Miko peled biography
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Miko Peled
Israeli American peace activist, author, and karate instructor
Avraham "Miko" Peled (Hebrew: אברהם "מיקו" פלד, born 10 December ) is an Israeli-American activist, author, and karate instructor.
Miko peled biography
He is author of the books The General's Son: The Journey of an Israeli in Palestine,[1] published in , and Injustice: The Story of the Holy Land Foundation Five,[2] published in He is also an international speaker.
Early life
Born in Jerusalem in , Peled grew up in Motza Illit to a prominent Zionist family. His grandfather, Avraham Katznelson, after whom he was named, signed Israel's Declaration of Independence.[1][3] His father, Mattityahu Peled, who fought in the Arab–Israeli War and served as a general in the Six-Day War of , became an advocate for an Israeli dialogue with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) after the Israeli cabinet ignored his investigation of a alleged Israeli war crime.
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