Amos Harel
Israeli journalist
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Amos Harel (Hebrew: עמוס הראל) is an Israeli journalist.
Amos Harel עמוס הראל | |
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| Education | Tel Aviv University[1] |
| Occupation | Journalism |
Personal
Harel was born in 1968.[2] He attended high school at Hebrew University Secondary School.[3] He graduated from Tel Aviv University and lives in Hod Hasharon.[1]
Journalism career
As of 2025, Harel is the military and defense analyst for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.[1][4]
From 1999 to 2005, Harel anchored a weekly program about defense issues on Army Radio.[1] Before becoming the military analyst for Haaretz, he spent four years as the night editor of the printed Hebrew edition.[1]
Warnings of a Third Intifada in 2022 and 2023
In the year leading up to the war in Gaza, Harel's work was very critical of Itamar Ben Gvir and other far-right members of the Knesset. Harel repeatedly expressed concern that Ben Gvir's policies, provocative actions, and "chutzpah"[5] would lead to a "third intifada".
- February 2023 - "Will far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's chutzpah trigger a third intifada?"[5]
- December 2022 - "Will Netanyahu's far-right allies ignite a third Intifada?"[6]
This was a common concern in Israel in the year before the October 7 attacks, but went largely unnoticed except in media focused on the Middle East.[7][8]
Harel did not foresee the escalation from Gaza, instead predicting increased violence in the West Bank and Jerusalem.[6] On 6 October 2023 he wrote a piece headlined "It's Not Yet an Intifada, but the West Bank Is Heading Towards an Eruption".[9]
Published books
- The Seventh War: How we won and why we lost the war with the Palestinians. With Avi Issacharoff. 2004. Winner of the 2005 Tshetshik Prize for outstanding security research.[1] It was translated into French and Arabic.[10]
- 34 Days: Israel, Hezbollah and the War in Lebanon. Also with Avi Issacharoff. Hebrew edition 2006. English edition 2008 by Palgrave-Macmillan Books. Winner of the 2009 Chechic award for outstanding security research.[1]
