Avigdor Eskin
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i controversial conservative journalist and political activist. Born in the Soviet Union
, Eskin emigrated to Israel where he became involved in radical right-wing politics. He currently splits time between Israel and Russia.
and was behind the alliance between the Israeli right and American conservatives, led by the late senator Jesse Helms
. Additionally, he was a mastermind behind the arms supply to the anti-communist guerrillas in Nicaragua. The most controversial of his activities was his support of the White regime in South Africa, until its collapse in the earl 1990s.
Eskin achieved notoriety in 1995 when he allegedly laid a Pulsa diNura
death curse on Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin in response to the Oslo Accords
. The Pulsa deNura is generally believed to "work" within thirty days, and it was thirty-two days after Eskin’s curse that Rabin was assassinated by Yigal Amir
. Eskin participated in defiling of the grave of a Palestinian resistance fighter: he placed a pig's head on the grave. For this crime, he was sentenced to 30 months in prison, until February 20, 2003.
Today, Eskin is a well-known lecturer in Russia on political science and theological matters. He is liked within the Russian nationalist circles, due to his staunch support of Vladimir Putin
, and his anti-Ukrainian and anti-Georgian stance. He is frequently criticised by liberal media as a right-wing bigot and an anti-democrat.
Eskin was accused by a of fomenting antisemitism in Ukraine.
In 2011, Eskin supported Anders Breivik, and tried to create a wave of support for Breivik among Russian nationalists..
In May 2005, Eskin won a slander case that he filed against Barry Chamish
. He later described Chamish as "heavy drinking person, who sucked his theories from the bottle."
Recently, he led the campaign against the awarding of the title of Hero of Ukraine to Stepan Bandera
and Roman Shukhevych
. The campaign garnered protests by 36 Israeli Knesset members and 10 members of the US Senate and Congress.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
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Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i controversial conservative journalist and political activist. Born in the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
, Eskin emigrated to Israel where he became involved in radical right-wing politics. He currently splits time between Israel and Russia.
Early life
Avigdor Eskin was raised in an assimilated Jewish family in Moscow, where he was first arrested at the age of 13 as a result of protesting the expulsion of Russian dissident writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn and the Soviet policies towards Israel. At the age of 15, Eskin became the youngest Hebrew teacher in Russia.. He studied piano at the Gnesin institute. He emigrated to Israel in January 1979 at the age of 18.Political activities
Eskin was a founder of Israeli New Right movement together with the former MK Michael KleinerMichael Kleiner
Michael Kleiner is an Israeli politician and leader of Herut – The National Movement.He first entered the Knesset in 1981 as a Likud parliamentarian but, upon then Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu relinquishing Hebron to the Palestinian Authority, Kleiner split off from the Likud along with Benny...
and was behind the alliance between the Israeli right and American conservatives, led by the late senator Jesse Helms
Jesse Helms
Jesse Alexander Helms, Jr. was a five-term Republican United States Senator from North Carolina who served as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1995 to 2001...
. Additionally, he was a mastermind behind the arms supply to the anti-communist guerrillas in Nicaragua. The most controversial of his activities was his support of the White regime in South Africa, until its collapse in the earl 1990s.
Eskin achieved notoriety in 1995 when he allegedly laid a Pulsa diNura
Pulsa diNura
Pulsa diNura or Pulsa Denoura. is a purportedly kabbalistic ceremony in which the angels of destruction are invoked to block heavenly forgiveness of the subject’s sins, causing all the curses named in the Bible to befall him resulting in his death. However, the Torah prohibits to pray that...
death curse on Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin in response to the Oslo Accords
Oslo Accords
The Oslo Accords, officially called the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements or Declaration of Principles , was an attempt to resolve the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict...
. The Pulsa deNura is generally believed to "work" within thirty days, and it was thirty-two days after Eskin’s curse that Rabin was assassinated by Yigal Amir
Yigal Amir
Yigal Amir is the Israeli assassin of Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin. The assassination took place on November 4, 1995 at the conclusion of a rally in Tel Aviv. Amir is currently serving a life sentence for murder plus six years for injuring Rabin's bodyguard, Yoram Rubin, under...
. Eskin participated in defiling of the grave of a Palestinian resistance fighter: he placed a pig's head on the grave. For this crime, he was sentenced to 30 months in prison, until February 20, 2003.
Today, Eskin is a well-known lecturer in Russia on political science and theological matters. He is liked within the Russian nationalist circles, due to his staunch support of Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin served as the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when...
, and his anti-Ukrainian and anti-Georgian stance. He is frequently criticised by liberal media as a right-wing bigot and an anti-democrat.
Eskin was accused by a of fomenting antisemitism in Ukraine.
In 2011, Eskin supported Anders Breivik, and tried to create a wave of support for Breivik among Russian nationalists..
In May 2005, Eskin won a slander case that he filed against Barry Chamish
Barry Chamish
Barry Chamish is a Canadian-Israeli writer and public speaker. Chamish is known for his controversial views regarding the assassination of the Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.-Early years:...
. He later described Chamish as "heavy drinking person, who sucked his theories from the bottle."
Recently, he led the campaign against the awarding of the title of Hero of Ukraine to Stepan Bandera
Stepan Bandera
Stepan Andriyovych Bandera was a Ukrainian politician and one of the leaders of Ukrainian national movement in Western Ukraine , who headed the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists...
and Roman Shukhevych
Roman Shukhevych
Roman Taras Yosypovych Shukhevych was a Ukrainian politician and military leader, the general of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.-Childhood:Roman Taras Yosypovych Shukhevych was born in the city of Krakovets, Jaworow powiat, in Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria which is located today between Lviv and...
. The campaign garnered protests by 36 Israeli Knesset members and 10 members of the US Senate and Congress.