''The Tower Magazine'' is a monthly, pro-Israel
magazine
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devoted to
long-form journalism
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about the
Middle East
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.
The Tower is a project of the
Israel Project
The Israel Project (TIP) was a US-based 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-government organization. According to TIP, it was not affiliated with any government, and according to its website, it had a team with decades of experience in media, government, ...
(TIP), launched by its director
Peter Block
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He was born to Jewish parents, Ira and Dorothy Block. He currently resides with his wife, ...
.
In 2013, ''
The Forward
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'' described TIP under Block's predecessor as having had a reputation as "Israel’s most effective nongovernmental public relations agency."
[
''The Tower Magazine'' was established in 2013. Founding ]editor-in-chief
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David Hazony
David Yair Hazony (born 1969) is an American-born Israeli writer, translator, and editor. He was the founding editor of '' The Tower Magazine'' from 2013 to 2017, and from 2017-2020 served as executive director of the Israel Innovation Fund. He ...
served until leaving in 2017.Foundation for Defense of Democracies
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The group's political leanings have been described as hawkish and neoconservative ...
, describes The Israel Project's publications, of which The Tower Magazine is one, as "unique and credible."
References
External links
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16 March 2015 Radio interview with editor about ''The Tower Magazine''
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2013 establishments in Washington, D.C.
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