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| {{Short description|Russian-Israeli journalist and political activist}} | |||
| '''Avigdor Eskin''' (born ], ]) is ]i ]. | |||
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| | name = Avigdor Eskin | |||
| | image = Avigdor Eskin.jpg | |||
| | birth_name = Victor Valeryevich Eskin | |||
| | birth_date = April 26, 1960 | |||
| | birth_place = ], ] | |||
| | nationality = ]-] | |||
| | known_for = Activism | |||
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| '''Avigdor Eskin''' (born 26 April 1960) is a ]n-]i ] journalist and ]. Born in ] in the ], Eskin emigrated to Israel where he became involved in ] politics. He currently resides in Jerusalem. | |||
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==Early life== | ||
| Born in the ], Eskin emigrated to Israel where he became involved in political activity, both legal and illegal. | |||
| Avigdor Eskin was born as '''Victor Valeryevich Eskin''' in ] in 1960. His father was from an assimilated Jewish family. His mother was a Ukrainian who was not considered a Jew under Jewish law, but may have had Jewish roots.<ref name="mwcnews.net">{{Cite web|title=Focus|url=http://mwcnews.net/focus/|access-date=2021-08-25|website=MwcNews.net|language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/1.1227499|title = 15 שנה אחרי שערך טקס פולסא דנורא ליצחק רבין, אביגדור אסקין מאחד את הימין הקיצוני בעולם|newspaper = הארץ|date = 28 October 2010|last1 = פוגלמן|first1 = שי}}</ref><ref name="jta">{{Cite web|date=1981-05-07|title=2 Former Soviet Jews in U.S. to Tell About Plight of Soviet Jews|url=https://www.jta.org/archive/2-former-soviet-jews-in-u-s-to-tell-about-plight-of-soviet-jews|access-date=2021-08-25|website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency|language=en-US}}</ref> When he was 11 years old, he began taking an interest in his Jewish identity after his grandmother told him about the ], and was further inspired by a religious Catholic friend. He began illicitly listening to Western radio stations such as ], ], and the ], and attending ]. He converted to Judaism soon afterward. He became an ] and committed ]. | |||
| Despite harassment by the ], Eskin participated in Zionist activities. He became the youngest underground ] teacher in the ] (which was illegal at the time), and translated right-wing radical ]'s ''Never Again'' manifesto into Russian.{{Citation needed|date=June 2014}} Eskin also became determined to emigrate to ], and was granted an exit visa in 1978. He emigrated to Israel in January 1979 at the age of 18. Years later, Eskin's mother and sisters immigrated to Israel.<ref>{{Cite news|title=We won|url=https://www.haaretz.com/1.5135481|access-date=2021-08-25|newspaper=]|language=en}}</ref> In Israel, Eskin did military service in the ] as part of the '']'' program, which combines regular military service with religious studies.<ref name=jta/> | |||
| ==Political activities== | ==Political activities== | ||
| Eskin was a founder of Israeli New Right movement together with the former MK ] and was behind the alliance between the Israeli right and American conservatives, led by senator ]. Additionally, he organised the arms supply to the anti-communist guerrillas in ]. The most controversial of his activities was his support of the White regime in ] due to its staunch anti-communist politics, until its collapse in the early 1990s. | |||
| In 1979, at age 19, he and three other accomplices were arrested for breaking into Palestinian houses in ], where they “overturned furniture and assaulted inhabitants.” Three years later, in 1981, Eskin was again arrested, this time during a protest in front of the Soviet Airline ]’s offices in ], and charged with “rioting, unlawful assembly, disorderly conduct and attempted criminal mischief.” | |||
| Eskin lead many demonstrations against Prime Minister ] in 1995, in response to the ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/magazine/we-won-1.323092|title=We Won|first=Shay|last=Fogelman|date=5 November 2016|accessdate=2 February 2017|newspaper=]}}</ref> He was among the most vocal protesters against the Oslo accords. | |||
