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Officer, lawmaker, now author: MK Tur-Paz publishes his war diary

JL;DR SUMMARY MK Moshe Kinley Tur-Paz, known for his liberal Religious Zionist background and residence in Kfar Etzion, chronicles his dual role as a lawmaker and IDF officer during the 2023 war with Hamas in his Hebrew book, "An MK on the Night Shift: A War Diary." A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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GazaIdfIsraeli PoliticsKnessetCoexistenceMilitary ServiceReligious ZionismHamas ConflictKfar EtzionMk Moshe Tur Paz

Places mentioned

Kfar Etzion, Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories
"On the morning of Oct. 7, 2023, Tur-Paz was home with his children in Kfar Etzion, a religious kibbutz and settlement south of Jerusalem."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Tur-Paz was chief of operations for the IDFs Gaza Division."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"Tur-Paz, 52, was born in Philadelphia, where his parents, British immigrants to Israel, were serving as Jewish Agency emissaries."
United Kingdom
"He spent years of his childhood in the U.K., where his parents served once again as emissaries."
Jerusalem, Israel
"was principal of the religious feminist high school Pelech in Jerusalem and was CEO of the Religious Kibbutz Movements chain of schools before entering electoral politics."
France
"the head of the French Senates Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces Committee visited Israel and expressed shock that he was serving as a senior officer in the army and a Knesset member at the same time."
Ireland
"Tur-Paz is also the Israeli chairman of the Israel-Ireland Parliamentary Friendship Group at a time when Dublin has adopted an anti-Israel stance."

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