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[[File:Yosi Melman1.jpg|thumb|250px|Yossi Melman]]
'''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. In 2019 he returned to ''Haaretz''.<ref>[https://twitter.com/avischarf/status/1202241877073956884
==Biography==
Yosef "Yossi" Melman was born in Poland. The family immigrated to Israel in 1957, when he was six years old.<ref>[http://www.booknotes.org/Watch/13424-1/Dan+Raviv.aspx ''Booknotes'' interview] with Melman and Dan Raviv on ''Every Spy a Prince'', August 5, 1990
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
In 2016 he was a consultant and protagonist in [[Alex Gibney]]'s documentary
In 2017 he created with director Duki Dror a
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 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
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|first=
Melman is married to Billie Rozensweig, a [[Tel Aviv]]-born Israeli historian. They have two children: Yotam and Daria.
==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==
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==Published work==
{{external media | width = 210px | align = 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''
*''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 ==
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