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Prisoner of Zion

Not to be confused with Refusenik.
Natan Sharansky, one of the most prominent prisoners of Zion, meeting then-Prime Minister Shimon Peres after his release from the Soviet Union
Prisoner of Zion Herut Takele receiving a certificate, at a ceremony honoring the memory of those who perished in the Ethiopian Jewry on their way to Israel, for their underground activity in support of the Aliyah project. Netanya 2017

In Israel, prisoners of Zion (Hebrew: אֲסִירֵי צִיּוֹן, asirei Zion, singular: Hebrew: אסיר ציון, asir Zion) were Jews who were imprisoned or deported for Zionist activity in countries where such activity was prohibited. The former Speaker of the Knesset, Yuli Edelstein, and the former chairman of the executive of the Jewish Agency, Nathan Sharansky, were both prisoners of Zion in the Soviet Union. In 1992 an Israeli law made the status of the prisoner of Zion official, however the status was in use long before.[1][2]

  1. ^ Канцелярия главы правительства (1988). "Официальная переписка по поводу оказания помощи узникам Сиона Юлию Кошаровскому и Юлию Эдельштейну". Архив правительства Государства Израиль (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 2022-09-04. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  2. ^ "⁨Untitled⁩ | ⁨דאר היום⁩ | 28 אפריל 1927 | אוסף העיתונות | הספרייה הלאומית". www.nli.org.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-04-19.

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