| In May 2005, Eskin won a slander case that he filed against ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yitchakrabin.com/Barry%20Chamish/html/avigdor_eskin2.html |title=The Crimes of Avigdor Eskin - part 2 |website=www.yitchakrabin.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061201121026/http://www.yitchakrabin.com/Barry%20Chamish/html/avigdor_eskin2.html |archive-date=2006-12-01}}</ref> He later described Chamish as "heavy drinking person, who sucked his theories from the bottle". | |||
| On the 2nd of February, 2017, Eskin put out an article stating that he knew employees of a private intelligence firm Jellyfish formed by former ] employees having had made contact with ].<ref>{{cite book|author=Benjamin Teitelbaum|title=War for Eternity: Inside Bannon s Far-Right Circle of Global Power Brokers |publisher=Hackett Publishing Company|year=2020|isbn=978-0-06-297845-5|page=218}}</ref> | |||
| === Feud with Avigdor Lieberman === | |||
| Eskin was actively involved in public criticism against the leader of Israel Beteynu party and later Finance Minister ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/extremist-eskin-arrested-suspected-of-wiretapping-lieberman-1.232570|title=Extremist Eskin Arrested, Suspected of Wiretapping Lieberman|first=Jonathan|last=Lis|date=5 November 2016|accessdate=2 February 2017|newspaper=]}}</ref> This was part of a long-running feud between Avigdor Eskin and Avigdor Lieberman - with Eskin describing Lieberman as a "leftist". | |||
| === Russia and Ukraine === | |||
| Since 2014 Eskin has actively promulgated the Russian propaganda against the ] revolution, and attempted to rally Knesset against supporting it. Since the start of the ] he continued to make false claims of antisemitism in Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eajc.org/page16/news44048.html|title=Активисты протестуют против провокации в Кнессете|work=eajc.org|accessdate=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203082110/http://eajc.org/page16/news44048.html|archive-date=3 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
| Eskin frequently lectures in Israel, in Europe and in Russia on political science and ]. He is liked within the conservative circles around the world, due to his staunch support of right-wing causes, and pro-life agenda.<ref name="mwcnews.net"/><ref>{{Cite news|title=The crisis in Ukraine and 'the new Jewish question'|url=https://www.jpost.com/opinion/op-ed-contributors/the-crisis-in-ukraine-and-the-new-jewish-question-351466|access-date=2021-08-25|newspaper=] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/we-won-1.323092|title = We Won|newspaper = ]}}</ref> Eskin has close ties to leading Israeli conservatives such as the Likud's ] and ] MK ].<ref>{{cite book|title=Black Wind, White Snow|first=Charles|last=Clover|page=240|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2016}}</ref> | |||
| Eskin has close ties to Russian political analyst ], having previously served on the central committee of Dugin's ].<ref>{{cite book|title=Black Wind, White Snow|first=Charles|last=Clover|page=240|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2016}}</ref> | |||
| Eskin became famous in 1995 when he allegedly laid a ] death curse on Prime Minister ] in response to the ]. The Pulsa diNura is believed generally to work within thirty days, and it was thirty-two days after Eskin’s curse that Rabin was assassinated by ]. As a result, in 1997 Eskin was sentenced to four months in prison for ]. It was later revealed that the Torah scrolls used in the ceremony were in fact empty and had been staged for the cameras. | |||
| In May 2018 Ukraine has forbidden entry for three years with blocking of the right to dispose of assets and the belonging property.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.president.gov.ua/storage/j-files-storage/00/60/66/b37b3c386bfc451b7767a8bb0e644596_1527145800.pdf#page=3 |title=FIZYCHNI OSOBY, do yakykh zastosovuyut'sya personal'ni obmezhuval'ni zakhody (sanktsiyi) Dodatok 1 do rishennya Rady Natsional'noyi Bezpeky i Oborony Ukrayiny vid 2 travnya 2018 roku "Pro zastosuvannya ta skasuvannya personal'nykh spetsial'nykh ekonomichnykh ta inshykh obmezhuval'nykh zakhodiv (sanktsiy" |script-title=uk:ФІЗИЧНІ ОСОБИ, до яких застосовуються обмежувальні заходи (санкції) Додаток 1 до рішення Ради національної безпеки і оборони України від 2 травня 2018 року «Про застосування та скасування персональних спеціальних економічних та інших обмежувальних заходів (санкцій)» |trans-title=PHYSICAL PERSONS to which restrictive measures (sanctions) apply Annex 1 to the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine dated 2 May 2018 "On the Application and Revocation of Personal Special Economic and Other Restrictive Measures (sanctions)"|format=PDF |language=uk |location=Kyiv, Ukraine |access-date= 16 June 2018}}</ref> | |||
