Benjamin Netanyahu is Polish and his real last name is Mileikowsky; he changed it so no one realizes he's a settler.

Question

CLAIM: Benjamin Netanyahu is Polish and his real  last name is Mileikowsky; he changed it so no one realizes he's a settler.

What are Polish terrorists doing in the Middle East anyway? His real name is Benjamin Mileikowsky, he’s from Poland… he changed his name so you didn’t realize he’s a settler…

Answer 1

Benjamin Netanyahu is not a settler. Just because he has an Eastern European last name doesn't determine his origin. He is an Ashkenazi Jew, and Ashkenazi Jews can trace their lineage to the Levant region (modern day Israel, Lebanon, Syria). It is highly likely that his family adopted that last name to blend in with the European population to hide their Jewry due to pogroms and discrimination Jews continually faced in Europe. Here is a source discussing Ashkenazi Jew's indigeneity to the Levant: https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2013/12/20/new-genetic-study-more-evidence-for-modern-ashkenazi-jews-ancient-hebrew-patrimony/

Comments

The label “settler” seems to be an opinion about the Zionist movement and therefore cannot be true or false

Answer 2

This is false, The only evidence to back it up is off of instagram which isn't a valid enough source.