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''Khaled Abu Toameh''' ({{lang-ar|'''خالد أبو طعمة'''}}) is a journalist and documentary filmmaker who is an [[Arab citizen of Israel]]. He is the [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza]] correspondent for the [[Jerusalem Post]] and [[U.S. News and World Report]], and has been the Palestinian affairs producer for [[NBC News]] since 1988. His articles have appeared in ''[[The Sunday Times (UK)|The Sunday Times]]'' |
''Khaled Abu Toameh''' ({{lang-ar|'''خالد أبو طعمة'''}}, born 1963) is a journalist and documentary filmmaker who is an [[Arab citizen of Israel]]. He is the [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza]] correspondent for the [[Jerusalem Post]] and [[U.S. News and World Report]], and has been the Palestinian affairs producer for [[NBC News]] since 1988. His articles have appeared in ''[[The Sunday Times (UK)|The Sunday Times]]'', ''[[Daily Express]]'' and the ''[[The New Republic|New Republic]]'', among others. |
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==Background== |
==Background== |
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Abu Toameh was born in the West Bank city of [[Tulkarem]] to an Israeli Arab father and a Palestinian Arab mother from the West Bank.<ref>{{cite news | last = Astor |
Abu Toameh was born in the West Bank city of [[Tulkarem]] in 1963 to an Israeli Arab father and a Palestinian Arab mother from the West Bank.<ref>{{cite news | last = Astor |
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</ref> He has produced several documentaries on the Palestinians for the [[BBC]], [[Channel 4]], [[Australian]], [[Denmark|Danish]] and [[Sweden|Swedish]] TV, including ones that exposed the connection between [[Arafat]] and payments to the armed wing of [[Fatah]], as well as the financial corruption within the [[Palestinian National Authority|Palestinian Authority]].<ref name="The Middle East Forum"/> He was the first journalist to report about the sex scandal that rocked the Palestinian Authority in early 2010 and which led to the firing of [[Rafiq Husseini]], Chief of Staff for Palestinian President [[Mahmoud Abbas]]. The scandal was revealed by former Palestinian intelligence official Fahmi Shabaneh in an exclusive interview with Abu Toameh in [[The Jerusalem Post]].<ref>[http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1263147996987 Jpost interview]</ref> |
</ref> He has produced several documentaries on the Palestinians for the [[BBC]], [[Channel 4]], [[Australian]], [[Denmark|Danish]] and [[Sweden|Swedish]] TV, including ones that exposed the connection between [[Arafat]] and payments to the armed wing of [[Fatah]], as well as the financial corruption within the [[Palestinian National Authority|Palestinian Authority]].<ref name="The Middle East Forum"/> He was the first journalist to report about the sex scandal that rocked the Palestinian Authority in early 2010 and which led to the firing of [[Rafiq Husseini]], Chief of Staff for Palestinian President [[Mahmoud Abbas]]. The scandal was revealed by former Palestinian intelligence official Fahmi Shabaneh in an exclusive interview with Abu Toameh in [[The Jerusalem Post]].<ref>[http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1263147996987 Jpost interview]</ref> |
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==Affiliations== |
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Abu Toameh speaks on many university campuses in the US and Canada on the situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and prospects for peace in the Middle East. In March 2010, he was invited to several Canadian universities including ones in [[Ottawa]] and [[Waterloo, Ontario|Waterloo]], where he spoke to students and professors. <ref>[http://www.thecord.ca/articles/28246]</ref> In April 2010 he spoke at Boston College.<ref>[http://www.thebcobserver.com/2010/04/15/palestinian-journalist-speaks-with-students/]</ref> |
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Abu Toameh speaks on many university campuses in the US and Canada on the situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and prospects for peace in the Middle East. In March 2010, he was invited to several Canadian universities including ones in [[Ottawa]] and [[Waterloo, Ontario|Waterloo]], where he spoke to students and professors. <ref>[http://www.thecord.ca/articles/28246]</ref> In April 2010 he spoke at Boston College.<ref>[http://www.thebcobserver.com/2010/04/15/palestinian-journalist-speaks-with-students/]</ref> He was listed as part of the Speakers Bureau for the [[Hasbara Fellowships]], a pro-Israel advocacy group spearheaded by [[Aish International]], who subsidized and sponsored some of the talks he has given at various university campuses.<ref name=ICC>{{cite web|url=http://www.israelcc.org/NR/rdonlyres/5DCDE322-608E-4BCD-AADF-42CFFAE4D5A1/0/speakerslist.pdf|title=ICC: Israel on Campus Coalition-Subsidized Speakers List|publisher=Israel on Campus Coalition|accessdate=2010-03-10|format=PDF}}</ref><ref name=Texan>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailytexanonline.com/university/arab-journalist-talks-about-israeli-palestinian-conflict-1.960714|title=Arab journalist talks about Israeli-Palestinian conflict|author=Tyler Sandson|date=Februry 26, 2007|accessdate=2010-03-10|publisher=The Daily Texan}}</ref> |
