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Efraim "Effi" Eitam (Hebrew: אפרים "אפי" איתם, born 25 July 1952) is an Israeli brigadier general, former commander of the 91st Division, and politician. A former leader of the National Religious Party , he later led a breakaway faction, Ahi , which merged into Likud in 2009.
Eitam is a Brigadier General (reserves) in the Israel Defense Forces, and is considered a war hero having earned Israel's Medal of Distinguished Service in the Yom Kippur War for stopping Syrian tanks from penetrating the Golan Heights.
Dec 13, 2020 · Effi Eitam, a far-right former minister who has been nominated by the government as the next head of the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum, on Sunday rebuffed widespread criticism against his...
Apr 11, 2019 · IDF Reserve Brigadier General Effi Eitam, 67, was raised in Kibbutz Ein Gev along the eastern shore of the Kinneret in the shadow of the Golan Heights. Throughout his childhood, Syrian...
Aug 23, 2021 · Effi Eitam can no longer remain silent over what he sees as Israel losing its principles and character, and especially over what he is convinced is a looming internal threat that we may already be too late to stop. By Yoav Limor. Published on 08-23-2021 12:40. Last modified: 08-23-2021 08:58.
Aug 23, 2021 · Considering that anti-Arab Effi Eitam was almost a shoo-in for the job, Jewish world leaders and organizations are relieved by the appointment of former New York consul-general Dani Dayan.
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Nov 5, 2020 · The Anti-Defamation League has joined the campaign against the appointment of Effi Eitam, a former far-right politician and military commander, to the top position at Yad Vashem, citing his “problematic moral record.”
