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Danny Danon 
Date of birth 8 May 1971 Place of birth Ramat Gan, Israel Knessets 18 Party Likud Danny Danon (Hebrew: דני דנון, born 8 May 1971) is an Israeli politician who serves as a member of the Knesset for Likud. He is chairman of World Likud and Chair of the Knesset Committee for Aliya (immigration), Absorption and Diaspora Affairs.
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Biography
Danon was born in Ramat Gan, Israel, to Joseph and Yoheved Danon. He attended Blikh high school and participated in the Betar youth movement. Danon earned a Bachelor's degree in International Affairs, and Master in Public Policy from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. After his national service in the IDF (1994–1996), Danon was sent by the Jewish Agency to Miami.[1]
In 1996 he was appointed assistant to Likud MK Uzi Landau. Later on he was appointed the Chairman of the World Betar organization for a few years. Prior to the 2006 elections, Danon won 23rd spot on Likud's list in the party primaries. However, the party won only 12 seats, and Danon did not enter the Knesset.[1]
In June 2006, after beating MK Yuval Steinitz, Danon was elected Chairman of the World Likud organization.[2] Danon was active against Prime-Minister Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan during the referendum conducted by the latter in the Likud party's central committee.
In July 2007 Danon, described as one of Binyamin Netanyahu's biggest critics from within the Likud, declared his candidacy for the Likud leadership election.[3] He eventually finished third.
In 2008, Danon filed a petition to the Israeli High Court of Justice to rescind the citizenship of former MK Azmi Bishara, who fled Israel after he was suspected of aiding Hizbullah, an enemy organization of Israel, during the Second Lebanon War. The petition was rejected.
Prior to the 2009 elections he won twenty-fourth place on the Likud list, and entered the Knesset as the party won 27 seats.
In September 2009, during the annual UN General Assembly, MK Danny Danon toured the United States, meeting with Congressmen, leaders of the Jewish community and others on a public relations mission on Israel's behalf. Danon told American lawmakers that "U.S. pressure on Israel is hurting Israel and will do nothing to advance peace.”[4][5]
One of his most controversial recent causes was making it legal to sue people for organising boycotts, LIKE products manufactured by settlers in the West Bank. He also wants to expel from the Knesset any member who joins any activity which would join the siege of Gaza.
In an August 2011 interview with Teymoor Nabili on Al Jazeera English, Mr. Danon said "There is place only for one state on the land of Israel.... I do not believe in a two-state solution."[6]
Danon is married to Tali and father to three children AND lives in Mishmeret.
Glenn Beck Controversy
In June 2011, after an appearance on his Fox News program,[7] Danon invited the right-wing American political commentator Glenn Beck to address the Knesset Immigration, Absorption, Diaspora Affairs Committee during his scheduled August visit, describing it as "an opportunity to explain to the world that we are not occupying anything.".[8] The invitation came only four months after the Anti-Defamation League denounced Beck for "bigoted ignorance"[9] and six months after four hundred American rabbis published an open letter to Beck's employer, News Corp's Rupert Murdoch, accusing Beck of "diminishing the memory and meaning of the Holocaust."[10]
In response, U.S. Representative Nita Lowey (D-NY), a staunch Congressional ally of Israel, told the Jerusalem Post that the invitation was "counterproductive and foolish" and that "It’s unfortunate that he’s getting this publicity." Danon replied, "I am proud to host and cooperate with anyone who supports us and expresses it in every forum possible."[11]
References
- ^ a b Paz, Shelly (2009-02-05). "On the cusp". The Jerusalem Post. http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304701575&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
- ^ Betar chair trounces MK Steinitz in World Likud poll Haaretz, 19 June 2006
- ^ Danon joins race for Likud leadership Jerusalem Post, 13 July 2007
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/user/The5WPR
- ^ http://www.newsofhisland.com/blog/?p=4387
- ^ http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/talktojazeera/2011/08/201185103022120129.html
- ^ [1] Glenn Beck, Fox News, 7 June 2011
- ^ Glenn Beck to address Knesset panel in July Jerusalem Post, 28 June 2011
- ^ ADL: Glenn Beck's Comments About Reform Judaism Demonstrate "Bigoted Ignorance" Anti-Defamation League, 23 February 2011
- ^ 400 Rabbis Send Letter to Murodch Jewish Funds for Justice, 27 January 2011
- ^ US Rep. Lowey: Upcoming talk by Beck in Knesset ‘foolish' Jerusalem Post, 28 June 2011
External links
- Official website
- Danny Danon Knesset website
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