Yosef Burg [SEP] place of birth
Yosef Burg
Shlomo Yosef Burg (, 31 January 1909 – 15 October 1999) was a German-born Israeli politician. In 1949, he was elected to the first Knesset, and served in many ministerial positions for the next 40 years. He was one of the founders of the National Religious Party.
Biography.
Shlomo Yosef Burg was born in Dresden, Germany, on 31 January 1909. He attended the Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin from 1928 to 1938, and was ordained as a rabbi that year.
- Menachem Begin (Prime Minister)
- Yosef Burg (Interior Minister)
Passed in the Knesset with a majority of 63 in favour, 21 against.
Controversies.
The law was not recognised internationally and determined null and void by United Nations Security Council Resolution 497.
Unusually, all three readings took place on the same day. This procedure was heavily criticized by the centre-left opposition. Substantially, the law has mainly been criticized for potentially hindering future negotiations with Syria.
While the Israeli public