Israeli Prime Minister Hopeful Woos NYC Crowd

By Genevieve Belmaker
Genevieve Belmaker
Genevieve Belmaker
May 7, 2014Updated: July 18, 2015

Moshe Feiglin, widely considered a potential future Israeli prime minister, was honored at an annual luncheon in New York City on Monday night. 

Among the guests of honor were U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann and Shlomo Kalish, a former Israeli fighter pilot and Feiglin is a member of the Israeli parliament and the right-wing Likud political party. His speech at the dinner, held in Flushing Meadow Park, Queens before a crowd of about 300 local business leaders, influential members of local Jewish society, and Christian zionists. 

During the event, Feiglin was also given an award recognizing his work to end forced live organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners in China.

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