The prime minister in Israel is the head of government, the head of state is the president.
But Israel also had 3 presidents who were born in what is today Belarus.
The current Israeli Presidents father was also President – and he was born in Ireland.
So he’s totally entitled to Irish citizenship.
There wasn’t a Belarus back then tho. All three were born ~~in Poland~~ in polish towns and lived in pre-war independent Poland. Menachem Begin was very close to Poland throughout his life. There was even a gossip in Poland that his true name is Mieczysław and he’s secretly Polish. He was to a degree, but was definitely from a family of Polish Jews.
This explains A LOT!
Fun fact: Belarus is the only country to have had more flags (2) than leaders (1)
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The prime minister in Israel is the head of government, the head of state is the president.
But Israel also had 3 presidents who were born in what is today Belarus.
The current Israeli Presidents father was also President – and he was born in Ireland.
So he’s totally entitled to Irish citizenship.
There wasn’t a Belarus back then tho. All three were born ~~in Poland~~ in polish towns and lived in pre-war independent Poland. Menachem Begin was very close to Poland throughout his life. There was even a gossip in Poland that his true name is Mieczysław and he’s secretly Polish. He was to a degree, but was definitely from a family of Polish Jews.
This explains A LOT!
Fun fact: Belarus is the only country to have had more flags (2) than leaders (1)