Oren Kessler

Oren Kessler is a policy analyst and journalist on the Middle East.[1] He is deputy director for research and a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) think tank in Washington D.C.[2]

Background and education

Kessler grew up in Rochester, New York, is a graduate of the University of Toronto, and holds an MA in Government from the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya.[3][4]

Career

Between 2006 and 2013 Kessler worked in Israel; he was Arab affairs correspondent for the Jerusalem Post and an editor, translator and writer for the English edition of Haaretz.[4] His work has appeared in publications including The Wall Street Journal, [5][6] Foreign Policy, [7] Politico, [8] The New Republic[9] and Foreign Affairs.[10]

Kessler previously served as a Middle East research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society think tank in London.[11] His research areas include Egyptian politics, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and Israeli history. He was one of the journalists targeted by former CNN correspondent Jim Clancy in an anti-Semitic twitter incident that led to Clancy's resignation.[12][13][14]

Kessler had corresponded extensively with fellow journalist Steven Sotloff until Sotloff was murdered by ISIS militants in 2014. Sotloff wrote to Kessler in 2011 to introduce himself as a fellow former student at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya. The two had both covered the Arab Spring, and, at the time Sotloff first contacted him, Sotloff was reporting from Libya while Kessler was covering the country for the Jerusalem Post.[1][15][16]

References

  1. 1 2 Kamin, Deborah (3 September 2014). "Steven Sotloff, killed by Islamic State, had deep roots in Israel". Times of Israel. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "CNN's Jim Clancy Resigns After Controversial Israel Tweets". Haaretz. JTA. 17 January 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Foundation for the Defense of Democracy". Foundation for the Defense of Democracy. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Oren Kessler". Tel Aviv International Salon. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  5. ↑ Kessler, Oren (2014-04-04). "Book Review: 'Faisal I of Iraq' by Ali A. Allawi". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  6. ↑ Kessler, Oren (2013-11-08). "Book Review: 'My Promised Land' by Ari Shavit". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  7. ↑ "Author Page". Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  8. ↑ "Mourning My Almost-Friend, Steve Sotloff". Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  9. ↑ "Reporters Have Finally Found Hamas. What Took So Long?". The New Republic. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  10. ↑ "Author Page: Oren Kessler". Foreign Affairs. 2015-08-24. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  11. ↑ "Oren Kessler Foundation for Defense of Democracies". www.defenddemocracy.org. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  12. ↑ Steele, Emily (17 January 2015). "Anchor Leaves CNN After Tweets". New York Times. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  13. ↑ "CNN anchor quits after sharing pro-Palestine views on Charlie Hebdo". 21 January 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  14. ↑ "CNN's Jim Clancy resigns after controversial Israel tweets". JTA. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  15. ↑ Zavis, Alexandra (5 September 2014). "Friends, supporters worked to keep Steven Sotloff's Israel ties secret". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  16. ↑ Zezima, katie (3 September 2014). "Obama to Islamic State: 'We will not be intimidated'". Washington Post. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
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