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Ahron Bregman is a writer and journalist, specialising on the Arab-Israeli conflict. Israel (in blue color) and the Arab League states (in green, Comoros is not shown). ...

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Biography

Ahron Bregman was born in Israel in 1958. He served in the Israeli army and as an artillery officer participated in the 1982 Lebanon War. After the war he left the army to study International Relations and Political Science at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He also worked as a parliamentary assistant at the Knesset. After giving an interview in 1988 to the Haaretz newspaper declaring that he would refuse to serve in the Occupied Territories, he left Israel to England. There he joined the Department of War Studies, Kings College London, completing his PhD in 1994. Bregman is the writer of several books and articles on the Arab-Israeli conflict and Middle-Eastern Affairs. Since 1994 he has been the Daily Telegraph writer of obituaries, covering the Jewish world and Israel. A lecturer at the Department of War Studies and a journalist, Bregman lives in London with his wife Dana and children Daniel, Maya and Adam. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (Hebrew: צבא ההגנה לישראל Tsva Ha-Haganah Le-Yisrael ([Army] Force [for] the Defense of Israel), often abbreviated צהל Tsahal, alternative English spelling Tzahal, is the name of Israels armed forces (army, air force and navy). ... Lebanon War (Hebrew: מלחמת לבנון Milkhemet Levanon), also known as the 1982 Invasion of Lebanon or Operation Peace of the Galilee (מבצע שלום הגליל Mivtsa Shlom HaGalil in Hebrew), began June 6, 1982, when the Israel Defense Forces invaded southern Lebanon. ... The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים) is one of Israels biggest and most important institutes of higher learning and research. ... Jerusalem (31°46′N 35°14′E; Hebrew: (help· info) Yerushalayim; Arabic: (help· info) al-Quds), Greek Ιεροσόλυμα, is an ancient Middle Eastern city on the watershed between the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea at an elevation of 650-840 meters. ... The Knesset (כנסת, Hebrew for assembly) is the Parliament of Israel. ... Haaretz (Hebrew: (help· info), The Land) is an Israeli newspaper, founded in 1919. ... An occupied territory is a region that has been taken over by a sovereign power after a military conquest (see military occupation). ... Kings College London (often abbreviated to KCL) in London is the largest and one of the most prestigious colleges in the federal University of London, with some 19,500 registered students. ... PhD usually refers to the academic title Doctor of Philosophy PhD can also refer to the manga Phantasy Degree This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Israel (in blue color) and the Arab League states (in green, Comoros is not shown). ... This article deals with The Daily Telegraph in Britain, see The Daily Telegraph (Australia) for the Australian publication The Daily Telegraph is a British broadsheet newspaper founded in 1855. ...


Productions

Ahron Bregman is the author of several books, as well as being associate producer/consultant of two major television series. A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ...


Books

Ahron Bregman is the author of several books.

  • Living and Working in Israel
  • Israel's Wars: A History since 1947
  • Israel and the Arabs: An Eyewitness Acount of War and Peace in the Middle East
  • The Fifty Years War: Israel and the Arabs (co-authored with Jihan el-Tahri, accompanying the below series)
  • Israël et les Arabes: la guerre de cinquante ans (French)
  • Israël en de Arabieren: De vijftigjarige oorlog (Dutch)
  • اسرائيل والعرب : حرب الخمسين عاما (Arabic)
  • Israel's Wars: 1947-93
  • A History of Israel
  • Elusive Peace: How the Holy Land Defeated America (accompanying the below series)

Arabic can mean: From or related to Arabia From or related to the Arabs The Arabic language; see also Arabic grammar The Arabic alphabet, used for expressing the languages of Arabic, Persian, Malay ( Jawi), Kurdish, Panjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Urdu, among others. ...

Television

He has also helped produce two television series:

  • Israel and the Arabs: The Fifty Years War
  • Israel and the Arabs: Elusive Peace

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