1. Early life

2. Public career

3. Public views

4. Personal life

5. References

Oren Asaf Hazan ({{lang-he-n|אורן אסף חזן}}, born 28 October 1981) is an Israeli politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 2015 and 2019.

Early life

The son of former Likud Knesset member Yehiel Hazan,^[1] Oren served in the Israeli Air Force during his IDF national service. He studied law at Ono Academic College, where he was chairman of the student union. He later managed a casino in Bulgaria.^[2]

Public career

Prior to the 2015 elections, he was placed 30th on the Likud list,^[3] a spot reserved for young candidates.^[4] He was elected to the Knesset as Likud won 30 seats.^[5]

After election to Knesset, Hazan received membership in Foreign Affairs and Defense and the Knesset Committees, from which he was expelled by Likud, following a string of controversies, including a no-show at the plenum meeting, which led to the ruling coalition bill being rejected.^[6] In 2016 due to a series of reports of bullying and rude behavior towards members, colleagues suspended the politician from the floor of the Knesset chamber for a period of six months except for voting.^[7]

Hazan placed 28th in the pre-2019 Israeli legislative election Likud primaries, a slot thought to be unrealistic for entering the Knesset. He therefore re-established the Tzomet party and will run on its list in the elections.^[8]

Public views

Of the Palestinians, Hazan stated in the Knesset: "We're gonna shut your mouths, and we're going to speak the truth. There is no Palestinian People. And there has never been a Palestinian People [in Hebrew, Am Ha'Falastinai]. ..."^[9] Hazan said that the Jewish people had been around for 3,500 years since Abraham and Isaac, while the Palestinian people had only been around for 40 years since Yasser Arafat.

In December, 2017, Hazan stopped a bus on its way to Nafha Prison, telling the Palestinian relatives that the prisoners were "terrorists who belong in the ground". He shouted at one prisoner's mother that her son was an "insect" and a "dog". The Red Cross stated that Israel has a duty to guarantee the safety and dignity of Palestinian families visiting prisoners, and that it "takes very seriously what happened today (Monday)".^[10]

Hazan endorsed the candidature of Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election, 2017, though the Israeli government officially boycotts her National Front movement.^[11]

In August 2017, Jerusalem Post reporter Lahav Harkov posted a list of 10 of Oren Hazan's most outrageous moments.^[12][13][14]

In January 2018, when being interviewed by the BBC, Hazan said, regarding the recently arrested Ahed Tamimi, that he would like to, "kick her in the face" so that she would end up in the hospital.^[15]

In July 2018, during an interview to Australian-Israeli activist Avi Yemini, Hazan stated that illegal immigrants from Africa constituted a threat to Israel, which would destroy the country. He suggested Israel should stop African refugees from having children, and that "If we don't kick them out, they will kick us out. We need to destroy the problem when it is still small." The South African Jewish Community leaders condemned his remarks as racist.^[16]

In September 2018, Hazan was rebuked by the Israeli Foreign Ministry for meeting with the leader of the Bulgarian nationalist party Attack, Volen Siderov, who has previously made anti-Semitic remarks, without notifying the ministry beforehand. Hazan claimed that Siderov privately apologized for his previous statements.^[17]

Personal life

Hazan lives in the Israeli settlement of Ariel. On 12 February 2017, he married Rinat Kotkovsky, after an engagement lasting just over a month.^[18] His first child, a daughter, was born on 28 August 2017.^[19]

References

• Dividing Range
• Dividing system
• Divilacan
• Divina commedia
• Divina Commedia
• Divina Devinca
• Divina Devinica
• Divina Galica
• Divination
• Divination by Astrological and Meteorological Phenomena
• Divination with I Ching
• Divine Adoratrice of Amun
• Divine Assassin
• Divine being
• Divine blessing
• Divine Brown
• Divine Chocolate
• Divine Comedies
• Divine Comedy
• Divine command ethics
• Divine command theory
• Divine (disambiguation)
• Divine Discontent
• Divine Divinity
• Divine Doctor