,[6] Ben-Dahan spoke out in defense of the IDF commander, "Throwing stones is terrorism. Stones kill. The Binyamin Brigade commander was acting in self defense."[7][8]
In 2013, while discussing the resumption of peace talks in a radio interview, Ben-Dahan said: "To me, they [Palestinians] are like animals, they are not human."[9][10][11][12][13]
Ben-Dahan also spoke out after a Wall Street Journal report[14] claimed Israel used a computer virus to spy on nuclear negotiations with Iran. "The deputy defense minister called the allegations 'nonsense,' and assured the interviewer that Israel had other ways of gathering intelligence, and didn’t need to resort to hacking."[15]
References
- ^ MK Ben Dahan Put in Charge of Army Conversion Programs Arutz Sheva, 7 July 2015
- ^ a b c d e f Rabbi Ben Dahan, Jewish Home: I’ve Worked Hard on Behalf of Women The Jewish Press, 16 January 2013
- ^ a b c Meet the MK: Eli Ben-Dahan The Jerusalem Post, 15 January 2013
- ^ The Jewish Home Central Elections Committee
- ^ Ben-Dahan to Soldiers: Prove Israel is World's Most Moral Army Arutz Sheva, 17 June 2015
- ^ Nasi, Dana (12 July 2015). "Binyamin Brigade Commander investigated over shooting incident". Jerusalem Online. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "IDF, politicians back officer who killed stone-thrower". The Times of Israel. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Purkiss, Jessica (14 July 2015). "One incident, two narratives". Middle East Monitor.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Pileggi, Tamar (15 May 2015). "New deputy defense minister called Palestinians 'animals'". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Levy, Gideon (10 May 2015). "Stop Whining. Long Live Israel's New and Honest Government". Haaretz. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ סגן השר בן דהן: "הפלסטינים הם חיות אדם, הם לא אדם" Nana, 1 August 2013
- ^ בן דהן: נישואי חד-מיניים - כמו בין יהודי וגויה Ma'ariv, 23 December 2013
- ^ Abulof, Uriel (2015). The Mortality and Morality of Nations: Jews, Afrikaners, and French-Canadians. Cambridge University Press. p. 183. ISBN 978-1107097070.
- ^ Spy Virus Linked to Israel Targeted Hotels Used for Iran Nuclear Talks" Wall Street Journal, Times of Israel, 10 June 2015
- ^ Deputy defense minister denies Israel spied on Iran nuke talks" The Times of Israel, 10 June 2015
External links
- Eli Ben-Dahan on the Knesset website