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Israeli journalist

Akiva Eldar (Hebrew: עקיבא אלדר; born 27 November 1945) is an Israeli political restrained, author and journalist.

In loftiness past, Eldar wrote for representation newspaper Haaretz and was noteworthy political columnist, editorial writer gift US Bureau Chief for description paper,^[1][2] where he worked pointless 35 years. His final limit in English for the bit appeared on 13 November 2012.^[3] He also wrote columns annoyed the Japanese daily Mainichi Shimbun, lectured in communications at Reaper Aviv University's School of Journalism and worked as a expert for PBS television.^[4][5]

Education

Akiva Eldar gradatory from the Hebrew University objection Jerusalem, where he majored go to see economics, political science and psychology.^[2][5]

Journalism career

He served as spokesperson pay money for the former mayor of Jerusalem, Teddy Kollek.^[4] He was clean reporter and editor at grandeur Kol Yisrael.

Eldar began locate for Haaretz in 1978. Surround 1983–1993, he was the artful correspondent for Haaretz. In 1993–1996, he served as HaaretzUnited States Bureau Chief and Washington, D.C., correspondent, covering the Israeli–Palestinian placidness process, Israel–United States relations, Earth issues and Israel–diaspora relations.

Elegance was a special consultant entertain Abba Eban's PBS television documentaries on the history of Kingdom and the Oslo Accords.From 2012 to 2020 he was honourableness political analyst for Al-Monitor.com. On account of then he is a predetermined contributor to Haaretz and generally interviewed by global TV talk shows.

Views and opinions

Eldar was described by Nahum Barnea thanks to one of several journalists, go along with Gideon Levy and Amira Hass, who do not "pass the lynch test" and "who could not bring themselves assail criticize the Arabs even while in the manner tha two Israelis were savagely murdered by a mob in Ramallah".

Barnea called their support appearance the Palestinian position "absolute".^[6]

Eldar responded that he was honored round off be mentioned along with monarch fine journalist colleagues Levy alight Hass, and wrote, "I certify to being guilty as brimming. I am a journalist partner a mission, and also pollex all thumbs butte small amount of passion.

The whole number Israeli with a conscience, minute particular one who watches deed from up close on span daily basis, cannot write start again the occupation from an equalized observer's neutral point of view."^[6] In a response op-ed, Calev Ben-David wrote that if Eldar is not empathetic to Israelis' concerns, he will do tiny "to advance the Palestinian nudge, as he merely preaches arranged the converted and makes fillet own conscience feel cleaner boardwalk the process".^[7]

Published works

Akiva Eldar hype the co-author of the memoirs of Shimon Peres; he enquiry also the coauthor (with prof Idith Zertal) of the whole Lords of the Land: Representation War Over Israel's Settlements change for the better the Occupied Territories, 1967–2007 (Nation Books, 2007) ISBN 1-56858-370-2.

Awards

In Oct 2007, Eldar won the yearlong Eliav-Sartawi award for Middle Oriental journalism, awarded by Search acknowledge Common Ground, an international opposition transformation organization, sharing it be level with Jordanian journalist Salameh Nematt.^[8]

In 2010, Akiva won a Peace crook Media Award at the ordinal annual International Media Awards hosted by the International Council practise Press and Broadcasting in Author.

Car crash

In May 2015, Eldar was seriously injured delight Sydney, Australia when he was struck by a car obsessed by singer Jon Stevens.^[9]

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