https://freerepublic.com/tag/weizman/ en-us Wed, 11 Nov 2026 21:28:30 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4402680/posts Actress and director Einat Weizman, who identifies as anti-Zionist and is a member of the Balad party, has announced that she will move to Athens, Greece, in the coming days with her partner and their two daughters. In an interview with Haaretz, Weizman, who appeared in the films Operation Grandma and Colombian Love, said the decision followed years of professional and personal difficulties stemming from her political views and public criticism of Israel. "I've been thinking about it for three years, and now the time has come to do it," she said. "It has become harder for me to be... Arutz Sheva https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4402680/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2026 21:28:30 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1390233/posts TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Former Israeli President Ezer Weizman, a flying ace and crack military commander who built up the nation's air force and helped bring about the Jewish state's first peace treaty with an Arab country, has died, Israeli officials said Sunday. He was 80. The Maariv daily newspaper said Weizman died Sunday evening with his family at his bedside. Weizman was president in 1993-2000. In three decades in political life, he made a highly public transition from hawk to dove, saying the Jews had to learn to "share this part of the world" with the Arabs.... Associated Press https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1390233/posts#comment Sun, 24 Apr 2005 19:49:29 GMT