Original sentence: As Israel Shamir (Shmerling), he came to Israel in the late 1960s from Novosibirsk and soon became an extreme leftist.At the end of 1980 he published a violent article against Russian nationalism in Ha'aretz, accusing supporters of Solzhenitsyn of being the Jewish people's worst enemies.He acquired an excellent command of Hebrew and published many articles in Ha'aretz, Al Hamishmar, and also The Jerusalem Post.He is also on the current Board of Advisors of <I>Deir Yassin Remembered<i>, an Organization devoted to establishing a suitable memorial to the Victims of the Deir Yassin Massacre at the  Village of Deir Yassin in 1948.He was also a Knesset spokesman for Mapam for some time.His identity is well known.In an article appearing in the [[Jerusalem Post]] on Aug 15th 1991, another critic of Shamir, Mikhail Agursky provides a brief account of Shamir's career:.Robert David is presented as an Israeli.Shamir is a Strong proponent of the One-State Solution to the Israel-Palestine Conflict, and is a founding Director of the Lausanne Based <I>One Democratic State in Israel/Palestine’<I>.Shamir is a prolific writer and has become a controversial figure due to the nature and treatment of his subject matter.Some facts about Shamir's background are disputed.The article is full of allegations that Sakharov was a harmful Zionist agent.What was not known to Mapam and to other Israeli leftists and liberals was that Shamir also had close contacts with the Western and Israeli right
Edited sentence: According to Swedish authorities, Shamir lived in Sweden from 1984-1993, when he emigrated to Russia.Critics accuse Shamir of anti-Semitism and of misrepresenting his background and career.He became a Swedish citizen in 1992.He is a citizen of Sweden, where his legal name is Jöran Jermas.In 1998 he again became a permanent resident of Sweden and still remains so.Many facts about Shamir's background are disputed