David Horovitz (; born 12 August 1962) is a British-born

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

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'', a current affairs website based in

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

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'' and ''

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''.

Biography

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

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. Horovitz

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to Israel in 1983. He served in the

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of the

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. He and his wife Lisa have three children.

Journalism career

David Horovitz worked for the ''Post'' from 1983 to 1990. He then worked at ''

'', where he was the editor starting in 1998 and publisher starting in 2001. In October 2004, Horovitz rejoined the ''Post'' as editor-in-chief. In a postscript to his final editor's notes column on Friday 1 July 2011 he announced he was leaving ''The Jerusalem Post''. In that last column, Horovitz interviewed

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. In February 2012, together with

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of the

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, Horovitz launched ''The Times of Israel'', an English-language Israeli news website published out of Jerusalem. Horovitz has also written about 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,

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, the

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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

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

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for Non-Fiction. In 1995, he received the

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World Center award for journalism for his coverage of the

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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

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after the

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. 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

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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

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