Avi Issacharoff


Avi Issacharoff is an Israeli journalist known for his focus on Palestinian affairs. He is Middle East analyst for The Times of Israel and its sister news portal Walla!, and the Palestinian and Arab Affairs Correspondent for Haaretz.

Biography

Avi Issacharoff was born in 1973 in Jerusalem, to a Jewish family. He is a graduate of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and holds an M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies and Literature from Tel Aviv University.

Media career

Issacharoff was Middle Eastern Affairs Correspondent for Israel Radio. In 2004, Issacharoff co-wrote with Amos Harel, "The Seventh War: How we won and why we lost the war with the Palestinians," a book about the Second Intifada, winner of the 2005 Chechic award. In 2008, they wrote a second book, "34 Days: Israel, Hezbollah and the War in Lebanon," about the 2006 war, winner also of the 2009 Chechic award.
From 2005 until 2012, he was the Palestinian and Arab affairs correspondent for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. He is a former correspondent with Israel Radio where he won the 2002 "Best Reporter" award for his coverage of the Second Intifada. He has written and directed short documentary films broadcast on television in Israel.
In 2014 Issacharoff and a cameraman were attacked and beaten by "masked Palestinian rioters" while covering a violent protest demonstration at Beitunia. According to Issacharoff's account, the two were set upon after a Palestinian demonstrator who accused them of being Israeli intelligence agents.
He is the co-author of the TV series Fauda, winner in 2016 of 6 Ophir awards and in 2018 of 11 Ophir awards by the Israeli Academy of Film and Television.

Published works