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'''Ze'ev Schiff''' 1932-2007 (In ''Hebrew'': זאב שיף) was a ], journalist, author and military commentator who worked for the ]i newspaper '']''.
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'''Ze'ev Schiff''' ({{langx|he|זאב שיף}}&lrm;; 1 July 1932 – 19 June 2007)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/jul/23/guardianobituaries.israel |newspaper=] |title=Ze'ev Schiff |author=Lawrence Joffe |date=22 July 2007 |access-date=5 October 2014}} Obituary.</ref> was an Israeli journalist and military correspondent for '']''.


Schiff moved to ] with his family in 1935. He studied Middle Eastern affairs and military history at ].<ref>{{cite news |author=Isabel Kershner |author-link=Isabel Kershner |date=21 June 2007 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/21/world/africa/21iht-obits.4.6262624.html |title=Obituary: Zeev Schiff, Israeli writer and military analyst |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=5 October 2014}}</ref>
Schiff wrote numerous books, including ''Israel's Lebanon War'' and ''Intifada'', both with ], and ''A History of the Israeli Army: 1874 to the Present''. ], a ] correspondent, called him "the most respected military analyst in Israel". His books have been published in Israel, the ] and ], and translated into several languages, including ] and ].


He also served as a military correspondent in ], the former ], ] and ], and was invited by several countries to visit their armies. Schiff won several ] prizes, including the Sokolov Journalism Prize (in 1975), Amos Lev Prize (for military articles) and Sarah Reichenstein Prize (for interviews). Schiff wrote numerous books, including ''Israel's Lebanon War'' and ''Intifada'', both with ], and ''A History of the Israeli Army: 1874 to the Present''. He also served as a military correspondent in ], the ], ] and ]. Schiff won several prizes, including the Sokolov Journalism Prize, the Amos Lev Prize, and the Sarah Reichenstein Prize.


⚫ He joined the '']'' staff in 1955 and became senior associate of the ] in 1984. He was the chairman of the Military Writers Association, a fellow at the ] and an Isaac and Mildred Brochstein Fellow in Peace and Security at the ].
On ], ], speaking about why Israel had not yet begun a full ground offensive in Lebanon, Schiff wrote that "the argument voiced is that the divisions are not adequately trained because of the cuts to the defense budget and it is not acceptable in view of the situation Israel is in. This is not the right time to blame the Finance Ministry, and it is not the only one to blame."


Schiff died in 2007 in Tel Aviv.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.haaretz.com/haaretz-defense-editor-ze-ev-schiff-dies-at-74-1.223623 |title=Haaretz Defense Editor Ze'ev Schiff Dies at 74 |first=Amir |last=Oren |first2=Amos |last2=Harel |date=June 20, 2007 |website=haaretz.com |access-date=September 27, 2017}}</ref>
⚫ He joined the '']'' staff in 1955 and became senior associate of the ] in 1984. For many years, he was the chairman of the ]. He was also fellow of the ].


==Published works==
Writing about Israeli strikes in Lebanon, Schiff wrote: "... the importance of Gur's remarks is the admission that the Israeli Army has always struck civilian populations, purposely and consciously ... the Army, he said, has never distinguished civilian targets ..." (''Ha'aretz'', ], ].){{Fact|date=June 2007}}
* ''Wings over Suez'' (the ] during the ]), 1970.
* {{cite book |title=A History of the Israeli Army: 1870–1974 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |year=1974 |isbn=087932077X}}
* ''War of Deception'' (]), 1984.
* {{cite book |title=Intifada |url=https://archive.org/details/intifadapalestin00schi_0 |url-access=registration |publisher=Simon And Schuster |year=1990 |isbn=978-0671710538}} (])
* {{cite book |title=October earthquake: Yom Kippur 1973 |publisher=Transaction Publishers |year=2013 |isbn=978-0878552443}}


==References==
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* {{cite news |author=Ze'ev Schiff |date=4 December 2006 |title=Israel's War With Iran |url=https://www.nytimes.com/cfr/world/20061101faessay_v85n6_schiff.html |newspaper=]}} from {{cite journal |journal=Foreign Affairs |title=Israel's War With Iran |date=November–December 2006}}
* {{cite news |title=Hundreds pay their final respects to Haaretz reporter Ze'ev Schiff |author=Amir Oren |author2=Amos Harel |date=20 June 2007 |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/hundreds-pay-their-final-respects-to-haaretz-reporter-ze-ev-schiff-1.223642 |newspaper=]}}
* {{cite news |author=Paul Reynolds |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5222064.stm |publisher=] |title=Debate grows over Israel strategy |date=27 July 2006}}
* {{cite news |title=Haaretz defense editor Ze'ev Schiff dies at 74 |author=Amir Oren |author2=Amos Harel |author2-link=Amos Harel |date=20 June 2007 |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/haaretz-defense-editor-ze-ev-schiff-dies-at-74-1.223623 |newspaper=]}}


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Latest revision as of 06:17, 25 October 2024

Ze'ev Schiff
זאב שיף
Ze'ev Schiff in 1980s
Born(1932-07-01)1 July 1932
Lille, France
Died19 June 2007(2007-06-19) (aged 74)
Tel Aviv, Israel
Nationality Israel
Occupation
  • Journalist
AwardsSokolov Prize (1975)

Ze'ev Schiff (Hebrew: זאב שיף‎; 1 July 1932 – 19 June 2007) was an Israeli journalist and military correspondent for Haaretz.

Schiff moved to Mandatory Palestine with his family in 1935. He studied Middle Eastern affairs and military history at Tel Aviv University.

Schiff wrote numerous books, including Israel's Lebanon War and Intifada, both with Ehud Ya'ari, and A History of the Israeli Army: 1874 to the Present. He also served as a military correspondent in Vietnam, the Soviet Union, Cyprus and Ethiopia. Schiff won several prizes, including the Sokolov Journalism Prize, the Amos Lev Prize, and the Sarah Reichenstein Prize.

He joined the Haaretz staff in 1955 and became senior associate of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in 1984. He was the chairman of the Military Writers Association, a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and an Isaac and Mildred Brochstein Fellow in Peace and Security at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University.

Schiff died in 2007 in Tel Aviv.

Published works

References

  1. Lawrence Joffe (22 July 2007). "Ze'ev Schiff". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 October 2014. Obituary.
  2. Isabel Kershner (21 June 2007). "Obituary: Zeev Schiff, Israeli writer and military analyst". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. Oren, Amir; Harel, Amos (June 20, 2007). "Haaretz Defense Editor Ze'ev Schiff Dies at 74". haaretz.com. Retrieved September 27, 2017.

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