Ronen Bergman
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Ronen Bergman is an Israeli investigative journalist and author. He is Currently a senior political and military analyst for Yedioth Ahronoth
, Israel’s largest-circulation daily.
Mr. Bergman has written for The New York Times
, the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs
, and Newsweek
in the United States, and for The Times
, The Guardian
, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
, and the Sueddeutsche Zeitung in Europe. He is also interviewed frequently by the media in the United States and Europe, and his work is often quoted in Middle Eastern newspapers in Arabic and Persian
.
He has published four books in Hebrew, which were all well received, and which topped Israeli non-fiction best-seller lists. His books cover corruption in the Palestinian Authority, the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the Iranian nuclear project, and Israeli POWs and MIAs.
A translation of his third book, 'The Secret War with Iran', was published by Simon & Schuster
in 2008. The book appeared in the Boston Globe’s recommended reading list for summer 2009.
He is a regular co-anchor of a daytime news and current affairs magazine on Israeli TV. He often appears on major U.S. broadcasting networks and the BBC, and is a frequent guest on Al-Jazeera.
Mr. Bergman lectures frequently to academic and military audiences, as well as to the general public. He has been a guest lecturer at academic forums at major universities in Israel and abroad, including Princeton
, Yale
, Columbia
, New York University
, Oxford
, and Cambridge
, and at military and intelligence forums in Israel, the United States and England.
, holds a M.Phil degree in international relations, and was awarded a Ph. D by University of Cambridge
for his dissertation about the Israeli Mossad
, the first ever on that subject, written under the supervision of the esteemed Professor Christopher Andrew, chairman of the History Faculty.
Mr Bergman is a member of the Körber Foundation "Munich Young Leaders 2010" and participated in the prestigious the "Munich 46 Security Conference".
He is a former senior staff feature writer for Haaretz
.
Mr. Bergman is the recipient of the 1995 Bnei Brith Worlds Center Award for Journalism and the 1996 Ha’aretz award for Best Story.
Throughout his journalistic career, Mr. Bergman has championed the causes of freedom of information and freedom of the press, often taking his battles with the Israeli security establishment to the courts in order to protect the public’s right to know, and his right to publish reports that are of public interest.
Yedioth Ahronoth
Yedioth Ahronoth is a daily newspaper published in Tel Aviv, Israel. Since the 1970s, it has been the most widely circulated paper in Israel. In a TGI survey comparing the last half of 2009 with the same period in 2008, Yedioth Ahronoth retained the title of most widely read newspaper in Israel...
, Israel’s largest-circulation daily.
Mr. Bergman has written for The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs is an American magazine and website on international relations and U.S. foreign policy published since 1922 by the Council on Foreign Relations six times annually...
, and Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
in the United States, and for The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
, The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , short F.A.Z., also known as the FAZ, is a national German newspaper, founded in 1949. It is published daily in Frankfurt am Main. The Sunday edition is the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung .F.A.Z...
, and the Sueddeutsche Zeitung in Europe. He is also interviewed frequently by the media in the United States and Europe, and his work is often quoted in Middle Eastern newspapers in Arabic and Persian
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
.
He has published four books in Hebrew, which were all well received, and which topped Israeli non-fiction best-seller lists. His books cover corruption in the Palestinian Authority, the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the Iranian nuclear project, and Israeli POWs and MIAs.
A translation of his third book, 'The Secret War with Iran', was published by Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster, Inc., a division of CBS Corporation, is a publisher founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. It is one of the four largest English-language publishers, alongside Random House, Penguin and HarperCollins...
in 2008. The book appeared in the Boston Globe’s recommended reading list for summer 2009.
He is a regular co-anchor of a daytime news and current affairs magazine on Israeli TV. He often appears on major U.S. broadcasting networks and the BBC, and is a frequent guest on Al-Jazeera.
Mr. Bergman lectures frequently to academic and military audiences, as well as to the general public. He has been a guest lecturer at academic forums at major universities in Israel and abroad, including Princeton
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, Yale
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, Columbia
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
, Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
, and Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
, and at military and intelligence forums in Israel, the United States and England.
Biography
Mr. Bergman is a member of the Israeli BarIsrael Bar Association
The Israel Bar Association is the bar association for all Israeli lawyers.The Israel Bar is organized as a corporation, with a Central Committee, a National Assembly and five districts. Membership is mandatory for lawyers licensed in Israel. The top positions are filled by elections held every...
, holds a M.Phil degree in international relations, and was awarded a Ph. D by University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
for his dissertation about the Israeli Mossad
Mossad
The Mossad , short for HaMossad leModi'in uleTafkidim Meyuchadim , is the national intelligence agency of Israel....
, the first ever on that subject, written under the supervision of the esteemed Professor Christopher Andrew, chairman of the History Faculty.
Mr Bergman is a member of the Körber Foundation "Munich Young Leaders 2010" and participated in the prestigious the "Munich 46 Security Conference".
He is a former senior staff feature writer for Haaretz
Haaretz
Haaretz is Israel's oldest daily newspaper. It was founded in 1918 and is now published in both Hebrew and English in Berliner format. The English edition is published and sold together with the International Herald Tribune. Both Hebrew and English editions can be read on the Internet...
.
Mr. Bergman is the recipient of the 1995 Bnei Brith Worlds Center Award for Journalism and the 1996 Ha’aretz award for Best Story.
Published works
Mr. Bergman’s articles are often based on classified military and intelligence material to which he has been granted exclusive access. Over the years, he has brought to light numerous issues of considerable public interest, including: the diversion of Palestinian tax revenues to the personal bank account of Yassir Arafat; the production of fertilizer from the bones of Holocaust victims at an Italian factory during World War II; the sale by an Israeli businessman of dual-use chemical raw materials and technology to Iran; the medical file of Prime Minister Rabin compiled on the night of his assassination; the case of “Agent Babylon,” the aide to Egyptian President Sadat who was an Israeli spy; the first interviews ever published with members of the Mossad’s special ops unit; medical experiments conducted on Israeli soldiers as part of joint U.S.-Israeli efforts to develop a vaccine against anthrax; and various institutional corruption scandals in Israel.Throughout his journalistic career, Mr. Bergman has championed the causes of freedom of information and freedom of the press, often taking his battles with the Israeli security establishment to the courts in order to protect the public’s right to know, and his right to publish reports that are of public interest.
Books
- Authority Granted (2002)
- Moment of Truth (2003)
- Point Of No Return (2007)
- The Secret War With Iran (2008)
- By Any Means Necessary (2009)