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Abu Toameh also writes for a [[blog]] hosted by the [[Hudson Institute]],<ref>[http://www.hudsonny.org/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=22 Hudson Institute blog]</ref> and has served as a lecturer with the University of Minnesota - School of Journalism and Mass Communication<ref>[http://sjmc.umn.edu/news/weekly.php]</ref> |
Abu Toameh also writes for a [[blog]] hosted by the [[Hudson Institute]],<ref>[http://www.hudsonny.org/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=22 Hudson Institute blog]</ref> and has served as a lecturer with the University of Minnesota - School of Journalism and Mass Communication<ref>[http://sjmc.umn.edu/news/weekly.php]</ref> |
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Revision as of 20:38, 26 April 2010
Khaled Abu Toameh' (Arabic: خالد أبو طعمة, born 1963) is a journalist and documentary filmmaker who is an Arab citizen of Israel. He is the West Bank and Gaza correspondent for the Jerusalem Post and U.S. News and World Report, and has been the Palestinian affairs producer for NBC News since 1988. His articles have appeared in The Sunday Times, Daily Express and the New Republic, among others.
Background
Abu Toameh was born in the West Bank city of Tulkarem in 1963 to an Israeli Arab father and a Palestinian Arab mother from the West Bank.[1] He received his BA in English Literature from the Hebrew University and lives in Jerusalem with his wife and three children.[2]
Career
Khaled Abu Toameh was formerly a senior reporter for The Jerusalem Report, and a correspondent for Al-Fajr, which he describes as a mouthpiece for the PLO.[2] He has produced several documentaries on the Palestinians for the BBC, Channel 4, Australian, Danish and Swedish TV, including ones that exposed the connection between Arafat and payments to the armed wing of Fatah, as well as the financial corruption within the Palestinian Authority.[2] He was the first journalist to report about the sex scandal that rocked the Palestinian Authority in early 2010 and which led to the firing of Rafiq Husseini, Chief of Staff for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The scandal was revealed by former Palestinian intelligence official Fahmi Shabaneh in an exclusive interview with Abu Toameh in The Jerusalem Post.[3]
Affiliations
Abu Toameh speaks on many university campuses in the US and Canada on the situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and prospects for peace in the Middle East. In March 2010, he was invited to several Canadian universities including ones in Ottawa and Waterloo, where he spoke to students and professors. [4] In April 2010 he spoke at Boston College.[5] He was listed as part of the Speakers Bureau for the Hasbara Fellowships, a pro-Israel advocacy group spearheaded by Aish International, who subsidized and sponsored some of the talks he has given at various university campuses.[6][7]
Abu Toameh also writes for a blog hosted by the Hudson Institute,[8] and has served as a lecturer with the University of Minnesota - School of Journalism and Mass Communication[9]
Awards
Search for Common Ground 2000 [For Building Bridges of Understanding][citation needed]
Common Ground Awards 1999 [In Memory of Father Bruno Husser for Building Bridges of Understanding][citation needed]
National Press Club [First Place) Edwin Hood Award for Diplomatic Correspondence - July 14, 1994[citation needed]
References
- ^ Astor, Maggie (Feb. 2, 2008). "Journalist Takes Even Handed Approach to Arab-Israeli Conflict". Columbia Daily Spectator.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b c Abu Toameh, Khaled (April 27, 2004). "Telling the Truth about the Palestinians". Middle East Forum.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Jpost interview
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ "ICC: Israel on Campus Coalition-Subsidized Speakers List" (PDF). Israel on Campus Coalition. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
- ^ Tyler Sandson (Februry 26, 2007). "Arab journalist talks about Israeli-Palestinian conflict". The Daily Texan. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Hudson Institute blog
- ^ [3]
Articles and documentaries
- Telling the Truth about the Palestinians A briefing by Khaled Abu Toameh, Middle East Quarterly April 27, 2004
- Fatah: We've lost the battle for Jerusalem, Jerusalem Post May. 14, 2007
- Arab World Fed Up With Hizbullah, Jerusalem Post July 17, 2006
- Israeli Arabs Not Fifth Column
- Why Salam Fayyad Can't Deliver
- Palestinian Journalists facing challenges, threats
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