{{Short description|Israeli journalist and author (1930–2009)}} thumb|Amnon Kapeliouk '''Amnon Kapeliouk''' ({{Langx|he|אמנון קפליוק}}; 22 December 1930 – 26 June 2009) was an Israeli journalist and author. He was a co-founder of B'Tselem and was known for his close ties to Yasser Arafat. ==Biography== Amnon Kapeliouk was born in Jerusalem. His father, Menachem, was a renowned Arabic scholar. Kapeliouk studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He held a PhD degree in Oriental Studies from Sorbonne University. His doctorate was on Israel's Christian Arab community.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/aug/13/obituary-amnon-kapeliouk|title=Obituary {{!}} Amnon Kapeliouk|last=Black|first=Ian|date=2009-08-13|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-06-05|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> He began writing for the Israeli daily ''Al HaMishmar'' in the 1950s. He was married to Olga, with whom he had had two daughters.
Kapeliouk died on 26 June 2009 at the age of 78.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/carnet/2009-06-26-Amnon-Kapeliouk |title= Amnon Kapeliouk est mort |publisher= Le Monde diplomatique |date=2009-06-26 |accessdate=2009-06-27 |language=French |trans-title=Amnon Kapeliouk died }}</ref> At the time of his death he was a resident of Jerusalem.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/journalist-b-tselem-founder-amnon-kapeliouk-dies-aged-78-1.278924|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208230933/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/journalist-b-tselem-founder-amnon-kapeliouk-dies-aged-78-1.278924|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-12-08|title=Journalist, B'Tselem founder Amnon Kapeliouk dies aged 78 - Israel Ne…|date=2012-12-08|website=archive.is|access-date=2019-06-05}}</ref>
==Journalism career== Kapeliouk wrote for several newspapers, among them ''Al HaMishmar'', ''Yedioth Ahronoth'', ''Le Monde'' and ''Le Monde Diplomatique''. He covered news from the Arab world as well as the activities of Palestinians in Israel and the territories. In 1988, he was sent to Moscow to cover the Gorbachev years and the collapse of the Soviet Union. He served on the editorial board of ''New Outlook,'' a magazine dedicated to Israeli-Arab dialogue.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/aug/13/obituary-amnon-kapeliouk|title=Obituary {{!}} Amnon Kapeliouk|last=Black|first=Ian|date=2009-08-13|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-06-05|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
During the First Lebanon War, Kapeliouk interviewed Arafat in Beirut. When ''Al HaMishmar'' refused to publish it, he quit the paper and moved to ''Yediot Ahronoth''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/1.5070506|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605084626/https://www.haaretz.com/1.5070506|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 5, 2019|title=Journalist, B'Tselem Founder Amnon Kapeliouk Dies Aged 78|date=2009-06-28|work=Haaretz|access-date=2019-06-05|language=en}}</ref> The introduction to his 2004 biography of Arafat, ''Arafat l'Irréductible,'' was written by Nelson Mandela.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/aug/13/obituary-amnon-kapeliouk|title=Obituary {{!}} Amnon Kapeliouk|last=Black|first=Ian|date=2009-08-13|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-06-05|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
==Published works== *''Israel: La fin des mythes'' (Albin Michel, Paris, 1975) *''La fin des mythes, Sabra et Chatila: Enquête sur un massacre'' (Seuil, Paris, 1982) *''Rabin: anatomie d'un assassinat politique - Religion, nationalisme, violence en Israël'' (Le Monde, Paris, 1996) *''Arafat l’irréductible'' (Fayard, Paris, 2004) *''[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3324437h/f7.item Hébron, un massacre annoncé]'' (Seuil, Paris, 1994) * ''Not by Omission: The Case of the 1973 Arab–Israeli War'', translated by Mark Marshall, introduction by Noam Chomsky and Irene Gendzier (Verso, London and New York, 2022)
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