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Three strong candidates from the Anglo community running for the Likud Knesset list were featured at a lively candidates forum and live webcast Tuesday, November 25 at the Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem: Yechiel Leiter, running on the national list (slots 2-19), Tal BrodClick here to watch a video of Yechiel Leiter.y running in the coastal region from Tel Aviv to Haifa (slot 23) and Yosi Fuchs, running in Judea and Samaria (slot 37). Each candidate presented his views and then answered questions from the audience. A fourth Anglo, Daniel Seaman, Director of the Government Press Office, also participated in the forum, but has withdrawn his candidacy. 


Click here to watch a video of Yechiel Leiter.

Click here to watch a video of Tal Brody.

Click here to watch a video of Yosi Fuchs.

Click here to watch responses to a question on Jerusalem.

Click here to read about the forum in the Jerusalem Post.

Click here to read about the forum in Ha'aretz. 

Yechiel Leiter

An Anglo resident of Judea and Samaria, Yechiel Leiter's career has expressed a life-long commitment to Jewish and Zionist values and to building the State of Israel. He served as Deputy Director General of Israel's Ministry of Education where he was centrally involved in the planning of a major overhaul of the educational system, and as Chief of Staff to Benjamin Netanyahu in the Ministry of Finance, taking an active role in the dramatic economic reform program that revolutionized Israel's economy. Leiter is currently an analyst at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. He has a law degree, an MA in International Relations and is an ordained Rabbi.

Leiter believes the future of the country must be carried on the shoulders of a Likud Party that is committed to Israel's security and rights-based diplomacy, a strong economy, excellence in secular and Jewish education, and that will set a new standard for clean government. Leiter has been active in Zionist educational outreach, the creation of new Jewish settlement throughout Israel, and aliyah. He was spokesperson for the YESHA Council, and was one of the founding families in Hevron, traveling frequently to the United States raising money to rebuild the ancient city. He served as a combat medic in the IDF and participated in Operation Peace for Galilee.

 Tal Brody

Best known for leading the Maccabi Tel Aviv Basketball Team to its historic win over powerful CSKA Moscow in the 1977 Euroleague basketball semifinal - a victory seen as Israel's defeat of the Soviet Union, which armed and supported many of its enemies during the Cold War, Tal Brody is originally a New Jersey native. "We are on the map and we are staying on the map, not only in sports, but in everything," Brody famously said in his American-accented Hebrew after the win.

 As a member of Knesset, Brody would advocate issues close to his heart, namely sports, aliyah and social issues. Brody has had a successful business career and has represented Israel through serving as a spokesperson for the United Jewish Appeal.

 Yossi Fuchs

A lawyer specializing in constitutional law, Yosi Fuchs is running for the reserved seat in Judea and Samaria. As founder and leader of the Legal Forum for the Land of Israel, Yossi has worked for years to strengthen Jewish settlement in all areas of Israel, including Samaria and the Golan. He also has helped the residents of Gush Katif obtain government benefits they were promised after the disengagement.

Fuchs would use his legal experience to promote a Basic Law in the Knesset limiting the Supreme Court's power to intervene on issues relating to the Jewish character of the State. He would also promote national religious concerns, and advocate for clean government. Fuchs is deeply committed to the Likud's traditional Zionist values.