Yonah Jeremy Bob

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Yonah Jeremy Bob
Alma mater Columbia University
OccupationJournalist
Years active2012–present
Employer The Jerusalem Post
Known forGeopolitical journalism

Yonah Jeremy Bob is an author and Israeli-based journalist who has worked at The Jerusalem Post since 2012 and currently serves as senior military correspondent, intelligence analyst and Literary Editor. [1] He frequently lectures in Israel and the United States on security, spy wars, diplomacy and politics. [2] [3] His latest book, Target Tehran was released in September 2023 and deals with Israel's response to the Iranian nuclear program. [4] The book was named one of the Top Five Books in Politics for 2023 by the Wall Street journal, and won the Jewish Book Council Natan Award for 2023. [5] [6] A review in the Wall Street Journal by John Bolton said the book was "replete with anti-Iran cyber-warfare and sabotage successes." [7]

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Bob was raised in Baltimore [8] and graduated cum laude from Columbia University and Boston University Law School. [9] He previously worked for the Israeli Foreign Ministry and Israeli Military International Law Division and the Israeli Justice Ministry. [10]

Journalism and Public Speaking Career

Bob was the first to interview former Mossad director Yossi Cohen in English in October 2021. [11] [12] He moderated a panel at Reichman University in which former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon and other top defense officials participated. [13] He moderated a panel at Reichman University in which two former Mossad chiefs, Shabtai Shavit and Efrayim Halevy, as well as former IDF intelligence chief Aharon Zeevi Farkash participated. [14]

In 2018, he was the first to report that the Israeli Attorney-General would indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for bribery, several months before the first formal announcement. [15] He was subsequently interviewed in-depth about the story.

From July 2020 to January 2023, Bob broke a series of exclusives and first publications about sensational attacks on Iran's nuclear program which most attributed to the Mossad. [16] [17] [18] [19] During the war in Israel that began in October, 2023, Yonah was embedded with Israeli forces in Gaza three times: at Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza, at Yahya Sinwar's house in Khan Yunis and at Rafah, the Philadelphi Corridor and the Kerem Shalom and Rafah Crossings. [20] During this time period he also authored several op-eds in the Wall Street Journal.

Target Tehran, his book co-authored with Ilan Evyatar, was released a month before the outbreak of the 2023 war between Israel and Gaza, and reviews have noted the link between Hamas and Iran. [21] [22] Target Tehran was translated to Hebrew and published by Yediot Books in April 2024. [23] The paperback edition of Target Tehran is due to be published in September 2024, with a new Afterword addressing the post October 7, 2023 world. [24]

Bob was interviewed about the war and his book to media outlets such as NBC Morning Joe, KTEP, [25] BizTalk Radio, [26] at a Hudson Institute seminar, [27] the Reichman University World Counter-Terror Summit, was scholar in residence at Jewish Center in Manhattan, [28] and was interviewed for the 2023 Detroit Jewish Book Fair. [29] He has been a guest lecturer at the World Affairs Council of Greater Houston and at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, both in October 2023. [30] [31] He and Evyatar presented the book to Israeli President Isaac Herzog upon its release.[ citation needed ]. He has interviewed many times about the 2023-2024 Middle East War, including on BBC News [32] and FOX News, [33] and has done well over 100 TV and radio interviews over his journalistic career.

Books

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  2. ↑ Headapohl, Jackie (2017-12-06). "The Jewish Community Relations Council/AJC hosted its annual luncheon for Detroit media". The Jewish News. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
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