Daniella Weiss
Daniella Weiss (Hebrew: דניאלה וייס; born August 30, 1945) is an Israeli Orthodox settlement movement activist, and a former mayor of Kedumim, an Israeli settlement located in the West Bank. She was first elected mayor of Kedumim in September 1996, and was re-elected for a second term in November 2001.
Biography[]
Daniella Weiss was born in Bnei Brak in 1945. Her parents, Jewish immigrants from the United States, were members of Lehi and took part in underground activities. She attended a religious high school in Ramat Gan, and studied as part of the Atuda program. She studied English literature and political science at Bar-Ilan University.[1]
Since the 1970s, Weiss has been a notable figure in the Gush Emunim settlement movement, active in the establishment of many new communities in the occupied West Bank.[2]
In May 1987, she was arrested and convicted with respect to rioting by Israeli settlers in the Palestinian city of Qalqiliya. She was sentenced to a fine and a suspended sentence.
In June 2007, she was charged with obstructing a police officer in the line of duty and assaulting a police officer. She was sentenced to 5 months probation. [3]
On October 3, 2008, she was arrested and charged with assaulting a police officer, interfering with a police investigation, and hindering a police officer in the performance of his duty. She was released from house arrest pending trial on October 6, 2008. [4]
She was arrested, and promptly released, in December 2008 in Hebron.[5]
In May 2009, Daniella was arrested with respect to assaulting a police officer and obstruction of an investigation. She was sentenced to two days under house arrest .
Daniella Weiss rejects the Price tag policy, saying that it had diverted settlers from what she considered to be their most important task - setting up additional caravans and tents to lay claim to ever more hilltops in the West Bank.[6] She has stated that the only "price tag" action acceptable to her is the establishment of a new outpost in response to every outpost that had been demolished by Israeli authorities.[7]
References[]
- ^ http://www.inn.co.il/Besheva/Article.aspx/7026/1
- ^ Kedumim.org Archived October 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "D 3203/05 State of Israel vs. Daniela Weiss". court.gov.il. June 12, 2007.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Jerusalem Post". Jerusalem Post. Jerusalem Post. October 6, 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ Tovah Lazaroff; Shelley Paz (December 8, 2008). "Sneh to Barak: Jail Daniella Weiss". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
- ^ James Hider (October 15, 2009). "West Bank settlers use 'price tag' tactic to punish Palestinians". The Times.(subscription required)
- ^ Nadav Shragai (October 4, 2008). דניאלה וייס: השב"כ מעורב בהנחת המטען בבית שטרנהל [Daniella Weiss: Shin Bet involved in laying cargo at Beit Sternhell]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved August 14, 2014.
- 1945 births
- Israeli women in politics
- Israeli activists
- Israeli women activists
- Israeli Orthodox Jews
- Israeli settlers
- Living people
- Mayors of places in the State of Palestine