Avi Yemini
Avi Yemini | |
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אבי ימיני | |
Yemini in 2022 | |
| Born | Avraham Shalom Waks Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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| Education | Yeshivah College |
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| Employer | Rebel News (since 2020) |
| Political party | Australian Liberty Alliance (2018–2019) |
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| Allegiance | Israel |
| Branch | Israeli Ground Forces |
| Years of service | 2004–2007 |
| Unit | Golani Brigade |
| Website | followavi |
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Avraham Shalom Yemini (né Waks; Hebrew: אברהם שלום ימיני) is an Australian-Israeli far-right provocateur and commentator. Since 2020 he has worked as the Australian correspondent for Rebel News, a Canadian far-right website. Yemini has been involved in numerous cases of litigation, initiated both by him and against him.
Yemini grew up in a large family in Melbourne, Victoria, and attended various Orthodox Jewish schools in Melbourne and overseas. When he was 16 he became addicted to heroin and at the age of 19 joined the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in an attempt to get off drugs. He later opened up and ran two gyms in the Melbourne area, both of which were sold in 2018.
In 2018, Yemini unsuccessfully ran as a candidate for the Australian Liberty Alliance in the Victorian state election.