Wikipedia's first sentence called it “writer and journalist who is opposed to zionism and supports palestinian rights”. Today it says “swedish writer and journalist”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Israel Shamir is a writer and journalist who is opposed to Zionism and supports Palestinian rights.1He is a citizen of Sweden, where his legal name is Jöran Jermas. Critics accuse Shamir of anti-Semitism and of misrepresenting his background and career.2
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He is a citizen of Sweden , where his legal name is Adam Ermash (previously Jöran Jermas ).Shamir's critics – including several pro-Palestinian activists – have accused Shamir of antisemitism , and of misrepresenting his background and career.Passport as on Monitor magazine website.
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Israel Shamir Israel Shamir ( Russian : Исраэль Шамир; born 1947), also known by the names Jöran Jermas and Adam Ermash , is a citizen of Sweden and Russian writer and journalist.He is a commentator on Arab – Israeli relations and Jewish culture.Originally from Novosibirsk , Siberia , Shamir moved to Israel in 1969.He says that he served in the 1973 war , after which he took up journalism and writing.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 , charges he has rejected.Palestine my love:A Plea for Palestine and Israel - together in the holy land .Moynihan | December 14, 2010 Jennifer Lipman (2010-11-15).A fake or a plant?" .Moynihan | December 7, 2010 "Middle east smells of war" .Jews in the Soviet Union in 1967-85's" ."Wikileaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy' – the media deal, Assange's real father & Cablegate" .International Business Times . 1 February 2011 .Shamir "has earned the reputation of being an anti-Semite for denying the holocaust." Leigh, David (31 January 2011).
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Israel Shamir Israel Shamir ( Russian : Исраэль Шамир, ; born 1947 or 1948), also known by the names Robert David , Vassili Krasevsky , Jöran Jermas and Adam Ermash , is a Swedish writer and journalist, known for promoting antisemitism and Holocaust denial .Shamir has published or self-published a number of his books; his book Flowers of Galilee (2004) was banned for a time in France over allegations it was inciting racial hatred and antisemitism . Palestine my love:A Plea for Palestine and Israel - together in the holy land . Moynihan | December 14, 2010 Jennifer Lipman (2010-11-15). "At Issue: Antiracism for Anti-Jewish Purposes?: Reflections on the Swedish" Mana" Affair." Jewish Political Studies Review (2010): 75-84. , quote: Still another is the internationally infamous anti-Semite Israel Shamir, whom Mana published on its website in 2003.His article hinted, among other things, that Jews were responsible for establishing and administrating the Gulag Archipelago, and claimed that a settlement in the West Bank was a bulwark for "Nazified Jewish faith." The arguments were enhanced with descriptions of famous mythic or real Jews in such terms as "Shylock the loan shark" or "the-pay-while you-cry-Holocaust-sobster" for Elie Wiesel.25 Leigh, David (31 January 2011). Moynihan | December 7, 2010 "Wikileaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy' – the media deal, Assange's real father & Cablegate" . Shamir "has earned the reputation of being an anti-Semite for denying the holocaust." Holocaust and Genocide Denial: A Contextual Perspective , Routledge, chapter by: Nicholas Terry, page 47, quote: " the few equally rare Jewish Holocaust deniers or 'fellow travellers', such as Paul Eisen,80 Israel Shamir and Gilad Atzmon, many associated with Deir Yassin Remembered.
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Holocaust denier Israel Shamir Israel Shamir ( Russian : Исраэль Шамир, ; born 1947 or 1948), also known by the names Robert David , Vassili Krasevsky , Jöran Jermas and Adam Ermash , is a Swedish writer and journalist, known for promoting antisemitism and Holocaust denial . Shamir has published or self-published a number of his books; his book Flowers of Galilee (2004) was banned for a time in France over allegations it was inciting racial hatred and antisemitism . Palestine my love:A Plea for Palestine and Israel - together in the holy land . Russian Intellectual Antisemitism in the Post-Communist Era . "At Issue: Antiracism for Anti-Jewish Purposes?: Reflections on the Swedish" Mana" Affair." Jewish Political Studies Review (2010): 75-84. , quote: Still another is the internationally infamous anti-Semite Israel Shamir, whom Mana published on its website in 2003. His article hinted, among other things, that Jews were responsible for establishing and administrating the Gulag Archipelago, and claimed that a settlement in the West Bank was a bulwark for "Nazified Jewish faith." The arguments were enhanced with descriptions of famous mythic or real Jews in such terms as "Shylock the loan shark" or "the-pay-while you-cry-Holocaust-sobster" for Elie Wiesel.25 Leigh, David; Harding, Luke (31 January 2011). He [Shamir] is notorious for Holocaust denial and publishing a string of antisemitic articles. Moynihan | 7 December 2010 Holocaust and Genocide Denial: A Contextual Perspective , Routledge, chapter by: Nicholas Terry, page 47, quote: " the few equally rare Jewish Holocaust deniers or 'fellow travellers', such as Paul Eisen,80 Israel Shamir and Gilad Atzmon, many associated with Deir Yassin Remembered.
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Holocaust denier Israel Shamir ( Russian : Исраэль Шамир, [jɪsrɐˈɛlʲ ʂɐˈmʲir] ; born 1947 or 1948), also known by the names Robert David , Vassili Krasevsky , Jöran Jermas and Adam Ermash , is a Swedish writer and journalist, known for his ties to WikiLeaks and for promoting antisemitism and Holocaust denial .His son Johannes Wahlström is a spokesperson for WikiLeaks in Sweden . Shamir has published or self-published a number of his books; his book Flowers of Galilee (2004) was banned for a time in France over allegations it was inciting racial hatred and antisemitism . Palestine my love:A Plea for Palestine and Israel - together in the holy land . Russian Intellectual Antisemitism in the Post-Communist Era . His article hinted, among other things, that Jews were responsible for establishing and administrating the Gulag Archipelago, and claimed that a settlement in the West Bank was a bulwark for "Nazified Jewish faith." The arguments were enhanced with descriptions of famous mythic or real Jews in such terms as "Shylock the loan shark" or "the-pay-while you-cry-Holocaust-sobster" for Elie Wiesel.25 Leigh, David; Harding, Luke (31 January 2011). He [Shamir] is notorious for Holocaust denial and publishing a string of antisemitic articles.
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writer and journalist who is opposed to zionism and supports palestinian rights
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swedish writer and journalist
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