{{Short description|Israeli journalist}} '''Bradley Burston''' ({{langx|he|בראדלי בורסטון}}) is an [[United States|American]]-born [[Israelis|Israeli]] journalist. Until April 2019, Burston was an English-language columnist for ''[[Haaretz]]'' and senior editor of the English-language website Haaretz.com,<ref name=farewell/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100701082442/http://www.haaretz.com/news/people-and-departments-at-haaretz-1.63298 People and Departments at ''Haaretz''], Haaretz.com; accessed September 17, 2016.</ref> where he wrote a blog in English called "A Special Place in Hell".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/blogs/a-special-place-in-hell|title=A Special Place in Hell - Haaretz - Israel News|author=|date=|website=Haaretz.com|access-date=April 25, 2019}}</ref> On 22 April 2019 he retired, returning with opinion pieces only on special occasions.<ref name=farewell>{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/for-my-farewell-column-i-salute-my-brave-colleagues-in-israel-and-the-world-1.7156964|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422124624/https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/for-my-farewell-column-i-salute-my-brave-colleagues-in-israel-and-the-world-1.7156964|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 22, 2019|title=This Is My Farewell Column. I Salute My Brave Colleagues in Israel and Around the World|author=Bradley Burston|date=April 22, 2019|publisher=Haaretz.com|access-date=April 25, 2019}}</ref>
==Biography== Burston was born and raised in [[Los Angeles]] and was a member of the [[Labor Zionism|Labor Zionist]] youth movement [[Habonim Dror|Habonim]]. He graduated from [[University of California, Berkeley]]. In 1976, Burston [[aliyah|immigrated]] to Israel and helped re-establish [[Gezer, Israel|Kibbutz Gezer]]. He served as a combat medic in the [[Israel Defense Forces]].<ref name="ameinu">[http://www.ameinu.net/action/eventsdetails.php?eventid=193 Bradley Burston profile] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722182854/http://www.ameinu.net/action/eventsdetails.php?eventid=193 |date=July 22, 2011 }}, Ameinu.net; accessed March 20, 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.vimeo.com/3755208 Burston speaking] at a meeting of [[Ameinu]] (video)</ref> He studied medicine in [[Beersheba]] for two years before becoming a journalist.<ref>[http://jstreet.org/bradley-burstons-west-coast-tour "Bradley Burston's West Coast Tour"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829055208/http://jstreet.org/bradley-burstons-west-coast-tour |date=August 29, 2011 }}, JStreet.org; accessed March 20, 2016.</ref> He is married and has two children. He is a resident of [[Nataf]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-mar-22-oe-burston22-story.html|title=Better to Mourn the Loss of Dreams|author=|date=March 22, 2002|publisher=|access-date=April 25, 2019|via=LA Times}}</ref>
==Journalism career== During the [[first Intifada]], Burston served as [[Gaza City|Gaza]] correspondent for ''[[The Jerusalem Post]]''. He was the ''Post''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s military correspondent during the [[Gulf War]]. Burston worked for [[Reuters]] in the 1990s, reporting on the [[Peace process in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict|Arab–Israeli peace process]] and [[Politics of Israel|Israeli politics]]. In 2000, he began working for ''Haaretz''.<ref name=ameinu/> On April 22, 2019, he announced his retirement in a farewell column.<ref name=farewell/>
==Views and opinions== In a ''[[Haaretz]]'' op-ed, "What does '[[Death to Israel]]' mean to you?", Burston is critical of "progressives" who claim to support the inalienable rights of human beings over nationalism, but fail to see Israelis as people.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111103181442/http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/a-special-place-in-hell/what-does-death-to-israel-mean-to-you-1.393497 "What does 'Death to Israel' mean to you?"], Haaretz.com; accessed March 20, 2016.</ref>
In 2011, Burston drew issue with "the idea that formally Muslim states are acceptable, where a Jewish state is not."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rethinking-israel-boycott_b_669177|title=Rethinking Israel Boycotts, Thanks to the New York Mosque|first1=Bradley|last1=Burston|date=August 3, 2010|work=Haaretz.com|via=HuffPost|access-date=April 25, 2019}}</ref>
In 2015, however, Burston wrote that Israeli policy now amounts to [[apartheid]], stating: "I used to be one of those people who took issue with the label of apartheid as applied to Israel... Not anymore... Our Israel is what it has become: Apartheid."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150830110744/http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/a-special-place-in-hell/1.671538 "It's Time to Admit It. Israeli Policy Is What It Is: Apartheid"], Haaretz.com, August 17, 2015.</ref>
In December 2023, Burston wrote that Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is responsible for the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, and the ensuing Israel-Hamas war.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burston |first=Bradley |date=December 20, 2023 |title=Netanyahu’s one job was to prevent this catastrophe. Instead, he destroyed Israel as we know it |url=https://forward.com/opinion/574131/netanyahu-must-go-israel-hamas-war/ |access-date=December 20, 2023 |website=The Forward}}</ref>
==Awards and recognition== In 2006, [[Search for Common Ground]] gave Burston its Eliav-Sartawi Award for Middle East Journalism.<ref>[http://www.commongroundnews.org/display_series.php?id=1209&lan=en&sp=1 Burston "Let their people go"], commongroundnews.org; accessed September 17, 2016.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110606214326/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/haaretz-com-s-bradley-burston-wins-award-for-mideast-writing-1.197350 "Haaretz.com senior editor Bradley Burston wins award for Mideast journalism"], ''[[Haaretz]]'', September 15, 2006.</ref>
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==External links== {{Wikiquote}} * [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bradley-burston Burston's columns] at [[The Huffington Post]]
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