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Revision as of 18:18, 16 October 2007 by Number 57 (talk | contribs) (remove ridiculously long criticism section)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Gideon Levy is an Israeli journalist, a political commentator for Ha'aretz and a member of its editorial board, and a former spokesman for Shimon Peres A recurring theme of his articles is what he calls the 'moral blindness' of Israeli society to the effects of its acts of war and occupation, an attitude which he attributes to the systematic dehumanization of Israel's neighbors. During the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, he joined a distinct minority of Israeli commentators in rejecting the view that it was a 'just war' in which civilian casualties were inevitable and acceptable.
Background
Levy was born in 1955 in Tel Aviv, the son of European immigrants. From 1978 to 1982 he served, together with Yossi Beilin as an aide to Shimon Peres. Since 1982 he has written for the Israeli daily Haaretz, in which, from 1986, he has written extensively on 'the occupation and Palestinian life under the occupation'. In 1996 he was awarded the Emil Grunzweig Human Rights Award by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel.
Criticism
In a widely circulated letter cancelling her subscription to Haaretz, Israeli novelist Irit Linur argued that the paper had become compromised by an anti-Zionist, pro-Palestinian agenda, and she cited Levy's work as an example. Haaretz 's publisher expressed bemusement at the outburst, describing his newspaper as Zionist and Levy's reports as "a description of the effect of the Israeli occupation on the lives of the Palestinians in the territories."
References
- "Gideon Levy, Shimon Peres's former personal aide and one-time Labor Party spokesman." Honig, Sarah. "Brains in deep freeze." The Jerusalem Post, Pg. 8B. Friday, October 20, 2000.
- Le Monde September 5, 2006Template:Fr icon
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External links
- Interview with Levy on PBS (2003)
- Selection of articles by Levy
- Article about Levy in the French daily Le Monde September 2006
- Gideon Levy's Official Lecturer Page
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