Ari Rath (b. 1925 in Vienna) is an Austrian-Israeli journalist and writer. Vienna (German: , see also other names) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ...

Rath grew up in Vienna. After the Anschluss he came through a Kindertransport (transportation of children) as a thirteen-year-old boy to Israel. In Israel he lived on a kibbutz and studied contemporary history and economics. After turning to journalism he became editor and later chief editor of the Jerusalem Post. In this capacity he belonged together with Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin to the inner circle of friends of David Ben Gurion. After finishing work at the Jerusalem Post he was a freelance writer and taught at the University of Potsdam. German troops march into Austria on 12 March 1938. ... Kindertransport is the name given to the rescue mission that took place nine months prior to the outbreak of World War II, when Britain took in nearly 10,000 predominantly Jewish children from Nazi Germany, and the occupied territories of Austria, Czechoslovakia, and the Free City of Danzig. ... Kibbutz Dan, near Qiryat Shemona, in the Upper Galilee, 1990s A kibbutz (Hebrew: ‎; plural: kibbutzim: קיבוצים; gathering or together) is an Israeli collective intentional community. ... Editing is the process of preparing language, images, or sound for presentation through correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications. ... The Jerusalem Post is an Israeli newspaper in the English language. ...   (Hebrew: ‎; born Szymon Perske on August 2, 1923 in Poland, and immigrated with his family to the land that would later become Israel in 1934), is an Israeli politician, former Prime Minister and current Vice Premier. ... For other people named Rabin, see Rabin (disambiguation). ... ... A freelancer or (freelance worker) is a self-employed person working in a profession or trade in which full-time employment by a single employer is also common. ... The New Palace campus of the University of Potsdam at the old stables The University of Potsdam is a German university, situated across four campuses in Potsdam, Brandenburg, including the New Palace of Sanssouci. ...

Rath is still an advocate for a peaceful coexistence of Israelis and Palestinians. The term Palestinian has other usages, for which see definitions of Palestinian. ...

For his merits of Israeli-German/Austrian dialog he was awarded several honors among others: in 2005 he won the German Bundesverdienstkreuz; his latest award for his "dialog between Vienna and Israel" was the Goldenes Ehrenzeichen (golden badge of honor) of the city of Vienna. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Bundesverdienstkreuz (the official name is Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany) is the only general Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. ...

Works

• Ari Rath, Auf dem Weg zum Frieden. Artikel und Essays aus fünf Jahrzehnten. Berlin 2005.