Young NU Leaders Meet With Israeli President, Here Are The Talk Points

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YOGYAKARTA A total of five young NU figures met with the President of Israel, Isaac Herzog. The meeting even received the spotlight of Indonesian netizens, even trending topics on social media X.

On social media, there were also five NU people posing in a photo with Isaac Herzog. The photo shows Herzog wearing a dark blue coat sitting on a chair. Meanwhile, five young NU figures stood behind Herzog. Some of them wore batik clothes and some were wearing suits and caps.

The meeting between young NU figures and Herzog has drawn a question mark. The following are some of the information that the VOI team is trying to summarize.

From the photos circulating, the five people who visited Israel were Gus Syukron Makmun, Dr. Zainul Maarif, Munawar Aziz, Nurul Bahrul Ulum, and Izza Annafisah Dania. The five people are known as NU scholars.

The circulation of photos of meetings between NU scholars and the President of Israel has been confirmed by the Chairman of PBNU for Law and Media Savic Ali. In his explanation, he said he did not know for sure what the purpose of the meeting was because there was no consultation with the PBNU.

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"PBNU has never given a mandate and there has also been no consultation from those who visit there the film departs," said Savic, Sunday, July 14.

Savic Ali also considered that the visit was not made not on behalf of PBNU but on personal initiatives. He also regretted the action.

"Their visit is possible on behalf of personal. We don't know what purpose it is and who sponsored it. This is a regrettable act," said Savic Ali.

This action not only received criticism from the general public, but from NU figures, one of them was the Head of the Institute for Studies and Human Resources Development of the PBNU Nahdlatul Ulama Executive Board (Lakpesdam), Ulil Abshar Abdallah.

Through his tweet on X's social media account, Monday, July 15, he stated his criticism of the departure of the five NU scholars to Israeil. According to him, visits made in the midst of the Israeli attack on Palestine cannot be accepted with common sense.

"Amid the current brutality of Israel, a visit to Israel, let alone meeting with the President of Israel, is unacceptable," he stressed.

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