David Horovitz ( he, דוד הוֹרוֹויץ; born 12 August 1962) is a British-born

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i journalist, author and speaker. He is the founding editor of ''

The Times of Israel ''The Times of Israel'' is an Israeli multi-language online newspaper that was launched in 2012. It was co-founded by Israeli journalist David Horovitz, who is also the founding editor, and American billionaire investor Seth Klarman.

'', a current affairs website based in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

that launched in February 2012. Previously, he had been the editor-in-chief of ''

The Jerusalem Post ''The Jerusalem Post'' is a broadsheet newspaper based in Jerusalem, founded in 1932 during the British Mandate of Palestine by Gershon Agron as ''The Palestine Post''. In 1950, it changed its name to ''The Jerusalem Post''. In 2004, the pap ...

'' and '' The Jerusalem Report''.

Biography

David Horovitz was born in London. He is the great-grandson of Rabbi Márkus Horovitz. Horovitz

immigrated Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, and ...

to Israel in 1983. He served in the

Education and Youth Corps The Israeli Education and Youth Corps ( he, חיל החינוך והנוער, ''Heil HaHinuh VeHaNo'ar'') is the IDF Manpower Directorate corps responsible for the education of soldiers and commanders in Israel's military. It is designed to instruc ...

of the

Israeli Defense Forces Israeli may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the State of Israel * Israelis, citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel * Modern Hebrew, a language * ''Israeli'' (newspaper), published from 2006 to 2008 * Guni Israeli (b ...

. He and his wife Lisa have three children.

Journalism career

David Horovitz worked for the ''Post'' from 1983 to 1990. He then worked at '' The Jerusalem Report'', where he was the editor from 1998 and publisher from 2001. In October 2004, Horovitz rejoined the ''Post'' as editor-in-chief. David announced he was leaving ''The Jerusalem Post'' in a postscript to his final editor's notes column on Friday 1 July 2011. In his final column for the ''Post'', Horovitz interviewed

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. In February 2012, together with

Seth Klarman Seth Andrew Klarman (born May 21, 1957) is an American billionaire investor, hedge fund manager, and author. He is a proponent of value investing. He is the chief executive and portfolio manager of the Baupost Group, a Boston-based private inv ...

of the

Baupost Group The Baupost Group is a hedge fund founded in 1982 by Harvard adjunct professor William Poorvu and partners Howard Stevenson, Jordan Baruch and Isaac Auerbach. Seth Klarman, who was asked by Poorvu to help run the fund, remains at its head tod ...

, Horovitz launched ''The Times of Israel'', an English-language Israeli news website published out of Jerusalem. Horovitz has also written for Israel for newspapers around the world, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' in London. He has been a frequent interviewee on IBA, CNN, the BBC,

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and other TV and radio stations. Horovitz is the author of ''Still Life with Bombers: Israel in the Age of Terrorism'' (2004) and of ''A Little Too Close to God : The Thrills and Panic of a Life in Israel'' (2000). He edited and co-wrote ''The Jerusalem Reports 1996 biography of

Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin (; he, יִצְחָק רַבִּין, ; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77, and from 1992 until h ...

, ''Shalom, Friend: The Life and Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin'', which won the US

National Jewish Book Award The Jewish Book Council (Hebrew: ), founded in 1944, is an organization encouraging and contributing to Jewish literature.B'nai B'rith B'nai B'rith International (, from he, בְּנֵי בְּרִית, translit=b'né brit, lit=Children of the Covenant) is a Jewish service organization. B'nai B'rith states that it is committed to the security and continuity of the Jewish peo ...

World Center award for journalism for his coverage of the

1994 AMIA bombing The AMIA bombing occurred on 18 July 1994 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and targeted the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA; ), a Jewish Community Centre. Executed as a suicidal attack, a bomb-laden van was driven into the AMIA build ...

of the Jewish community centre in

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. In 2005, he received the JDC award for journalism on Israel and Diaspora affairs. In 2014, Horovitz was awarded B'nai B'rith's Lifetime Achievement Award for Israeli journalism. Accepting the award, Horovitz said: "Honest, fair, independent journalism is in ever shorter supply around the world, most certainly including in Israel... I’m proud to think that in a world with so much partisan, shrill and incitement-filled media, we t The Times of Israelare part of the antidote."

Views and opinions

Horovitz had counted himself among Israel's political left but grew disillusioned with the peace process after the Second Palestinian Intifada. He described himself in 2015 as a member of the "confused middle ground of Israeli politics". His books ''A Little Too Close to God'' (2000) and ''Still Life with Bombers'' (2004) show admiration of the late

and criticism of

Benjamin Netanyahu Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (; ; born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician who served as the ninth prime minister of Israel from 1996 to 1999 and again from 2009 to 2021. He is currently serving as Leader of the Opposition and Chairman of ...

Published works

*''Shalom, Friend : The Life and Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin'' (1996) *''A Little Too Close to God: The Thrills and Panic of a Life in Israel'' (2000) *''Still Life with Bombers: Israel in the Age of Terrorism'' (2004)

References

External links

* http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/starting-the-times-of-israel/ *. The author's website. * http://www.harrywalker.com/speaker/David-Horovitz.cfm?Spea_ID=1496. Lecture bureau.
Interview: David Horovitz Discusses Israel's Intricate Gaza WithdrawalThe Personal and the Political: Talking with David Horovitz Jimmy Wales’s benevolent Wikipedia wisdom
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