Anshel Pfeffer
Anshel Pfeffer (Hebrew: אנשיל פפר; born 22 June 1973) is a British-Israeli journalist. He is a senior correspondent and columnist for Haaretz, covering military, Jewish and international affairs, and Israel correspondent for The Economist.[1][2]
Early life
[edit]Pfeffer was born to a Jewish family in Manchester in the United Kingdom.[3][4]
Career
[edit]Pfeffer has been a working journalist since 1997.[3] He has written for a variety of publications including The Guardian, The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Times.[5]
His Haaretz column, "Jerusalem & Babylon",[6] was a series of articles which covered issues relating to Israel and to Jewish identity, for which he received the B'nai B'rith award for "Recognizing Excellence in Diaspora Reportage".[4][7][8]
Pfeffer's British passport enabled Haaretz to send him to cover the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. Egypt is reluctant to permit entry to Israelis.[3]
During the Gaza war, Pfeffer said Israel was not committing genocide, adding that those who accused it of genocide were either ignorant or blinded by hatred of Israel.[9] Journalist Jordan Elgrably considers Pfeffer to be an "apologist" for Israeli government policies towards Palestinians.[10]
In 2025, Pfeffer was invited to speak at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Palestinian-American poet Fady Joudah accused Pfeffer of being a "genocide apologist" and withdrew from the festival in protest.[11]
Works
[edit]- Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu, Basic Books, 2018.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Anshel Pfeffer". The Guardian. August 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ↑ "Netanyahu's strategy of long-term conflict with Palestinians may backfire, says biographer". CBC. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- 1 2 3 Remnick, David (28 February 2011). "The Dissenters". The New Yorker. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- 1 2 "Q&A with Haaretz's Anshel Pfeffer". Haaretz. 16 June 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ↑ "Anshel Pfeffer Haaretz Journalist | Muck Rack". muckrack.com.
- ↑ "Jerusalem & Babylon". Haaretz. 14 November 2014. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ↑ Izikovitch, Gili (22 April 2010). "Haaretz correspondent Anshel Pfeffer wins journalism award". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 20 June 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ↑ "Award winners named for Diaspora reporting". Jewish Journal. 22 April 2010.
- ↑ Pfeffer, Anshel. "Israel isn't committing a genocide, but it has genocidaires | Opinion". Haaretz.com. Archived from the original on 21 January 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ↑ Elgrably, Jordan (18 July 2025). ""Silence is Not the Way"—Arab Writers Against Israel's Genocide". The Markaz Review. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ↑ "Poet pulls out of Edinburgh Book Festival in protest at invitation of Israeli writers". The Herald. 14 July 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
Further reading
[edit]- Jonathan Freedland, "Trump's Chaver in Jerusalem" (review of Anshel Pfeffer, Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu, Basic Books, 2018), New York Review of Books, vol. LXV, no 13 (16 August 2018), pp. 32–34.
- Adam Shatz, "The sea is the same sea" (review of Anshel Pfeffer, Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu, Hurst, May 2018, ISBN 978 1 84904 988 7), London Review of Books, vol. 40, no. 16 (30 August 2018), pp. 24, 26–28.
- Anshel Pfeffer's author page (in Russian)
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