Aluf Benn ( he, אלוף בן, born 1965) is an Israeli

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, author and editor-in-chiefAluf Benn author page
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'' of the left-wing Israeli national daily ''

''.

Biography

Aluf Bomstein (later Benn) was born in

Ramat HaSharon Ramat HaSharon ( he, רָמַת הַשָּׁרוֹן, ''lit.'' ''Sharon Heights'', ar, رمات هشارون) is a city located on Israel's central coastal strip in the south of the Sharon region, bordering Tel Aviv to the south, Hod HaSharon to ...

, son of Atida and 2010 Israel Prize poet laureate Aryeh Bomstein (who publishes under

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). He was named for his uncle, Aluf Horowitz, who was killed in action in the

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during the Israeli

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of 1955. Benn holds an MBA degree from the

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, and a degree from

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...

Media career

He began working for the paper '' Ha'ir'' in 1986, and Hebraicized his surname Bomstein to Benn. In 1989, he moved to the newspaper ''

'', where he served in various roles, including night editor, investigative reporter, head of the news division and wrote on security matters. His articles have been published in a variety of international newspapers, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. On August 1, 2011, he was appointed editor-in-chief of ''Haaretz''.

References

External links

Column archive
at ''

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''
Column archive
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