Gideon Ezra

Armored Troops, Border Guards, Furious at Amona Assignment: We Didn't Enlist to Evict Jews

'The government of Israel should know that they are hurting us, hurting our future, and scarring us horribly for the rest of our lives.'

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AG Recommends Evacuating Amona, Residents Hoping for Political Rescue

By JNi.Media

The AG is obviously feeling that he can't go to battle against a clear Supreme Court ruling to demolish Amona.

Politics

Gideon Ezra, Former Deputy Head of Shin Bet, Cabinet Minister, and MK, Dies at 74

By Jewish Press Staff Writer

Ezra, who was serving as a Kadima MK at the time of his death, was born in Jerusalem in 1937. He served in the IDF's Nahal Paratrooper brigade, and joined the Shin Bet in 1962. Over a career that spanned 33 years, he rose to become the Deputy head of Israel's domestic intelligence organization. Throughout his political career he variously served as Minister without Portfolio, Minister of Internal Security, Minister of Tourism, and Minister of Environmental Protection.