Efraim Sneh
Efraim Sneh | |
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Minister of Transportation | |
Faction represented in the Knesset | |
1992–1999 | Labor Party |
1999–2001 | One Israel |
2001–2008 | Labor Party |
Personal details | |
Born | Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine | 19 September 1944
Efraim Sneh (
Life and career
Born in
, the Israeli Communist Party.Sneh served in the
In December 1987, with his release from the army, he joined the Labor Party. From 1988 to 1994 he served on many delegations, specifically dealing with the Palestinian leadership. In 1992, Sneh was elected to the Knesset, serving as
Sneh stood out in his objection to the withdrawal from southern Lebanon, though he eventually accepted it following Prime Minister
In the negotiations leading to the formation of the 31st Government under Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, there was extensive speculation that Sneh would be appointed Deputy Minister of Defense. Although not initially appointed to a position in the government, Sneh was appointed Deputy Minister of Defense on 30 October 2006. He served under Defense Minister Amir Peretz, who also was the Labor Party leader. The replacement of Peretz by Barak as both party leader and Defense Minister in the summer of 2007 also led to a change in the deputy position; Sneh left office on 18 June 2007 and was replaced by Matan Vilnai.[10]
On 25 May 2008, Sneh announced that he would be leaving the Labor Party and creating a new party,
In 2014, in an interview with Al-Monitor, Sneh said the Israeli public has been "brainwashed" in recent years into believing there is no Palestinian peace partner by what he described as "well-oiled propaganda system of the Israeli regime" which he characterized as "anti-Palestinian" and "Goebbelsian".[12][13]
He lives in Herzliya, and is married with two children.[14]
References
- ^ "Sneh Ephraim". nfc (in Hebrew). 19 February 2008. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
- ^ Ephraim Sneh Jewish Virtual Library
- ^ Freedland, Jonathan (25 June 2016). "'We thought this would be the end of us': the raid on Entebbe, 40 years on". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- ^ a b "Ephraim Sneh". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 30 March 2005. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
- ^ "פרס נבחר ליו"ר הזמני: "נחזיר את המפלגה לגדולתה"". ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ Hoffman, Gil; Herb Keinon (14 November 2003). "Jerusalem". Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
- ^ Hoffman, Gil; Sheera Claire Frenkel (10 November 2006). "Sneh: IDF must be ready to stop Iran". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2 September 2008.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Deputy Defense Minister denies report Israel in talks over attack on Iran". Haaretz. 27 February 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
- ^ "Iran complains to UN Security Council over Sneh comments". Haaretz. 2 March 2008. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
- ^ "Barak: Labor ministers will vote against government budget cuts". Haaretz. 8 July 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
- ^ "Yisrael Hazaka gets on-line voting right the first time". The Jerusalem Post | Jpost.com.
- ^ "Ex-minister decries Israel's 'Goebbelsian propaganda'". The Times of Israel. 27 April 2014.
- ^ Mazal Mualem (25 April 2014). "Former Israeli minister says public brainwashed about Abbas". Al Monitor.
- ^ "Biography".
External links
- Efraim Sneh on the Knesset website
- Official website
- Sneh, Ephraim (19 July 2007). "How to stop Hamas". Haaretz. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
- Sales, Ben (7 July 2008). "'There's nothing stronger than an idea whose time has come'". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2 September 2008.[permanent dead link]
- Sneh, Ephraim (23 July 2006). "Go all the way". Ynetnews. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
- Karni, Yuval (28 May 2008). "Tired of the sidelines". Ynetnews. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
- Leon Charney interviews Efraim Sneh and Fredy Zach on The Leon Charney Report
- Head to Head: Yossi Beilin and Ephraim Sneh on the Iranian nuclear threat - Fathom Journal