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Danny Rubinstein (1937- ) is an Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
i journalist and author.
el (Danny) Rubinstein was born in Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
 in 1937. He grew up in Neveh Bezalel, a small neighborhood between Nahlaot and the city center.

In 1967, in Six-Day War
Six-Day War

In the Six-Day War of June 5-10, 1967, Israel defeated the armies of the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. In Arabic, the war is called ....
, he was a reserve soldier in a Jerusalem reconnaissance unit led by Yossi Langotsky.






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Danny Rubinstein (1937- ) is an Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
i journalist and author.

Biography

Daniel (Danny) Rubinstein was born in Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
 in 1937. He grew up in Neveh Bezalel, a small neighborhood between Nahlaot and the city center.

In 1967, in Six-Day War
Six-Day War

In the Six-Day War of June 5-10, 1967, Israel defeated the armies of the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. In Arabic, the war is called ....
, he was a reserve soldier in a Jerusalem reconnaissance unit led by Yossi Langotsky. This unit was the first to cross the cease-fire line into the Jordanian-controlled West Bank
West Bank

The West Bank is the eastern Part of the Palestinian territories on the west bank of the River Jordan in the Middle East. To the west, north, and south the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel....
.

From 1967 to 1990, Rubinstein worked as a columnist and Jerusalem bureau chief for the now-defunct newspaper Davar
Davar

Davar was a Hebrew language daily newspaper published in the British Mandate of Palestine and Israel from 1925 until May 1996. It was established by Berl Katznelson, who was its editor until his death in 1944....
. Since 1990 he has worked for Haaretz
Haaretz

Haaretz is Israel's oldest daily newspaper. It was founded in 1918 and is now published in both Hebrew language and English language in Berliner format....
, where he is a member of the editorial board. He writes regular columns on the Arab-Israeli conflict and Palestinian affairs. He has spoken Arabic
Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
 from childhood.

Rubinstein teaches at the Department of Middle East history at Ben-Gurion University in Beersheba
Beersheba

Beersheba is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the seventh-largest city in Israel with a population of 186,100....
 and has published several books. He lives in Jerusalem's Beit Hakerem
Beit HaKerem

Beit HaKerem may refer to:* Beit HaKerem, Jerusalem, a neighborhood in west-central Jerusalem.* Beit HaKerem , a biblical fortress in Judea identified by many with the later Herodium site....
 neighborhood.

Controversy

On August 30, 2007, Rubinstein declared Israel to be an "apartheid state" at the UN-sponsored International Conference of Civil Society in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace. In response, the Zionist Federation of Great Britain condemned Rubinstein and canceled his scheduled appearance at a subsequent event sponsored by the Federation. Its chairman, Andrew Balcombe said: "Criticism of Israeli policy is acceptable. However, by using the word 'apartheid' in a UN conference held at the European Parliament, Danny Rubinstein encourages the demonisation of Israel and the Jewish people."

"I am not apologising for what I said," Rubinstein told a crowd on September 3, 2007 at the New North London Synagogue ... "People do use the word 'apartheid' in my circles. My newspaper increasingly uses that word. This is nothing new." This speaking event was sponsored by the New Israel Fund
New Israel Fund

The New Israel Fund is a fund that is set up as the result of a Philanthropy partnership of Israelis, North Americans and Europeans to provide Finance and technical support to hundreds of national and community-based organizations....
.

Published works

The Mystery of Arafat (1995)