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Yaakov Katz | |
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Born | 1979 (age 44–45) |
Occupation | Journalist and author |
Nationality | Israeli |
Alma mater | Bar Ilan University |
Yaakov Katz ( Hebrew: יעקב כץ, born 1979) is an American-born Israeli journalist and author who served as the Editor-in-Chief of The Jerusalem Post.
Katz completed a law degree from Bar-Ilan University in 2007, and in 2013 was selected as an outstanding alumnus. [1]
From 2003 to 2013 Katz was the military correspondent and defense analyst for The Jerusalem Post, [2] and has also worked as the Israel correspondent for Jane's Defence Weekly [3] and USA Today. [4] His writings have also appeared in the Washington Post, [5] the New York Post, [6] The Daily Beast, [7] Al Jazeera English, Israel Defense, Newsmax, Special Operations Report, Fair Observer, [8] and other publications.
In 2012-2013, Katz was one of 12 international fellows to spend a year at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism [9] [10] at Harvard.
In 2013 Katz became senior foreign policy advisor to Israel's Minister of Education and Diaspora Affairs Naftali Bennett. [2]
He became Editor-in-Chief at The Jerusalem Post in 2016. [11] [12] In March 2023 he was replaced by Avi Mayer. [13]
His first book, Israel vs. Iran: The Shadow War, [14] which Katz co-authored with Yoaz Hendel, was published by Potomac Books in 2012 in the U.S. and by Kinneret Zmora-Bitan in Israel, where it spent several weeks on the bestseller list.[ citation needed]
His second book, Weapons Wizards, written together with veteran Walla News military correspondent Amir Bohbot, was published by St. Martin's Press in 2017 and tells the behind-the-scenes story of how Israel invented its revolutionary weapons and military technology. [15] [16] It has been translated into Czech, Polish, Hebrew and Mandarin.
His most recent book Shadow Strike: Inside Israel's Secret Mission to Eliminate Syrian Nuclear Power, was published in May 2019 by St. Martin's Press. [17] It was chosen as a finalist for the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. [18]
Katz has lectured at dozens of college campuses across the U.S. and is a frequent speaker on issues relating to Israeli security and Middle East politics. [19] [20]
Originally from Chicago, Katz moved to Israel in 1996. [2] He lives in Jerusalem with his wife and their four children.