Yitzhak Aharonovich
Yitzhak Aharonovich (Hebrew: יצחק אהרונוביץ', born 22 August 1950) is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu, and as the country's Minister of Internal Security.
Biography
Born in Jerusalem in 1950, Aharonovich studied history at the University of Haifa. Between 2002 and 2004 he was deputy Police Commissioner, before serving as director general of the Dan Bus Company between 2004 and 2005.
In 2006 he was elected to the Knesset on Yisrael Beiteinu's list. In March 2007 he was appointed Minister of Tourism, but left the cabinet in January 2008 when the party left the coalition. He retained his seat in the 2009 elections, for which he was placed fourth on the party's list. Upon the formation of the Netanyahu government on 31 March, he was appointed Minister of Internal Security.[1] On 16 June 2009, Aharonovich told an undercover police detective, who apologized for being untidy while meeting the minister in Tel Aviv's central bus station, that he looked as dirty as an “Araboosh” a Hebrew slur roughly meaning “little Arab”. He was denounced by several members of the Knesset as a racist following that, and subsequently apologized.[2]
References
- ^ Netanyahu sworn in as Israel's prime minister Haaretz, 1 April 2009
- ^ Goren, Yuval (June 16, 2009). "Public security minister calls cop 'dirty Arab'". Haaretz.
External links
Yitzhak Aharonovich on the Knesset website
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