Alon Ben David
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Alon Ben-David is an Israel
i television and print journalist, currently senior defense correspondent for Israel's Channel 10
and Middle East correspondent for Aviation Week. He has been covering Israeli military affairs for more than 25 years.
Ben-David began his journalistic career as a military reporter at IDF Radio - Galey Tzahal - where he covered the first Intifada. After his discharge in 1988, he worked at Israel's national radio - Kol Israel - as a police affairs correspondent. In 1989 he joined Israel's Channel 1 Israel Broadcasting Authority
(IBA) as a reporter in southern Israel and later as police affairs correspondent. In 1993 he was appointed military correspondent for Israel's Channel 1.
Ben-David was known to lead the coverage of Israel's long war in south Lebanon, where he frequently joined IDF operations. He covered Israel's 2000 withdrawal from Lebanon and the second Intifada, which erupted soon after.
In 2001, during a year of studies in the US, Ben-David reported from NY during the 9/11 attacks.
In 2003 he joined the new commercial network - Israel 10 - as senior defense correspondent, and has led a critical coverage of the second Lebanon War in 2006.
Ben David holds a BA in Political Science from Tel Aviv University
and a Master's in Public Administration from Harvard University
. He serves as a senior fellow at the center for international communications at Bar-Ilan university and frequently lectures throughout the world on topics relating to the Middle East.
Ben David was formerly married to Israeli writer Irit Linur
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Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i television and print journalist, currently senior defense correspondent for Israel's Channel 10
Israel 10
Channel 10 , formerly known as Israel 10 is a commercial broadcasting television channel licensed in Israel. It operates under the auspices of the Second Israeli Broadcasting Authority .-History:...
and Middle East correspondent for Aviation Week. He has been covering Israeli military affairs for more than 25 years.
Ben-David began his journalistic career as a military reporter at IDF Radio - Galey Tzahal - where he covered the first Intifada. After his discharge in 1988, he worked at Israel's national radio - Kol Israel - as a police affairs correspondent. In 1989 he joined Israel's Channel 1 Israel Broadcasting Authority
Israel Broadcasting Authority
Israel Broadcasting Authority is Israel's state broadcasting network.It grew out of the radio station Kol Yisrael, which made its first broadcast as an independent station on . The name of the organisation operating Kol Yisrael was changed to Israel Broadcasting Service in 1951...
(IBA) as a reporter in southern Israel and later as police affairs correspondent. In 1993 he was appointed military correspondent for Israel's Channel 1.
Ben-David was known to lead the coverage of Israel's long war in south Lebanon, where he frequently joined IDF operations. He covered Israel's 2000 withdrawal from Lebanon and the second Intifada, which erupted soon after.
In 2001, during a year of studies in the US, Ben-David reported from NY during the 9/11 attacks.
In 2003 he joined the new commercial network - Israel 10 - as senior defense correspondent, and has led a critical coverage of the second Lebanon War in 2006.
Ben David holds a BA in Political Science from Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University is a public university located in Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. With nearly 30,000 students, TAU is Israel's largest university.-History:...
and a Master's in Public Administration from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
. He serves as a senior fellow at the center for international communications at Bar-Ilan university and frequently lectures throughout the world on topics relating to the Middle East.
Ben David was formerly married to Israeli writer Irit Linur
Irit Linur
-Biography:Irit Linur was married to Alon Ben David, Senior Defense Correspondent for Israel Channel 10 and Middle East Correspondent for Jane's Defense Weekly.-Literary career:Linur started her writing career as a satirical columnist in local newspapers...
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External Links
- Alon Ben-David on Israel's Strategic Challenges in the Middle East at the IIEA in Dublin
- Limmud Oz, A Festival of Jewish Learning and Culture http://www.limmudoz.com.au/html/s02_article/article_view.asp?id=594&nav_cat_id=352&nav_top_id=82&dsa=132