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Right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson (l) hosts Israeli leftist, former interim president and former speaker of the Knesset, Avraham Burg, on his program, March 23, 2026. (Screenshot via YouTube)
March 25, 2026, 2:34 am
Avraham Burg, longtime fixture of Israeli left, meets Tucker Carlson on his own turf
The interview reflects how some progressive Israelis and Jews, finding few allies among their own, may be looking instead to fringe voices on the right, where anti-Israel sentiment is growing
By Andrew Lapin
US actresses Ilana Glazer (left) and Hannah Einbinder, both of whom signed onto the 'Jews Demand Action' letter calling for sanctions against Israel in Octobewr 2025, in undated photos. (John Nacion/Kevin Mazur/Getty Images via JTA)
October 22, 2025, 5:20 pm
Some Jewish celebs demand sanctions on Israel: ‘Ceasefire must be beginning, not the end’
Peter Beinart, Ilana Glazer, Avraham Burg among those who sign on to ‘Jews Demand Action’ letter to UN chief calling for ‘an end of occupation and apartheid’
By Grace Gilson
Construction work for new housing in the West Bank settlement of Modi'in Illit, on January 11, 2021. (Flash90)
March 1, 2021, 10:47 am
Israeli ex-officials round up European lawmakers to pressure Israel on West Bank
Letter signed by nearly 450 EU politicians urges bloc to take advantage of opportunities presented by new Biden administration to prevent ‘de facto annexation’ of territory
By ToI Staff
In this Tuesday, February 11, 2014 photo, Israeli workers inspect barrels in a winery in the West Bank settlement of Psagot. (photo credit: AP/Dan Balilty)
November 16, 2019, 8:41 am
13 Israeli public figures call on EU to ban the import of settlement goods
In open letter, notables including former Knesset speaker, former ambassadors say ‘occupation is morally corrosive, strategically shortsighted, and thoroughly detrimental to peace’
By ToI Staff and Raphael Ahren
Interior Minister Yosef Burg on November 1, 1976. (Saar Yaacov/GPO)
October 13, 2019, 12:22 pm
Fake Polish passport saved top Israeli politician from the Nazis, Warsaw says
Polish Embassy in Switzerland says German-born Yosef Burg, elected to first Knesset in 1949 and an MK for next 40 years, escaped as part of operation that rescued thousands of Jews
By ToI Staff
Hadash Knesset members (from left) Afu Agbaria, Dov Khenin, Mohammad Barakeh and Hana Sweid pose in front of the Done of the Rock on Jerusalem's Temple Mount, November 27, 2013. (Sliman Khader/Flash90)
January 4, 2015, 4:12 am
Hadash subscribes to Arab unity, with reservations
Socialist party insists on Jews and women in joint Knesset list; former Labor MK Avraham Burg rumored to mull run
By Elie Leshem
Labor MK Moshe Mizrahi dressed in a Sgt. Pepper-esque outfit in a Peace Now video (screen capture: YouTube)
March 15, 2014, 11:50 pm
Left-wing MKs lampoon right in George Harrison parody
In song titled ‘How Fun to Be Right-Wing,’ Peace Now pans government’s lavish support for settlements, criticism of Kerry
By ToI Staff
Avraham Burg in 2008. (photo credit: Michal Fattal/Flash90)
December 8, 2013, 9:51 am
Avraham Burg panned for breaking ‘nuclear ambiguity’
Right-wing group accuses former Knesset speaker of treason for admitting Israel possesses ‘nuclear and chemical weapons’
By Gavriel Fiske
Children sit next to a wall in the Arab-Israeli village of Abu Ghosh on June 18, 2013 where anti-Arab graffiti was sprayed overnight. The graffiti reads “racism or assimilation” and “Arabs out.” (photo credit: Flash90).
June 18, 2013, 4:39 pm
PM vows to deal harshly with ‘un-Jewish’ Abu Ghosh attackers
Politicians right and left express outrage at price tag incident in Arab town, urge police to punish perpetrators at once
By Adiv Sterman and Asher Zeiger
Children sit next to a wall in the Arab-Israeli village of Abu Ghosh on June 18, 2013 where anti-Arab graffiti was sprayed overnight. The graffiti reads “racism or assimilation” and “Arabs out.” (photo credit: Flash90).
June 18, 2013, 1:49 pm
MK calls for administrative detention for ‘price tag’ perps
Politicians across spectrum — from Peres to Bennett — voice outrage after Tuesday’s racist attack in Abu Ghosh
By Asher Zeiger
Gil Reich
August 9, 2012, 2:14 pm
Gil Reich
The fall of the House of Burg
Yosef Burg spent his life serving his nation and bringing its various camps together. How tragic it is to see what his son has become
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti and his wife Elsa earlier this year visited Yad Vashem's Hall of Names during his first trip to Israel since taking office (photo credit: Issac Harari/Flash90)
April 18, 2012, 2:11 pm
The mandatory VIP visit to Yad Vashem: A vital history lesson or emotional blackmail?
More and more Israelis — even within the government — say it’s a mistake to compel foreign dignitaries to tour the Holocaust memorial
By Raphael Ahren
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