What are the real names of Israeli officials? Why did they change them?

 

Netanyahu was Benjamin Mileikowsky, Ben-Gurion was David Grün, Sharon was Ariel Scheinerman, and the list goes on. 

Before the formation of the Zionist entity came the formation of the Zionist identity. First, through the creation of modern Hebrew, and then through the Hebraization of names and places. This video unpacks that process in detail.