Ariel Sharon's family was from Palestine.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 10, 2026
The claim that Sharon's family was from Palestine is contradicted by sources: he was born in Mandatory Palestine, but his parents were Jewish immigrants from Russia and Belarus who moved there after World War I. The extraction is faithful to the post, which claims his family was Oriental Jewish with Palestinian roots.
What was said
… That was actually, a, I didn't actually intend that as a double entendre, but since, but yeah, I'll take credit for it, that's funny. But, um, Ariel Sharon, I believe he was an Oriental Jew. He his family was from Palestine. You know, he wasn't an Ashkenazim or uh. Or Safar Dim, and he wasn't one of these guys from Brighton Beach, you know, who moved to the Jewish state after. Plan D had, uh. It genocided the the coveted territory, and that was comparatively rare at least among. …
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Contradicts. The BBC obituary says Sharon's parents, Shmuel and Devorah, were Zionist emigres from Russia, and NPR says they were Jewish immigrants from Russia after World War I.[2][3]
Contradicts. Wikipedia and the Jewish Journal describe his parents as Jewish immigrants from the Russian Empire, with his father from Brest-Litovsk and his mother from Mogilev or Belarus, and say they came to Palestine after study in Tbilisi.[4][5]
Contradicts. The South African Jewish Report describes the family as Russian immigrants and Belarusian Jews, which conflicts with the claim that the family was from Palestine.[6]
Context. Reuters and the Encyclopedia.com entry confirm that Sharon himself was born in Mandatory Palestine, so the claim is only accurate if read as a statement about his birthplace rather than his family's origin.[1][7]
Sources
7 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 1, 1 tier 2, 4 not rated
- 1In war or withdrawal, Sharon marched to his own drumreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Obituary: Ariel Sharonbbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: contradicts
- 3Ariel Sharon, Whose Life And Career Shaped Israeli ...npr.org · tier 2 · cited for: contradicts
- 4Ariel Sharon - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 5Ariel Sharon, a bio of a life beyond all expectations - Jewish Journaljewishjournal.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 6Sharon: A fighter to the very endsajr.co.za · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 7Sharon, Ariel (1928–)encyclopedia.com · not rated · cited for: context
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