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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

Hamas conquers Gaza Strip with Avi Issacharoff, Amos Harel and Shmuel Rosner 0 comments

Olmert to tell Bush: We need to separate Gaza Strip, West Bank

Defense Minister: We won't allow Fatah-Hamas clashes in Gaza to spread into attacks on Israel.

with News Agencies 0 comments

Olmert to tell Bush contact between Gaza, W. Bank must be prevented with News Agencies 0 comments

Olmert's double 0 comments

26 dead as Hamas tightens its grip on Gaza with Avi Issacharoff and Amos Harel 0 comments

Olmert mulls int'l force to stop Rafah arms smuggling with Avi Issacharoff and Yoav Stern 0 comments

Syria: We'll talk, but without preconditions with News Agencies and Yoav Stern 0 comments

Olmert mulls int'l force to stop arms smuggling at Gaza-Egypt border

FM: Smuggling is main cause of Gaza terrorism; Egypt, Jordan worry Gaza clashes will spread to W. Bank.

with Avi Issacharoff and Yoav Stern 0 comments

Olmert calls for international force along Gaza-Egypt border

Peretz: Israel will not intervene with Gaza clashes; Qassam lightly wounds man in western Negev.

with Mijal Grinberg 0 comments

Senior Syrian official: Damascus ready for peace talks with Israel

Syrian Deputy FM: Talks must resume without preconditions; PM sends new 'nuances' in message to Assad.

with Reuters and Avirama Golan 0 comments

Bush to suggest new ideas for Israeli-Palestinian agreement

U.S. President to speak on issue on June 24; officials say not clear what ideas the U.S. is formulating.

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Bush to suggest new ideas for peace 0 comments

PM sends new message to Assad with Avirama Golan 0 comments

Assad ignored Israeli message; PM's aides divided over whether Syria wants talks 0 comments

Israel sees no need to change UN's mandate on Golan 0 comments

Israel, Abbas at odds over reason for canceled meet with Avi Issacharoff 0 comments

PM calls for direct talks with Syria 0 comments

MI: Syria's Assad preparing for war, but won't initiate with Amos Harel 0 comments

Talks with Syria not on agenda for Olmert-Bush meet 0 comments

Pines asks Mazuz about PM's Winograd candidate 0 comments

Israel: Benchmark timetable too tight with Shmuel Rosner 0 comments

Ministers to be told of Syrian arming 0 comments

Security cabinet to be briefed on arming of Syrian forces

Israel's main concern is the possibility that Syria might try to take control of a small part of the Golan.

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PM, Bush to discuss Iran, PA on June 19 with Barak Ravid and Shmuel Rosner 0 comments

U.S. raps Israel for not easing conditions in PA with Shmuel Rosner 0 comments

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Hezbollah members holding Hezbollah and Lebanese flags during a rally in Lebanon

Germany officially supports listing Hezbollah's military wing as terror group

By Barak Ravid | 02:46 PM | 12

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By JTA | 04:00 PM

Palestinian family who lives in a tent, South Hebron Hills, West Bank.

Tourist tip: Visiting the southern West Bank

By Mairav Zonszein | 06:14 AM | 2