Last updated on:
9/21/2015 |
Author: ProCon.org
Michael Melchior Biography
- Title:
- Israeli Knesset Member
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Is a Two-State Solution (Israel and Palestine) an Acceptable Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?"
- Reasoning:
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“Between the Jordan and Mediterranean there are today 11 million people, of which 50 percent are Palestinian Arabs. The state will not exist for one day without being a democracy and therefore the choice is very clear: if there are not two states – there is no Jewish state.”
“Q&A with Meimad MK Rabbi Michael Melchior,” Haaretz.com (accessed on Sep. 7, 2007)
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Experts
Individuals with PhDs or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to Israeli-Palestinian conflict. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Chief Rabbi of Norway
- Appointed Deputy Minister of Education, Culture and Sports, 2005
- Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mar. 2001 – Oct. 2002
- Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, responsible for Diaspora and social affairs, Aug. 1999 – Mar. 2001
- International Director of the Elie Wiesel Foundation
- Rabbi of a Jerusalem congregation, since 1986
- Norwegian Nobel Institute’s Prize for Tolerance and Bridge-Building
- Yeshivat Hakotel’s Award for Work in the Diaspora Rabbinate
- Education:
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- Rabbinical Ordination, Yeshivat Hakotel, Jerusalem
- Other:
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