Courageous and insightful DAVID LANDAU was an outstanding editor of Israel’s leading liberal daily newspaper, Haaretz, and was a valued, courageous and insightful correspondent for many years for The Economist.Born and educated in Britain, he emigrated in 1970 to Israel, where he quickly made a mark as a journalist, in time becoming managing editor of the Jerusalem Post. But in 1990, dismayed by the hawkishness of the new owners, he led a walk-out of staff. In 1997, four years after joining Haaretz, he founded its English-language edition: still respected throughout the world, including in many Arab capitals, as the voice of liberal, secular, peace-seeking Israel. From 2004 to 2008 he was a valiant editor-in-chief of both its Hebrew and English versions.But Mr Landau, though a powerful advocate of the two-state solution and justice for the Palestinians, was no routine liberal. Deeply religious himself, he deplored the co-opting of religious Jews into the nationalist and settler camp, and argued that there is no contradiction in calling...
From The Economist: Middle East and Africa
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