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Israeli journalist

**Bradley Burston** ([Hebrew](/source/Hebrew_language): בראדלי בורסטון) is an [American](/source/United_States)-born [Israeli](/source/Israelis) journalist. Until April 2019, Burston was an English-language columnist for *[Haaretz](/source/Haaretz)* and senior editor of the English-language website Haaretz.com,[1][2] where he wrote a blog in English called "A Special Place in Hell".[3] On 22 April 2019 he retired, returning with opinion pieces only on special occasions.[1]

## Biography

Burston was born and raised in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles) and was a member of the [Labor Zionist](/source/Labor_Zionism) youth movement [Habonim](/source/Habonim_Dror). He graduated from [University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California%2C_Berkeley). In 1976, Burston [immigrated](/source/Aliyah) to Israel and helped re-establish [Kibbutz Gezer](/source/Gezer%2C_Israel). He served as a combat medic in the [Israel Defense Forces](/source/Israel_Defense_Forces).[4][5] He studied medicine in [Beersheba](/source/Beersheba) for two years before becoming a journalist.[6] He is married and has two children. He is a resident of [Nataf](/source/Nataf).[7]

## Journalism career

During the [first Intifada](/source/First_Intifada), Burston served as [Gaza](/source/Gaza_City) correspondent for *[The Jerusalem Post](/source/The_Jerusalem_Post)*. He was the *Post*'s military correspondent during the [Gulf War](/source/Gulf_War). Burston worked for [Reuters](/source/Reuters) in the 1990s, reporting on the [Arab–Israeli peace process](/source/Peace_process_in_the_Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict) and [Israeli politics](/source/Politics_of_Israel). In 2000, he began working for *Haaretz*.[4] On April 22, 2019, he announced his retirement in a farewell column.[1]

## Views and opinions

In a *[Haaretz](/source/Haaretz)* op-ed, "What does '[Death to Israel](/source/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.[8]

In 2011, Burston drew issue with "the idea that formally Muslim states are acceptable, where a Jewish state is not."[9]

In 2015, however, Burston wrote that Israeli policy now amounts to [apartheid](/source/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."[10]

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.[11]

## Awards and recognition

In 2006, [Search for Common Ground](/source/Search_for_Common_Ground) gave Burston its Eliav-Sartawi Award for Middle East Journalism.[12][13]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-farewell_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-farewell_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-farewell_1-2) Bradley Burston (April 22, 2019). ["This Is My Farewell Column. I Salute My Brave Colleagues in Israel and Around the World"](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). Haaretz.com. Archived from [the original](https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/for-my-farewell-column-i-salute-my-brave-colleagues-in-israel-and-the-world-1.7156964) on April 22, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [People and Departments at *Haaretz*](https://web.archive.org/web/20100701082442/http://www.haaretz.com/news/people-and-departments-at-haaretz-1.63298), Haaretz.com; accessed September 17, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["A Special Place in Hell - Haaretz - Israel News"](https://www.haaretz.com/blogs/a-special-place-in-hell). *Haaretz.com*. Retrieved April 25, 2019.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ameinu_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ameinu_4-1) [Bradley Burston profile](http://www.ameinu.net/action/eventsdetails.php?eventid=193) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110722182854/http://www.ameinu.net/action/eventsdetails.php?eventid=193) July 22, 2011, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), Ameinu.net; accessed March 20, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Burston speaking](https://www.vimeo.com/3755208) at a meeting of [Ameinu](/source/Ameinu) (video)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Bradley Burston's West Coast Tour"](http://jstreet.org/bradley-burstons-west-coast-tour) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110829055208/http://jstreet.org/bradley-burstons-west-coast-tour) August 29, 2011, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), JStreet.org; accessed March 20, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Better to Mourn the Loss of Dreams"](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-mar-22-oe-burston22-story.html). March 22, 2002. Retrieved April 25, 2019 – via LA Times.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["What does 'Death to Israel' mean to you?"](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), Haaretz.com; accessed March 20, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Burston, Bradley (August 3, 2010). ["Rethinking Israel Boycotts, Thanks to the New York Mosque"](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rethinking-israel-boycott_b_669177). *Haaretz.com*. Retrieved April 25, 2019 – via HuffPost.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["It's Time to Admit It. Israeli Policy Is What It Is: Apartheid"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150830110744/http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/a-special-place-in-hell/1.671538), Haaretz.com, August 17, 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Burston, Bradley (December 20, 2023). ["Netanyahu's one job was to prevent this catastrophe. Instead, he destroyed Israel as we know it"](https://forward.com/opinion/574131/netanyahu-must-go-israel-hamas-war/). *The Forward*. Retrieved December 20, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** [Burston "Let their people go"](http://www.commongroundnews.org/display_series.php?id=1209&lan=en&sp=1), commongroundnews.org; accessed September 17, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Haaretz.com senior editor Bradley Burston wins award for Mideast journalism"](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](/source/Haaretz)*, September 15, 2006.

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