I take it back she's not a leftist
http://www.timesofisrael.com/norwegian-finds-heart-of-pms-son/ Norwegian wins heart of PM’s son
Prime minister tells his counterpart in Oslo about the romance, which began in the halls of the IDC in Herzliya
By Yifa Yaakov January 26, 2014, 12:23 pm 14
Yair Netanyahu, right, is said to be dating Norwegian national Sandra Leikanger, left. (photo illustration credit: Facebook and Flash90/Marc Israel Sellem)
Yair Netanyahu, right, is said to be dating Norwegian national Sandra Leikanger, left. (photo illustration credit: Facebook and Flash90/Marc Israel Sellem)
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When Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg sat down for a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, she received some unexpected news: that the prime minister’s son Yair was dating a Norwegian national, Sandra Leikanger.
As the two discussed bilateral issues and the “new-found friendship” between Jerusalem and Oslo under Solberg’s newly elected right-center government, Netanyahu reportedly told Solberg that his son traveled with Leikanger in Norway over the summer, and that the two had been dating for months.
According to a report published by the Norwegian daily Dagen, the tall, svelte blonde met the younger Netanyahu at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, where they are both pursuing a degree.
Netanyahu, 23, recently completed his mandatory military service in the IDF, where he served as a corporal in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. He currently studies International Relations at IDC.
Leikanger, 25, studies Communications, Dagen reported.
According to the report, Leikanger — who is 1.8 meters tall (5′ 11″) — hails from the southern Norwegian city of Grimstad, which is known for its conservative Christian population.
Leikanger's Facebook page.
Leikanger’s Facebook page.
Photos obtained by the newspaper from Leikanger’s Facebook page, which has since been made private, show the happy couple posing at a restaurant and on the Norwegian seafront.
According to the report, the two take a bodyguard along when they go on dates in Israel.
Leikanger’s sister Ida, who also goes by the Israeli name Hila, lives in Israel as well, according to Facebook. Their mother, Anne Kirstine, often posts pro-Israel content on her Facebook page, and visited Israel this fall.
Though Norway is generally not known for its good relations with Israel, it boasts a community of pro-Israel Evangelical Christians numbering several thousands.
Leikanger’s family reportedly belongs to Norway’s Evangelical community. Last month, Anne Kirstine posted a Christmas greeting on her Facebook page, saying that “Mary’s boychild Jesus Christ was born on Christmas Day .. Let’s celebrate!!!!”.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s own second wife, Fleur Cates, was a non-Jewish woman of British origin.
Yair was born in 1991 to Netanyahu’s third wife, Sara.
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Her Sister is a covert to Judaism and lives in Israel
http://www.jpost.com/National-News/MKs-slam-Netanyahu-for-letting-son-date-gentile-339416 ▼
Shas MK Ze'ev says PM failed to set example for the Jews by preventing son from dating woman; Likud MK Feiglin calls affair "unfortunate."
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PM Netanyahu speaks at Davos Economic Forum Photo: SCREENSHOT DAVOS WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu failed to set an example for the Jewish people by not preventing his son from dating a non-Jewish Norwegian woman, Shas MK Nissim Ze'ev told The Jerusalem Post Sunday.
According to the report in the Norwegian newspaper Dagen, when the prime minister met Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg for a diplomatic meeting in Davos last week, he boasted of his son Yair's relationship with Sandra Leikanger from Grimstad, Norway.
Leikanger is a student at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzilya. A source close to Netanyahu's son confirmed that she is not Jewish. But her older sister Ida, who moved to Israel, has converted to Judaism.
"It's a big problem," Ze'ev said. "As the prime minister of Israel and the Jewish people, he must display national responsibility via the values he presents inside his own household. I bet it pains him. Any Jew who wants to maintain his roots wants to see his son marry a Jewish girl. There is no shortage of beautiful, successful girls without sowing in the fields of others."
Ze'ev said he thought Netanyahu understood the importance of representing the Jewish people and the beauty of Jewish values. He praised him for walking two kilometers back to his hotel on Friday evening in Davos so as not to violate Shabbat following meetings at the World Economic Forum.
There was also criticism for Netanyahu from within his own party. "All I can say is that it is very unfortunate," MK Moshe Feiglin said.
The anti-assimilation group LEHAVA wrote on Monday following the media reports: "Bibi's son has found a Gentile! His father is proud of him and gives legitmacy to the assimilation and destruction of the Jewish people."
The prime minister's second wife, Fleur Cates, was also not Jewish and converted to Judaism. Netanyahu and Cates were married between 1981-84.
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Israeli media picked up the story, curious about what security measures were put in place if in fact Yair had traveled to Norway for a visit with his new love interest. Photos posted on the girlfriend's Facebook show the couple in what appears to be a trip to Norway.
World Zionist Organization vice chairman David Breakstone, who represents the worldwide Conservative movement, said he hopes that if the relationship becomes serious she would want to convert to Judaism.
"The laws should changed in order to enable Leikanger to convert to Judaism as she and the Netanyahu family would understand it," Breakstone said. "She should not be limited to a Judaism as understood and interpreted by a Chief Rabbinate with an antiquated interpretation of Judaism that is out of sync with the majority of Jews around the world."
Yair Netanyahu, 23, made news in June when he heckled Yesh Atid faction chairman Ofer Shelach when the MK spoke at Hebrew University where Netanyahu is a student. Students in the right-wing student group Lavie said Yair Netanyahu's views were "just like his father's."