Yossi Melman - Biography

Yossi Melman (Hebrew: יוסי מלמן) is an Israeli writer and journalist.

Yossi Melman graduated from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. He is an intelligence and military affairs correspondent for Haaretz newspaper.

Political views

Melman has stated that he considers himself a left-wing Israeli, and that Israel must abandon the occupied territories to live in peace with a Palestinian state. However, he has also said that the Palestinians should not be given the right of return, as that would defeat the idea of a two-state solution in Israeli minds.

Of a 2008 deal between Austrian energy company OMV and Iran, Melman told Austrian newspaper Der Standard "While I understand the Austrian dilemma regarding energy interests, the gas deal of the OMV should have been postponed, or at least negotiated. Austria should have been much more adamant and should have demanded concessions. Overall, they are far too yielding towards Iran - one only has to remind himself of the Swiss president Micheline Calmy-Rey who ran around in Teheran with a hijab. The signal is: We respect you, but we don't expect the same in return. Austria should follow the German example: Germany is the best ally of Israel, better than the USA, since the German support is not tied to interests."

Published work

• The Master Terrorist: The True Story of Abu-Nidal translated by Shmuel Himmelstein. (Adama Books, 1986) ISBN 0-915361-52-3
• The Imperfect Spies: The History of Israeli Intelligence. (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1989) ASIN B0007BR81Q
• Behind the Uprising : Israelis, Jordanians, and Palestinians written with Dan Raviv. (Greenwood Press, 1989) ISBN 0-313-26787-1
• The New Israelis: An Intimate View of a Changing People. (Carol Publishing Corporation, 1992) ISBN 1-55972-129-4
• Friends in Deed: Inside the U.S.-Israel Alliance written with Dan Raviv. (Hyperion Books, 1994) ISBN 0-7868-6006-5
• Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community written with Dan Raviv. (Houghton Mifflin, 1990) ISBN 0-395-47102-8

Awards

In 2008, Melman won an award from the Investigative Reporters and Editors Association (IRE) for his report on a Jordanian Palestinian held illegally by American, Israeli and Jordanian security services.

• Greenwood Publishing Group Profile

External links

• The Washington Post, PostGlobal Panelist
• Booknotes interview with Raviv and Melman on Every Spy a Prince, August 5, 1990