His name was Avraham Horovitz. He was born in 1901 in Jerusalem.
The Ottomans were refusing land sales and citizenship to Jews.
His stateless parents both died in a Cholera epidemic and he was an orphan by 1904.
It seems things only got worse for Avraham. He left the orphanage when about 13 and followed some of his extended family to Tel Aviv. He was soon expelled by the Ottomans and he followed his family members to Egypt.
The Egyptians did not give him citizenship either. All because he was a Jew. Almost all Egyptian Jews were denied citizenship.
But Avraham had a sharp mind and despite his stateless position, he built a successful business in Alexandria.
Then in 1956 the Egyptians arrested him because he was Jewish and considered a threat. They stole his business, his property and threw him, his wife and 2 children out of the country.
This stateless Jew was now a twice expelled man
They were sent as refugees to France.
In France Avraham and his family were sent to a refugee camp. He was now 56 years old - had been expelled from his home twice - and had never held a citizenship of his own.
That all changed in 1957. He headed to Israel.
Upon his arrival in Israel Avraham tried to follow his roots. He couldn't visit the graves of his parents because it was then on land occupied by Jordan.
When the land was recaptured by Israel in 1967 - it was found his parents graves had been desecrated and could not be found.
But that aside - Avraham for the first time in his life had citizenship.
He had a state and a home.
He was protected as a Jew and was surrounded by an army that would not let anyone expel him, massacre his family, render him stateless or desecrate family graves.
Israel is of vital importance and a matter of survival for Jews wherever they may be.
Come with me for a journey through the world of hypocritical, antisemitic, 'human rights' activism:
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The world can sit by as #Afghanistan is lost to the #Taliban and millions of women and young girls have their future stolen from them - and the streets of Europe are empty of protests and demonstrations. 2/9
And our streets stay silent as nations like #Syria and #Turkey massacre #Kurds 3/9
Almost everyone talking about events in Jerusalem - even tragically some Jewish community organisations - either do not know the basic facts or are just jumping at a chance to bash Israel. 1/4
The Arabs facing eviction - did not have to move. They are squatters - living on land owned by Jews - who were offered by the courts an opportunity to have their tenancy protected. 2/4
They rejected the court compromise. They chose to politicise their situation and turn it into a propaganda stunt - knowing global anti - Israel activists don't care what the truth is. 3/4
HRW has just released another report about Israel.
It is nothing new - just a politicised NGO - obsessing and lying about Israel.
Predictably media outfits like @guardian rush to spread the hate
I have 3 things to say:
1. Stupid.
This is Khulood Badawi. She works for @hrw and helped write the report. She calls Israel 'Apartheid' just as - being an Israeli Arab - she votes in an Israeli election.
This is just hate driven by stupidity.
2. Liars
Badawi also got caught spreading false images and was FIRED from the @UN (h/t @HonestReporting)
HRW's report is written by Israel-hating politicised liars who spread fake images.
Global anti-Israel umbrella group is a front for Iran and radical Islamic terrorists. Politicians and activists caught standing side by side with Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad
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Shocking new research exposes that a global 'boycott Israel' umbrella group is a front tied to Iran, Hamas, IJ and Hezbollah that seeks to spread its toxic ideology in the west. 2/10
The group is run by a Syrian pro-Assad Sheikh - Yousef Abbas - a radical Islamist - who is constantly surrounded by Hezbollah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists. 3/10
'Academia is the epicentre of global antisemitism'
Networks of toxic academics are spreading anti-Zionist antisemitism on campus - which means our tax money is at work - helping to spread hate against Jews.
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Jewish students on campus are second class - students who can study - providing they do not provoke. Jewish students are abused, tolerated or protected - but never equal.
and the key libels against Israel - the main lies against Zionism - are all legitimised by academia 2/9
The research exposes academic families -
Professors who pass down their bias and hate to PhD candidates, who then go on to teach and do the same
They pass on an anti-Israel obsession. This is how the network grows and spreads from campus to campus. 3/9