Avraham Burg was born in Jerusalem in 1955 to one of the most prominent and political families in Israel. Burg came to prominence during the first Lebanon war in 1982, when he was a leader of the anti-war protests. He went on to serve as advisor to Prime Minister Shimon Peres, and he was the Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel and the World Zionist Organization and became the Speaker of the Knesset. Since his 2004 decision to retire from public life, Burg has become an outspoken leader of the Israeli Left. His previous book, THE HOLOCAUST IS OVER, was published by USA, Palgrave Macmillan; France, Fayard; Italy, Neri Pozza; Germany, Campus Verlag; Holland, Ambo/Anthos; Portugal, Tinto da China;  Sweden, Daidalos; Yediot Ahronot, Israel

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