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Baruch Marzel
Israeli religious and political extremist (born 1959) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Baruch Meir Marzel (Hebrew: ברוך מאיר מרזל, born 23 April 1959) is an Israeli politician and activist.[1][2] He is an Orthodox Jew originally from Boston[3] who now lives in the Jewish community of Hebron in Tel Rumeida with his wife and nine children. He was the leader of the far-right-oriented Jewish National Front party. He is now a member of Otzma Yehudit.[4] He was the "right-hand man" of assassinated Rabbi Meir Kahane, acting as spokesman for the American-born rabbi's Kach organization for ten years.[5] The mainstream Israeli press has described him as an "extreme right-wing activist".[6]
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Born | (1959-04-23) 23 April 1959 (age 65) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Citizenship | Israeli |
Known for | Kahanist activism |
Political party | Kach (formerly) Jewish National Front (2004–2012) Otzma Yehudit |
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