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'''Yossi Melman''' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: יוסי מלמן, born December 27, 1950) is an Israeli writer and journalist. He was an intelligence and strategic affairs correspondent for the ''[[Haaretz]]'' newspaper, and in 2013 he joined ''[[The Jerusalem Post]]'' and its Hebrew sister paper ''[[Maariv]]'' in a similar, more analytical role covering also military issues.▼
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▲'''Yossi Melman'''
==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.▼
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In 2016 he was a consultant and protagonist in [[Alex Gibney]]'s documentary
▲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.
In 2017 he created with director Duki Dror a
▲He wrote ten [[non-fiction]] books on [[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. He also wrote a play in Hebrew, ''"The Good Son"'', staged by the Tel Aviv [[Cameri Theater]] in 2006.
The series
Melman is an avid runner and triathlete who ran 35 [[marathon]]s in Europe and the US, six [[ultramarathon]]s of 50 to 75
▲In 2016 he was a consultant and protagonist in [[Alex Gibney]]'s documentary "''[[Zero Days]]''" which won the [[Peabody Award]].
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 2017 he created with director Duki Dror a 4 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 got good reviews by the Israeli media.<ref>[https://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/television/.premium-1.4180627 article in Haaretz (in Hebrew)]</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 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>Yossi Melman, [http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Run-for-a-lifetime-477533 Run for a lifetime], ''[[The Jerusalem Post]]'', January 5, 2017</ref>
==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 [[WikiLeaks]] in February 2012 as an "information mule" who had "channeled tips to the Mossad", assertions that were contested by Melman in his review of his relationship with [[Julian Assange]], whom he believes has made anti-Semitic statements.<ref name="Tab 28Feb2012">{{cite journal |url=http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/92332/assanges-chutzpah/ |title=Assange's Chutzpah |
==Awards==
Yossi Melman was twice (in 1994 and in 2017, together with Dan Raviv) the recipient of the Simon Rockower Award for Excellence in Jewish Journalism and of the 1995 Boris Smolar Award of Excellence in International News or Feature Reporting, on behalf of the [[American Jewish Press Association]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ajpa.org/general/custom.asp?page=2017Rockower |title=The 36th Annual Simon Rockower Award Winners - American Jewish Press Association |website=www.ajpa.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621051249/http://www.ajpa.org/general/custom.asp?page=2017Rockower |archive-date=2017-06-21}} </ref>
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 "Making a Killing: The Business of War", a project of 11 feature articles on worldwide arms dealers, oil and diamond merchants in Third World countries.
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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|title=Haaretz journalist wins investigative reporting award |work=Haaretz |date=July 1, 2008
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==
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*''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''
*''Friends in Deed: Inside the U.S.-Israel Alliance'', written with Dan Raviv
*''[[Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community]]'', written with Dan Raviv
*''[[Spies Against Armageddon: Inside Israel's Secret Wars]]'', written with Dan Raviv
*''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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