Ronen Bergman
Israeli investigative journalist and author on intelligence and military affairs
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| Image |  Ronen Bergman. Photo: Dor Malka, CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Occupation | Journalist; author |
| Known for | Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations (2018); senior correspondent for military and intelligence affairs at Yedioth Ahronoth[1] |
| Education | University of Haifa (law); University of Cambridge (master's degree and PhD)[1] |
| Website | ronenbergman.com |
Ronen Bergman is an Israeli investigative journalist and author who writes about intelligence, national security, terrorism and nuclear issues. According to his publisher he is senior correspondent for military and intelligence affairs at Yedioth Ahronoth and a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine.[1]
Career
Bergman's own website, the source for much of this section, says he has also published in Haaretz, The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, Newsweek and Der Spiegel. It states that he was the Israeli member of the international press team that reviewed and published the WikiLeaks and Snowden documents, and that he is a member of the Israeli bar who clerked in the Attorney General's office and holds a Chevening scholarship from the British Foreign Office.[2] Penguin Random House says he is the recipient of the Sokolow Prize, which it describes as Israel's most esteemed award for journalism, and the B'nai B'rith International Press Award.[1]
Books
- Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations (New York: Random House, 2018).[2]
- The Secret War with Iran, published in the United States by Free Press.[1]
- Five Hebrew-language non-fiction books, according to his publisher and his website.[1][2]