Yonah Jeremy Bob
Yonah Jeremy Bob | |
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Alma mater | Columbia University |
Occupation | Journalist |
Years active | 2012–present |
Employer | The Jerusalem Post |
Known for | Geopolitical journalism |
Yonah Jeremy Bob is an author and Israeli-based journalist who has worked at The Jerusalem Post since 2012 and currently serves as senior military correspondent, intelligence analyst and Literary Editor.[1] He frequently lectures in Israel and the United States on security, spy wars, diplomacy and politics.[2][3] His latest book, Target Tehran was released in September 2023 and deals with Israel's response to the Iranian nuclear program.[4] A review in the Wall Street Journal by John Bolton said the book was "replete with anti-Iran cyber-warfare and sabotage successes."[5]
Bob was raised in Baltimore[6] and graduated cum laude from Columbia University and Boston University Law School.[7] He previously worked for the Israeli Foreign Ministry and Israeli Military International Law Division and the Israeli Justice Ministry.[8]
Journalism and Public Speaking Career
Bob was the first to interview former Mossad director Yossi Cohen in English in October 2021.[9][10] He moderated a panel at Reichman University in which former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon and other top defense officials participated.[11] He moderated a panel at Reichman University in which two former Mossad chiefs, Shabtai Shavit and Efrayim Halevy, as well as former IDF intelligence chief Aharon Zeevi Farkash participated.[12]
In 2018, he was the first to report that the Israeli Attorney-General would indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for bribery, several months before the first formal announcement.[13] He was subsequently interviewed in-depth about the story.
From July 2020 to January 2023, Bob broke a series of exclusives and first publications about sensational attacks on Iran's nuclear program which most attributed to the Mossad.[14][15][16][17] During the war in Israel that began in October, 2023, Yonah was embedded with Israeli forces in Gaza three times: at Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza, at Yahya Sinwar's house in Khan Yunis and at Rafah, the Philadelphi Corridor and the Kerem Shalom and Rafah Crossings.[18] During this time period he also authored several op-eds in the Wall Street Journal.
Target Tehran, his book co-authored with Ilan Evyatar, was released a month before the outbreak of the 2023 war between Israel and Gaza, and reviews have noted the link between Hamas and Iran.[19][20] The book was named one of the Top Five Books in Politics for 2023 by the Wall Street journal, and won the Jewish Book Council Natan Award for 2023.[21][22] Target Tehran was translated to Hebrew and published by Yediot Books in April 2024.[23] The paperback edition of Target Tehran is due to be published in September 2024, with a new Afterword addressing the post October 7, 2023 world.[24]
Bob was interviewed about the war and his book to media outlets such as NBC Morning Joe, KTEP,[25] BizTalk Radio,[26] at a Hudson Institute seminar,[27] the Reichman University World Counter-Terror Summit, was scholar in residence at Jewish Center in Manhattan,[28] and was interviewed for the 2023 Detroit Jewish Book Fair.[29] He has been a guest lecturer at the World Affairs Council of Greater Houston and at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, both in October 2023.[30][31] He and Evyatar presented the book to Israeli President Isaac Herzog upon its release.[citation needed]
Books
- Target Tehran: How Israel Is Using Sabotage, Cyberwarfare, Assassination – and Secret Diplomacy – to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Create a New Middle East by Yonah Jeremy Bob and Ilan Evyatar, 2023[32]
- A Raid on the Red Sea: The Israeli Capture of the Karine A by Amos Gilboa, edited and translated by Yonah Jeremy Bob.[33]
- Justice in the West Bank?: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Goes to Court by Yonah Jeremy Bob, 2019[34]
References
- ^ "Yonah Jeremy Bob". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
- ^ Headapohl, Jackie (2017-12-06). "The Jewish Community Relations Council/AJC hosted its annual luncheon for Detroit media". The Jewish News. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
- ^ "Speaker Yonah Jeremy Bob - Jewish Speakers Bureau". jewishspeakersbureau.com. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
- ^ "Target Tehran: How Israel Is Using Sabotage, Cyberwarfare, Assassination—and Secret Diplomacy—to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Create a New Middle East by Yonah Jeremy Bob, Ilan Evyatar". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
- ^ Bolton, John. "'Target Tehran' Review: The Uses of Intelligence". WSJ. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
- ^ Sagal, Caryn R. (2021-04-13). "Baltimore Native Yonah Jeremy Bob Helps Shed Light on Daring Israeli-U.S. Raid". JMORE. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
- ^ Berman, Jesse (2021-04-13). "Translating tale of commando raid: Yonah Jeremy Bob". Baltimore Jewish Times. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
- ^ "Mr. Yonah Jeremy Bob". ICT. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
- ^ Yonah Bob interview with recently retired Mossad chief Yossi Cohen, retrieved 2023-06-18
- ^ "Yossi Cohen: The Mossad spy chief who stole Iran's secret nuclear archive". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
- ^ "World Summit on Counter Terrorism" (PDF).
- ^ edmunds, donna (2021-09-13). "The US will not be allowed to leave the Middle East, former Mossad head warns | World Israel News". WIN. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
- ^ "Exclusive: Fate of Netanyahu, the government and the criminal probes". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
- ^ "Three-quarters of Natanz centrifuge assembly hall destroyed - nuke experts". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
- ^ "'Mossad behind attack on Iran's Natanz nuclear facility'". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
- ^ "Iran nuclear centrifuge facility substantially damaged in attack". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
- ^ "Israeli drone attack on Iranian weapons factory was phenomenal success". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
- ^ "Yonah Jeremy Bob: From passion to profession". The Jerusalem Post. 2024-07-27. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
- ^ Kaufman, Elliot (2023-10-13). "Opinion | What Israeli Victory Would Look Like". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
- ^ Abonyi, Michael (2023-10-17). "Intelligence Warfare: Targeting Tehran to Stop a Nuclear Iran". FDD. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
- ^ The Wall Street Journal (December 6, 2023). "The Best Books of 2023: Politics".
- ^ "Announcing the Natan Notable Books Fall 2023 Winner". Jewish Book Council. 2024-03-13. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
- ^ המוסד בטהרן - יונה ג'רמי בוב, אילן אביתר. Yedioth Books. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
- ^ "Yonah Jeremy Bob: From passion to profession". The Jerusalem Post. 2024-07-27. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
- ^ "Target Tehran: How Israel is Using Sabotage, Cyberwarfare, Assassination – and Secret Diplomacy – to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Create a New Middle East". KTEP. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
- ^ "Jim Campbell Radio: Jim Campbell Radio; Creating a new Middle East on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
- ^ "Target Tehran | Hudson". www.hudson.org. 2023-11-01. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
- ^ "The Jewish Center" (PDF). Jewish Center bulletin. OCTOBER 20 – 21, 2023: 1.
- ^ Target Tehran - Secret Diplomacy w/authors Yonah Jeremy Bob & Ilan Evyatar, retrieved 2023-11-27
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijaquNRgAO4
- ^ https://www.fdd.org/events/2023/10/24/intelligence
- ^ Target Tehran. 2023-09-26. ISBN 978-1-6680-1456-1.
- ^ "'A Raid on the Red Sea' Book Review: Israeli Commandos Intercept an Arms Cache Destined for Terrorists". HistoryNet. 2022-05-31. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
- ^ "Book Review: Justice in the West Bank? by Yonah Jeremy Bob".
External links
- Personal website