Nadav Shragai ( he, נדב שרגאי) is an Israeli author and journalist.

Biography

Nadav Shragai is the grandson of

Shlomo Zalman Shragai Shlomo Zalman Shragai ( he, זלמן שרגאי, 1899–1995) was an Israeli politician and Jerusalem's first elected mayor. Shragai was born into a Polish Orthodox Jewish family in Gorzkowice in 1899. He then became active in the religious Zio ...

, who served as mayor of

West Jerusalem West Jerusalem or Western Jerusalem (, ; , ) refers to the section of Jerusalem that was controlled by Israel at the end of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. As the city was divided by the Green Line (Israel's erstwhile border, established by t ...

in the early 1950s. Shragai was a correspondent for Israeli newspaper '' Haaretz'' in 1983-2009, covering national security and religious affairs. He has published a number of books on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Shragai's articles on Israeli security issues, international law and related topics have been published by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. His book ''Temple of Dispute'' about the

Temple Mount The Temple Mount ( hbo, הַר הַבַּיִת, translit=Har haBayīt, label=Hebrew, lit=Mount of the House f the Holy}), also known as al-Ḥaram al-Sharīf (Arabic: الحرم الشريف, lit. 'The Noble Sanctuary'), al-Aqsa Mosque compou ...

was published by

Keter Publishing House Keter ( he-a, כֶּתֶר, Keter.ogg, link=yes, ''Keṯer'', lit. " crown") also known as Kether, is the topmost of the sephirot of the Tree of Life in Kabbalah. Since its meaning is "crown", it is interpreted as both the "topmost" of the Se ...

in 1995 On his deathbed, former Israeli general

Uzi Narkiss Uzi Narkiss ( he, עוזי נרקיס; January 6, 1925 – December 17, 1997) was an Israeli general. Narkiss was commander of the Israel Defense Forces units in the Central Region during the 1967 Six-Day War. Narkiss appears in the famous photog ...

told Shragai that

Shlomo Goren Shlomo Goren ( he, שלמה גורן; February 3, 1917 – October 29, 1994), was a Polish-born Israeli Orthodox Religious Zionist rabbi and Talmudic scholar who was considered a foremost authority on Jewish law (Halakha). Goren founded and ser ...

, former Chief Rabbi of Israel, urged him to blow up the Dome of the Rock, known by many in the past as the Mosque of Omar. Shragai lives in Jerusalem. He is married with five children and one grandchild.

Views and opinions

Haaretz publisher Amos Schocken said that Shragai was a journalist with clear opinions with which he largely disagreed, but "his opinions never influenced his news reporting, which was always professional."

Published works

*''Understanding Israeli Interests in the E1 Area: Contiguity, Security, and Jerusalem'' *''The Al-Aksa Is in Danger Libel: The History of a Lie''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shragai, Nadav Israeli non-fiction writers Israeli journalists Living people Year of birth missing (living people)

Biography

Views and opinions

Published works

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