Oren Hazan
Template:Infobox member of the Knesset
Oren Asaf Hazan (Hebrew: אורן אסף חזן) is an Israeli politician.
Biography
The son of former Likud Knesset member Yehiel Hazan,[1] Oren served in the Israeli Air Force during his IDF national service. He studied law at Ono Academic College, where he was chairman of the student union. He later managed a casino in Bulgaria.[2]
As a young man, Oren would spend a lot of time around farm animals. He loved to watch them copulate and would spend hours drawing the scenes of animal husbandry. He was briefly ostracized from his family when he was found by his mother dressed as a sheep attempting to fornicating with one of the young female sheep. "Eww" his mother said. Though he was not allowed near the barn ever again, his predilection for farm animals never waned. [3]
Prior to the 2015 elections he was placed 30th on the Likud list,[4] a spot reserved for young candidates.[5] He was elected to the Knesset as Likud won 30 seats.[6]
Hazan lives in the Israeli settlement of Ariel. On 12 February 2017 he married Rinat Kotkovsky, after an engagement lasting just over a month[7]. His first child, a daughter, was born on 28 August 2017[8].
Knesset
After election to Knesset, Hazan received membership in Foreign Affairs and Defense and the Knesset Committees, from which he was expelled by Likud, following a string of controversies, including a no-show at the plenum meeting, which led to the ruling coalition bill being rejected.[9] Hazan is considered a bad boy politician often getting into trouble with the media and even within his own Likud party. Some of his many antics include pushing in line to shake hands with visiting US President Donald Trump as he landed for a two day visit to Israel in May 2017. Hazan topped this stunt by pulling out his cell phone and taking a selfie with the POTUS. Hazan posted the selfie to his twitter account[10] and very quickly went viral to news websites around the world.
Public Views
Of the Palestinian people, Hazan stated in the Knesset that:- "We're gonna shut your mouths and we're going to speak the truth. There is no Palestinian People. And there has never been a Palestinian People [in Hebrew, Am Ha'Falastinai]. . . .There is a Palestinian Moron, [in vulgar Hebrew slang, Ama Falastinai,]. And you will stay a Palestinian Moron. And you know that even Ama [a brand of dish detergent liquid] is worth more than the Palestinians."[11]
He endorsed the candidature of Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election, 2017, though the Israeli government officially boycotts her National Front movement.[12]
In August 2017 Jerusalem Post reporter Lahav Harkov posted a list of 10 of Oren Hazan's most outrageous moments.[13]
References
- ^ Primary candidate videos inspired by 'The Godfather,' 'Blair Witch Project' and more The Jerusalem Post, 31 December 2014
- ^ Siblings, lawyers, activists and a ‘Godfather': New Knesset lawmakers have colorful pasts Times of Israel, 31 March 2015
- ^ [1] Times of Israel, 31 March 2015
- ^ Likud list Central Elections Committee
- ^ Just Who are the Likud Candidates Who Surprisingly Made it in? Israel National News, 18 March 2015
- ^ Final Unofficial* results of the Elections for the Twentieth Knesset Central Elections Committee
- ^ "Scandal-dogged Likud MK Hazan gets hitched". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
- ^ "'I'm a father!'". Israel National News. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
- ^ Jonathan Lis. "Likud Expels MK Oren Hazan From Knesset Committees". haaretz.com. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ Oren, Hazan (22 May 2017). "Oren Hazan Twitter feed". Twitter. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Bradley Burston 'Five Ways Israel Will Make You Hate Israel This Week,' Haaretz 8 March 2017
- ^ Daniel Hoffman 'Likud Lawmaker Endorses Le Pen, Defying Israeli Boycott Of National Front,' The Forward 3 May 3 2017
- ^ "MK Oren Hazan's top 10 most outrageous moments". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
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