Amos Harel

Amos Harel
עמוס הראל
Alma materTel Aviv University[1]
OccupationJournalism

Amos Harel (Hebrew: עמוס הראל) is an Israeli journalist.

Personal

Harel was born in 1968.[2] He attended high school at Hebrew University Secondary School.[3] He graduated from Tel Aviv University and lives in Hod Hasharon.[1]

Journalism career

As of 2025, Harel is the military and defense analyst for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.[1][4]

From 1999 to 2005, Harel anchored a weekly program about defense issues on Army Radio.[1] Before becoming the military analyst for Haaretz, he spent four years as the night editor of the printed Hebrew edition.[1]

Warnings of a Third Intifada in 2022 and 2023

In the year leading up to the war in Gaza, Harel's work was very critical of Itamar Ben Gvir and other far-right members of the Knesset. Harel repeatedly expressed concern that Ben Gvir's policies, provocative actions, and "chutzpah"[5] would lead to a "third intifada".

  • February 2023 - "Will far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's chutzpah trigger a third intifada?"[5]
  • December 2022 - "Will Netanyahu's far-right allies ignite a third Intifada?"[6]

This was a common concern in Israel in the year before the October 7 attacks, but went largely unnoticed except in media focused on the Middle East.[7][8]

Harel did not foresee the escalation from Gaza, instead predicting increased violence in the West Bank and Jerusalem.[6] On 6 October 2023 he wrote a piece headlined "It's Not Yet an Intifada, but the West Bank Is Heading Towards an Eruption".[9]

Published books

  • The Seventh War: How we won and why we lost the war with the Palestinians. With Avi Issacharoff. 2004. Winner of the 2005 Tshetshik Prize for outstanding security research.[1] It was translated into French and Arabic.[10]
  • 34 Days: Israel, Hezbollah and the War in Lebanon. Also with Avi Issacharoff. Hebrew edition 2006. English edition 2008 by Palgrave-Macmillan Books. Winner of the 2009 Chechic award for outstanding security research.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Biography of Amos Harel". Haaretz. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Amos Harel - Haaretz". www.haaretz.com. Archived from the original on 2024-11-27. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  3. ^ "Class of 1986". ספר המחזורים של התיכון ליד האוניברסיטה (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  4. ^ "Amos Harel". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  5. ^ a b Harel, Amos (3 February 2023). "Will far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's chutzpah trigger a third intifada?". Haaretz. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  6. ^ a b Harel, Amos; Tibon, Amir (2 December 2022). "Will Netanyahu's far-right allies ignite a third Intifada? Listen to Amos Harel - Haaretz Podcast". omny.fm. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  7. ^ "A Third Intifada could be coming, but you won't learn about it in the New York Times". Mondoweiss. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  8. ^ https://www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/third-intifada-Israeli-Palestinian-conflict
  9. ^ Amos Harel (6 October 2023). "It's Not Yet an Intifada, but the West Bank Is Heading Towards an Eruption". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 6 October 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Amos Harel". Tel Aviv University. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.


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