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New article name new article content ... Aluf Benn (Hebrew: אלוף בן} (born 1965 ) is an Israeli journalist and author, currently editor-at-large[1] and editorial writer for the liberal Israeli national daily Ha'aretz.
Born in Ramat HaSharon in 1965 he was originally named Aluf Bomstein, son of Atida and poet Aryeh Bomstein (whopublishes under Aryeh Sivan). His unique name, Aluf ("General"), was received in memory of his uncle General Horowitz who was killed in action in the Gaza Strip in during the Retribution operations of 1955. [2]
Benn holds an MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and a degree from Tel Aviv University.[1]
He began working for the paper Ha'Ir in 1986 , and Hebraicized his surname Bumstein to Benn. In 1989 , he moved to the newspaper Ha'aretz, where he served in various roles, including a night editor, investigative reporter, head of the news division and wrote on security matters. Today he is a political reporter and editor on the editorial page of Ha'aretz.
His articles were have been published in international newspapers like the New York Times, the Guardian , Foreign Affairs and Newsweek.
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edit- Aluf Benn,Why Won’t Obama Talk to Israel?, New York Times, July 27, 2009