Israel Shamir (Russian: Исраэль Шамир) (born 1947), also known by the name Jöran Jermas, and Adam Ermash, is a Swedish writer and journalist. He is a commentator on Arab - Israeli relations and Jewish culture. Originally from Novosibirsk, Siberia, Shamir says he moved to Israel in 1969. He says that he served in the 1973 war, after which he took up journalism and writing.
Shamir writes about Israel, Palestine, and the Jewish people, and has published or self-published a number of books which have been translated into several languages; the French edition of Flowers of Galilee (2004) was banned for a time in France over allegations of antisemitism. Shamir has been accused of antisemitism and Holocaust denial, charges Shamir has rejected.
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