Fellow journalists to honor Haaretz commentator Yoel Marcus in Eilat
Marcus, journalist Shalom Kital to receive lifetime achievement awards at conference attended by journalists from Israel, abroad.
By Asaf Carmel Tags: Haaretz
Haaretz commentator Yoel Marcus and journalist Shalom Kital, former CEO of the Channel 2 news corporation, will receive lifetime achievement awards at the Eilat journalism conference later this month.
Hundreds of journalists from Israel and abroad will attend this year's conference, which is being organized by the Tel Aviv Journalists Association and the University of Haifa.
"The prize is being awarded to Marcus and Kital for their remarkable contribution for many years to the media in Israel," a statement by the conference organizers said Thursday.
Marcus began his journalism career in the 1950s at the newspaper Herut, and later wrote for the Mapai party evening paper, Hador. He covered the military and political beats for the daily Davar, which sent him to Paris in the mid-'60s. While there, Marcus moved to Haaretz, which appointed him correspondent for Western Europe.
In 1977 Haaretz sent him to the United States, where he covered the Israeli-Egyptian peace talks.
Back in Israel, Marcus was appointed a member of Haaretz's editorial board. At the beginning of the Lebanon War, he wrote an anonymous column describing his fears as the father of a paratrooper involved in the fighting. Several months later he revealed prime minister Menachem Begin's withdrawal into his home, in a front-page article entitled "A sad exit from history."
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...very much deserves this prize: "יואל מרקוס הוא עיתונאי אמין" (www.youngknesset.org.il, 2003) "yoel marcus es uno de los analistas israelies mas prestigiosos." (www.radiojai.com.ar, 30/11/2006) "le commentateur le plus respecté du quotidien israélien haaretz, yoel marcus." (www.legrandsoir.info, 2006) "yoel marcus, one of the country's most respected journalists." (www.economist.com, 01/02/2002) "yoel marcus ("haaretz"), einer der angesehensten und versiertesten journalisten und kommentatoren des landes." (jacques ungar, www.tachles.ch, february 2004)
When in July 1830 a revolution broke out against the Bourbons,Talleyrand hearing shots in the distance exclaimed "We won!" "Who is "We" Sir?" asked his secretary. "Psst,I'll tell you this tomorrow.." answered the Talleyrand who as France's Foreign Minister had betrayed Bourbons to the French Revolution,the Revolution to Lois the 16(expecting him to survive),loyalists to the Revolution again,the Revolution to Napoleon,Napoleon to Tzar Alexander and Bourbon Restoration,Bourbons to the July Revolution of 1830. Marcus assured Sharon his corruption'd be forgotten in excahange for Gaza withdrawal,then claimed "I'll never know why Sharon made an U-turn on Gaza" ,he attacked the IDF for being too harsh then he wrote "attacking civilians in Gaza in response for the Qassams isn't half-bad",he enthused over Olmert "A Leader is born!" and over the Lebanon War "The most just war in Israel's history",then attacked Olmert and the War. He serves himself,none else
Sincere congratulations to Mr. Marcus for the well deserved prize. He is an intelligent, clever and reliable writer and it is always a joy to read his comments. Mr. Marcus, may you continue to write your wise comments for many years to come and in good health!
-"Unfortunately, Arabs will always be Arabs and they lost their chance of getting peace."- Yoel Marcus Source Ha’aretz (Israel) Reference “Good-bye, giants of 1948”, by Yoel Marcus, Ha’aretz, January 6, 2006.
my big compliments for this well-deserved prize first of all for mr. marcus. with his beautiful language, his capability to put big topics into a well understandable nutshell, his balanced way of writing, his ingenious ideas, his humour and his experience and wisdom he enjoys the readers with each and every piece coming fom his pen. i hope and wish that he will go on writing for many more years.