Nahum Barnea נחום ברנע | |
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| Born | (1944-10-23)23 October 1944 (age 80) |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem London School of Economics |
| Occupation | Journalism |
Nahum Barnea (Hebrew:נחום ברנע) (born October 23, 1944) is anIsraelijournalist. Barnea writes forYedioth Ahronoth. He won theIsrael Prize in 2007.
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Nahum Borstein (later Barnea) was born inPetah Tikva. He served in theIDF inNahal Mutznah. He earned a B.A. in history and political science fromHebrew University inJerusalem.[citation needed]
Barnea is married to Tami, writerRina Ben-Menahem's sister[1] and they have three children. His son Yonatan was killed in February 1996 by Hamas in aterrorist attack on Bus 18 in Jerusalem.[2]
Barnea began his journalism career at university, writing for the student newspaperPi-Ha'aton [he]. In 1967–1982, he worked for the newspaperDavar, becoming the paper's correspondent inWashington, D.C. Later he founded and edited a weekly paperKoteret Rashit. Since 1989, Barnea has been a staff writer forYedioth Ahronoth. He wrote forHa'Ayin HaShevi'it from 1996 to 2008.
Barnea was awarded theSokolov Prize for journalism in 1981. In a survey in 1998, he was voted one of the most influential journalists in Israel.[citation needed] In 2007, he won theIsrael Prize in the sphere of communications.[3][4] The judges who awarded the prize said: "Nahum Barnea is a journalist who almost every young writer aspires to emulate." They added, "Barnea always insists on 'being there,' close to events, even in places of social tension, even in wars and on days of terror attacks, even when his presence places his life in danger."[5] On 29 March 2007, he accepted an award from the president ofTel Aviv University for "his achievements and his unique contribution to the profession of journalism in Israel.
Barnea invented the "lynch test" for Israeli journalists who refuse to criticize Arab terrorism.[6][7][8][9] According toKenneth Levin, this is a "rare instance of Israeli media self-scrutiny".[10] This term was first used after the2000 Ramallah lynching, in which an Arab mob beat to death two Israeli reservists who had mistakenly entered Ramallah.[6][7][11] Barnea identifiedHaaretz journalistsGideon Levy,Amira Hass, andAkiva Eldar as not passing the lynch test.[12]
In 2007, Barnea was criticized for defending former Prime MinisterEhud Olmert while he was being investigated on corruption charges. Independent journalistYoav Yitzhak claimed that Barnea published statements he knew were untrue.[13][14]Yaron Zalika, theComptroller General in 2003–2007, said that Barnea insulted him in his column without giving him an opportunity to respond.[15]
In January 2011, MKShelly Yachimovich claimed that Barnea insinuated that women might be responsible for turning themselves into sex objects by wearing provocative clothing, inviting rape. When Barnea drew attention to a photograph of Yachimovich jogging on the beach in shorts, Yachimovich denied that her outfit was provocative and said that anything less than ahijab stimulated Barnea's fantasies. Yachimovich also criticized Barnea for his "gentle" interview with former PresidentMoshe Katzav, after his conviction for rape, and suggesting that the victims were to blame.[16] Barnea subsequently apologized for his remarks.
Barnea has published two collections of his articles, יורים ובוכים ("They shoot and cry") and ימי נתניהו ("Days of Netanyahu"). In 2006, he publishedBackchannel: Bush, Sharon and the Uses of Unilateralism.[3]
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