Aluf Benn

Aluf Benn

Aluf Benn is the editor-in-chief for Haaretz Newspaper. He has followed the country's leadership, foreign policy, and national security, covering six prime ministers from Yitzhak Rabin through Benjamin Netanyahu's second term, and reporting on Israeli-Arab wars and peace efforts since the Oslo Accords in 1993.

 

His work has appeared in The New York Times, Foreign Affairs, and Newsweek, and he is a regular contributor to The Guardian.

 

Benn holds an MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and a degree from Tel Aviv University.

 

Latest Articles by Aluf Benn
David Mamet - Getty Images
An interview with David Mamet on Israel and Zionism

Aging American playwright, lover of Israel, seeks Hebrew teacher.

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Yair Lapid - Glickman
To bring change to Israel, Lapid will have to get his hands dirty

Yair Lapid's world mirrors his TV studio: no conflicts and fuzzy hopes for a wonderful future.

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Benjamin Netanyahu - Emil Salman
Springtime for the Israeli right as well

The fears unleashed by the Arab Spring have brought Benjamin Netanyahu closer than ever to perpetuating both ideology and rule.

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ga - Natasha Mozgovaya - November 6 2011
LIVE BLOG: The GA conference as it happens

A minute-by-minute update from the 2011 Jewish Federations General Assembly in Denver, Colorado.

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The state has triumphed over Facebook

An idea that wins popularity on Facebook, be it Israel's cottage cheese protest or the demonstrations on Cairo's Tahrir Square, can bring Tnuva's CEO to his knees or topple Hosni Mubarak from power in Egypt.

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Israel's defense chiefs failed in deterring Iran

Ex-Mossad head, Meir Dagan, and ex-Chief of Staff, Gabi Ashkenazi, appear to claim they helped rescue Israel from a destructive war with Iran, perhaps the truth is that defemse establishment failed to fulfill the instructions of political leaders.

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Netanyahu must ditch his madly right-leaning coalition

If Netanyahu believes in dividing the land, as he has asserted to Congress, the Knesset and the cabinet, he must change his political partners. There is no other way of realizing his vision, which enjoys the support of a majority of the people.

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Israel's Affirmative Action bill is reminiscent of Hungary's anti-Jewish laws

The spirit of the proposed bill is more important than the language, and everyone is clear on its purpose: to get rid of the ultra-Orthodox and the Arabs.

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