Dr. Ronen Bergman

Senior Correspondent for Military and Intelligence Affairs for Yedioth Ahronoth, Israel’s largest circulated daily newspaper, and a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, writing extensively on Middle Eastern security, military, and intelligence affairs.  He is internationally recognized as one of the world’s leading experts in his field – is “arguably Israel’s best investigative journalist,” according to The New Yorker’s David Remnick and “…the foremost expert on the Mossad” according to the Der Spiegel’s editor-in-chief, Georg Mascolo. His next book, Rise and Kill First, The Secret History of the Mossad, will be published by Random House in January 2018). His New York Times Magazine cover story on Israel’s willingness to exchange thousands of terrorists for its POWs won enthusiastic reviews. Another cover story, on Prime Minister Netanyahu’s secret plan to attack Iran, stirred an international storm. His NYTimes January 2017 Op-ed on ethics of war in Israel was chosen as the front-page headline of its international edition. Der Spiegel cover story on the joint German-Israeli submarine project, which he co-authored, was one of the 3 finalists for the Hanry Nannen Award (the German Pulizer). Some more of his recent articles are: “What Information Collected by Israeli Intelligence Reveals about the Iran Talks,” “The Hezbollah Connection,” “Russian Intervention In Syria,” “Operation Red Falcon” and “The Spies Inside Damascus.” Dr. Bergman has been published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, Newsweek, The Times, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Tablet and GQ Magazine. He is frequently interviewed by major U.S. broadcasting and cable networks, the BBC and Al-Jazeera. An author of five best-selling Hebrew-language non-fiction books, Dr. Bergman covers topics ranging from government corruption to Israel’s wars, POWs and MIAs, to the Iranian nuclear project and Mossad activities. His third book, The Secret War with Iran, was translated into English and published by Simon & Schuster.  Dr. Bergman frequently lectures to academic and military audiences, as well as to the general public. He has been a guest lecturer at academic forums at major universities and institutions in Israel and abroad. He was a regular co-anchor of a daytime news and current affairs program on Israeli TV.  He received a Ph.D. with distinction in History and International Relations from Cambridge University, graduated cum laude from Haifa University Law School, and is a member of the Israeli Bar. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Beit Hafutsot, the Museum of the Jewish People.

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