Gilles-William Goldnadel | |
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| Born | 12 January 1954 Rouen, France |
| Education | Lycée des Bruyères |
| Alma mater | Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University |
| Occupation | Lawyer • Columnist • Author |
| Spouse | Béatrice Vonderweit |
| Children | 1 son, 1 daughter |
| Parent(s) | Henri Goldnadel Victoria Schwartz |
Gilles-William Goldnadel (born 1954) is a French-Israeli lawyer, author and columnist.
Gilles-William Goldnadel was born on 12 January 1954 in Rouen, in northern France. [1] [2] He is a secular Ashkenazi Jew. [1] His father. Henri Goldnadel, was of Polish Jewish descent, while his mother, Victoria Schwartz, is of Lithuanian Jew descent. [1] [2]
Goldnadel grew up in Gournay-en-Bray, where they owned a clothing store. [1] He was educated at the Lycée des Bruyères in Rouen. [2] He received a master's degree in Law from Panthéon-Sorbonne University. [2]
Goldnadel is a lawyer. [1] He has defended Israeli businessman Arcadi Gaydamak and Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci, among many others. [1] In 1996, he defended Maurice Arreckx. [3] In 2014, he defended Patrick Buisson, former President Nicolas Sarkozy's advisor. [4] In 2015, he defended Florian Philippot, a French politician, against the absolute monarchy of Qatar. [4] [5]
An author, Goldnadel has written eight books, three of which with Jean-Claude Gawsewitch. In 2011, he wrote the preface of Vendée : du génocide au mémoricide by Reynald Secher, suggesting the War in the Vendée led to a genocide. [6] He is also a columnist, writing for Le Figaro and Valeurs Actuelles , two conservative French publications. [6] [7] He protects freedom of speech in French media. [1] In a March 2015 column in Le Figaro, he suggested antisemitism and islamophobia were not comparable. [8]
Goldnadel first visited Israel in 1971. [1] He serves as the President of the Association France-Israël. [8] He has served on the Steering Committee of the CRIF since 2010. [6] [9] He is a zionist, and has as his "personal friend" Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. [1] He is a member of The Republicans. [5]
Goldnadel became an Israeli citizen in 2000. [1] He is married to Béatrice Vonderweidt, [2] a former model, now a painter whose work was exhibited at the French Institute of Tel Aviv in 2008. [1] [10] She is a gentile. [1] They reside in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris. [6] They have a son, Benjamin, and a daughter, Laura-Sarah, both of whom are Israeli citizens and residents. [1]