| On his release, Eskin began to prepare two projects designed to ignite a Palestinian reaction: catapulting a pig’s head into the grounds of the ] on the ] during ], and placing another pig’s head on the grave of a ]. The ] discovered these plans, as well as a plan to burn down a building belonging to an Israeli leftist group, ], and Eskin and an accomplice were again arrested. In 1999 Eskin was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. | |||
| === South Africa === | |||
| On his release from prison, Eskin continued his activities in association with the Russian Political Traditionalist ]. | |||
| Eskin is active in South African politics, frequently visiting the country, and working as an activist for ]s' rights. In this role, he has caused diplomatic incidents, notably when describing ] as a fascist who is oppressing the Afrikaner people. The statement released in this regard was put out jointly with ], who is separately documented as having associations with the ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2010-10-06-israeli-activist-supports-afrikaners/|title=Israeli activist supports Afrikaners|work= ]|first= Sally |last=Evans|date= 7 October 2010|accessdate=May 13, 2022}}</ref> | |||
| In May, 2005 Eskin won a slander case that he filed against ]. | |||
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| Currently Avigdor Eskin opposes the United States war in Iraq and has written numerous articles critical of the United States. | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:50, 4 April 2024
Russian-Israeli journalist and political activist
| Avigdor Eskin | |
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| Born | Victor Valeryevich Eskin April 26, 1960 Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Russian-Israeli |
| Known for | Activism |
Avigdor Eskin (born 26 April 1960) is a Russian-Israeli conservative journalist and political activist. Born in Moscow in the Soviet Union, Eskin emigrated to Israel where he became involved in right-wing politics. He currently resides in Jerusalem.
Early life
Avigdor Eskin was born as Victor Valeryevich Eskin in Moscow in 1960. His father was from an assimilated Jewish family. His mother was a Ukrainian who was not considered a Jew under Jewish law, but may have had Jewish roots. When he was 11 years old, he began taking an interest in his Jewish identity after his grandmother told him about the Holocaust, and was further inspired by a religious Catholic friend. He began illicitly listening to Western radio stations such as Voice of America, Kol Israel, and the BBC Russian Service, and attending synagogue. He converted to Judaism soon afterward. He became an Orthodox Jew and committed Zionist.
Despite harassment by the KGB, Eskin participated in Zionist activities. He became the youngest underground Hebrew teacher in the Soviet Union (which was illegal at the time), and translated right-wing radical Meir Kahane's Never Again manifesto into Russian. Eskin also became determined to emigrate to Israel, and was granted an exit visa in 1978. He emigrated to Israel in January 1979 at the age of 18. Years later, Eskin's mother and sisters immigrated to Israel. In Israel, Eskin did military service in the Israel Defense Forces as part of the Hesder program, which combines regular military service with religious studies.
Political activities
Eskin was a founder of Israeli New Right movement together with the former MK Michael Kleiner and was behind the alliance between the Israeli right and American conservatives, led by senator Jesse Helms. Additionally, he organised the arms supply to the anti-communist guerrillas in Nicaragua. The most controversial of his activities was his support of the White regime in South Africa due to its staunch anti-communist politics, until its collapse in the early 1990s.
Eskin lead many demonstrations against Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin in 1995, in response to the Oslo Accords. He was among the most vocal protesters against the Oslo accords.
In May 2005, Eskin won a slander case that he filed against Barry Chamish. He later described Chamish as "heavy drinking person, who sucked his theories from the bottle".
