Bradley Burston ( he, בראדלי בורסטון) is an

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-born Israeli journalist. Until April 2019, Burston has been a long-time English-language columnist for '' Haaretz'' and senior editor of the English-language website Haaretz.com, who wrote a blog in English called "A Special Place in Hell". On 22 April 2019 he retired, returning with opinion pieces only on special occasions.

Biography

Burston was born and raised in

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and was a member of the

Labor Zionist Labor Zionism ( he, צִיּוֹנוּת סוֹצְיָאלִיסְטִית, ) or socialist Zionism ( he, תְּנוּעָת הָעַבוֹדָה, label=none, translit=Tnuʽat haʽavoda) refers to the left-wing, socialist variation of Zionism. ...

youth movement Habonim. He graduated from

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. In 1976, Burston

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to Israel and helped re-establish Kibbutz Gezer. He served as a combat medic in the Israel Defense Forces.Bradley Burston profile
, Ameinu.net; accessed March 20, 2016. He studied medicine in

Beersheba Beersheba or Beer Sheva, officially Be'er-Sheva ( he, בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע, ''Bəʾēr Ševaʿ'', ; ar, بئر السبع, Biʾr as-Sabʿ, Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven), is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. ...

for two years before becoming a journalist. He is married and has two children. He is a resident of

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Journalism career

During the first Intifada, Burston served as Gaza correspondent for ''

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''. He was the ''Post'''s military correspondent during the

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. Burston worked for

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in the 1990s, reporting on the

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and Israeli politics. In 2000, he began working for ''Haaretz''. On April 22, 2019, he announced his retirement in a farewell column.

Views and opinions

In a '' Haaretz'' op-ed, "What does 'Death to Israel' mean to you?", Burston is critical of "progressives" who claim to support the inalienable rights of human beings over nationalism, but fail to see Israelis as people. In 2011, Burston drew issue with "the idea that formally Muslim states are acceptable, where a Jewish state is not." In 2015, however, Burston wrote that Israeli policy now amounts to

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, stating: "I used to be one of those people who took issue with the label of apartheid as applied to Israel... Not anymore... Our Israel is what it has become: Apartheid."

Awards and recognition

In 2006,

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gave Burston its Eliav-Sartawi Award for Middle East Journalism."Haaretz.com senior editor Bradley Burston wins award for Mideast journalism"
'' Haaretz'', September 15, 2006.

References

External links

Burston's columns
at

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