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'''Yossi Melman''' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: יוסי מלמן) is an Israeli writer and journalist. He was an intelligence and strategic affairs correspondent for the ''[[Haaretz]]'' newspaper, and in 2012 he joined the Israeli [[news portal]] [[Walla!]] in a similar, more analytical role.▼
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▲'''Yossi Melman''' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: יוסי מלמן, born December 27, 1950) is an Israeli writer and journalist.
==Biography==
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Since 1974, Melman has worked in various capacities in the Israeli media. He has worked for 27 years in the Israeli ''[[Haaretz]]'' daily as a senior correspondent on national security, intelligence and strategic issues. Melman was involved in several legal and public battles to lift gag orders issued by Israeli courts and censors.▼
He wrote 10 [[non-fiction]] books on the [[Israeli Intelligence Community]], security, terrorism and nuclear issues which were published in more than 40 countries in 15 languages. One of his books, ''[[Every Spy a Prince]]'', co-authored with former [[CBS News]] reporter [[Dan Raviv]], was a ''[[New York Times]]'' best-seller for 12 weeks. Melman also wrote a play in Hebrew, ''The Good Son'', staged by the Tel Aviv [[Cameri Theater]] in 2006.
In 2016 he was a consultant and protagonist in [[Alex Gibney]]'s documentary ''[[Zero Days]]'', which won the [[Peabody Award]].
In 2017 he created with director Duki Dror a four-part TV documentary called ''The Mossad Cover Story''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKV_MUi21uo Part one] of the series.</ref>
The series received good reviews in the Israeli media.<ref>[https://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/television/.premium-1.4180627 Article in Haaretz] (in Hebrew).</ref> In 2019, it was aired by Netflix under the title ''Inside The Mossad''.
Melman is an avid runner and triathlete who ran 35 [[marathon]]s in Europe and the US, six [[ultramarathon]]s of 50 to 75 km and four [[Ironman Triathlon]]s. He is the initiator and founder of "Israman" (Israel's Ironman). In 2009, eighty days after suffering a [[heart attack]], he returned to run a full marathon. One of his books in Hebrew is called "Autobiography of Running". In December 2016 he ran 66 km to mark his 66th birthday.<ref>Melman, Yossi (January 5, 2017), [http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Run-for-a-lifetime-477533 "Run for a lifetime"], ''[[The Jerusalem Post]]''.</ref>
In 2020, US President [[Donald Trump]] retweeted Melman's account of the killing of [[Mohsen Fakhrizadeh]], head of the [[nuclear program of Iran]].<ref name="cnn">{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/27/middleeast/iran-top-nuclear-scientist-killed-intl/index.html|title=Iran's top nuclear scientist killed in apparent assassination, state media reports|author= Qiblawi, Tamara, Nick Paton Walsh, Ramin Mostaghim, Mostafa Salem and Ivana Kottasová|website=CNN|access-date= November 27, 2020|archive-date= November 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127190923/https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/27/middleeast/iran-top-nuclear-scientist-killed-intl/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2022 he wrote (together with [[Marc Dugain]]) the script for the French-Hebrew-English film and series Munich: Of Games And Blood (Des Jeux Et Du Sang Munich 1972) directed by Philippe Saada.<ref>[https://www.pernelmedia.com/munich-1972 Munich: Of Games and Blood]</ref>
Melman is married to Billie Rozensweig, a [[Tel Aviv]]-born Israeli historian. They have two children: Yotam and Daria.
▲Since 1974, Melman has worked in various capacities in the Israeli media. He has worked for 27 years in the Israeli [[Haaretz]] daily as a senior correspondent on national security, intelligence and strategic issues. Melman was involved in several legal and public battles to lift gag orders issued by Israeli courts and censors.
==Views and opinions==
Melman has stated that he considers himself a left-wing Israeli, and that Israel must abandon the occupied territories to live in peace with a [[Palestinian state]]. However, he has also said that the Palestinians should not be given the [[Palestinian right of return|right of return]], as that would defeat the idea of a [[two-state solution]] in Israeli minds.<ref>
While supporting the peace process with the Palestinians, Melman believes that Israel must retain its strong military capabilities, including its [[Deterrence theory|nuclear deterrence]].
Melman was described by [[
==Awards==
Yossi Melman was twice (in 1994 and in 2017, together with Dan Raviv) the recipient of the
In 2003 together with a few other members of the [[International Consortium of Investigative Journalists#International Consortium of Investigative Journalists|ICIJ]] investigative team he has received a special award for their coverage
In 2004 survey among ''Haaretz'' readers
In 2007 participated together with ICIJ reporters [[Michael Bilton]], [[Prangtip Daorueng]], [[Ignacio Gomez]], [[Andreas Harsono]], [[Alain Lallemand]], [[Mutegi Njau]], [[Paul Radu]], [[Gerardo Reyes (journalist)|Gerardo Reyes]] and [[Leo Sisti]] in an investigatory project Collateral Damage: Human Rights and Military Aid After 9/11. The project was nominated for the Online News Association Awards.
In 2008, Melman won an award from the [[Investigative Reporters and Editors]] Association (IRE) for his report on a [[Palestinians in Jordan|Jordanian Palestinian]] held illegally by American, Israeli and Jordanian security services.<ref>{{cite news|
In 2009 he received the [[Sokolov Award]], Israel's foremost award for journalism, on account of his investigative work and breaking news about the Israeli security establishment.
==Published work==
{{external media | width = 210px | float = right | headerimage= | video1 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?13424-1/every-spy-prince ''Booknotes'' interview with Melman and Dan Raviv on ''Every Spy a Prince'', August 5, 1990], [[C-SPAN]]}}
*''The Master Terrorist: The True Story of Abu-Nidal'', translated by Shmuel Himelstein
*''The Imperfect Spies: The History of Israeli Intelligence''
*''Behind the Uprising
*''The New Israelis: An Intimate View of a Changing People''
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*''The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran: Mahmoud Ahmadinajed and the State of Iran'' written with Meir Javedanfar (Caroll&Graf, 2007) {{ASIN|B001G8WGPC}} {{ISBN|0786721065}}
==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.jpost.com/Author/Yossi-Melman Yossi Melman] in ''[[The Jerusalem Post]]''
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