On the 2nd of February, 2017, Eskin put out an article stating that he knew employees of a private intelligence firm Jellyfish formed by former Blackwater employees having had made contact with Michael Flynn.
Feud with Avigdor Lieberman
Eskin was actively involved in public criticism against the leader of Israel Beteynu party and later Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman. This was part of a long-running feud between Avigdor Eskin and Avigdor Lieberman - with Eskin describing Lieberman as a "leftist".
Russia and Ukraine
Since 2014 Eskin has actively promulgated the Russian propaganda against the Euromaidan revolution, and attempted to rally Knesset against supporting it. Since the start of the War In Donbass he continued to make false claims of antisemitism in Ukraine.
Eskin frequently lectures in Israel, in Europe and in Russia on political science and theological matters. He is liked within the conservative circles around the world, due to his staunch support of right-wing causes, and pro-life agenda. Eskin has close ties to leading Israeli conservatives such as the Likud's Michael Kleiner and Otzma Yehudit MK Itamar Ben-Gvir.
Eskin has close ties to Russian political analyst Aleksandr Dugin, having previously served on the central committee of Dugin's Eurasia Party.
In May 2018 Ukraine has forbidden entry for three years with blocking of the right to dispose of assets and the belonging property.
South Africa
Eskin is active in South African politics, frequently visiting the country, and working as an activist for Afrikaner separatists' rights. In this role, he has caused diplomatic incidents, notably when describing Desmond Tutu as a fascist who is oppressing the Afrikaner people. The statement released in this regard was put out jointly with Dan Roodt, who is separately documented as having associations with the Swedish Resistance Movement.
References
- ^ "Focus". MwcNews.net (in French). Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- פוגלמן, שי (28 October 2010). "15 שנה אחרי שערך טקס פולסא דנורא ליצחק רבין, אביגדור אסקין מאחד את הימין הקיצוני בעולם". הארץ.
- ^ "2 Former Soviet Jews in U.S. to Tell About Plight of Soviet Jews". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 7 May 1981. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- "We won". Haaretz. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- Fogelman, Shay (5 November 2016). "We Won". Haaretz. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- "The Crimes of Avigdor Eskin - part 2". www.yitchakrabin.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2006.
- Benjamin Teitelbaum (2020). War for Eternity: Inside Bannon s Far-Right Circle of Global Power Brokers. Hackett Publishing Company. p. 218. ISBN 978-0-06-297845-5.
- Lis, Jonathan (5 November 2016). "Extremist Eskin Arrested, Suspected of Wiretapping Lieberman". Haaretz. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- "Активисты протестуют против провокации в Кнессете". eajc.org. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- "The crisis in Ukraine and 'the new Jewish question'". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- "We Won". Haaretz.
- Clover, Charles (2016). Black Wind, White Snow. Yale University Press. p. 240.
- Clover, Charles (2016). Black Wind, White Snow. Yale University Press. p. 240.
- "FIZYCHNI OSOBY, do yakykh zastosovuyut'sya personal'ni obmezhuval'ni zakhody (sanktsiyi) Dodatok 1 do rishennya Rady Natsional'noyi Bezpeky i Oborony Ukrayiny vid 2 travnya 2018 roku "Pro zastosuvannya ta skasuvannya personal'nykh spetsial'nykh ekonomichnykh ta inshykh obmezhuval'nykh zakhodiv (sanktsiy"" ФІЗИЧНІ ОСОБИ, до яких застосовуються обмежувальні заходи (санкції) Додаток 1 до рішення Ради національної безпеки і оборони України від 2 травня 2018 року «Про застосування та скасування персональних спеціальних економічних та інших обмежувальних заходів (санкцій)» [PHYSICAL PERSONS to which restrictive measures (sanctions) apply Annex 1 to the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine dated 2 May 2018 "On the Application and Revocation of Personal Special Economic and Other Restrictive Measures (sanctions)"] (PDF) (Press release) (in Ukrainian). Kyiv, Ukraine. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- Evans, Sally (7 October 2010). "Israeli activist supports Afrikaners". The Times (South Africa). Retrieved 13 May 2022.
External links
- (in Russian) Official website