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Jonathan Cook,born circa 1965, is a British writer and afreelance journalistformerly based inNazareth,Israel,who writes about theIsraeli–Palestinian conflict.[2]He writes a regular column forThe Nationalof Abu Dhabi andMiddle East Eye.[3]
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| Born | Buckinghamshire,England |
| Other names | Jonathan K. Cook |
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| Years active | 1996–present |
| Employer | The Guardian(1996–2001) |
| Website | www |
Background
editCook was born and raised inBuckinghamshire,England, UK. He received a B.A. (Hons) in Philosophy and Politics fromSouthampton Universityin 1987, a postgraduate diploma in journalism fromCardiff Universityin 1989, and an M.A. in Middle Eastern studies from theSchool of Oriental and African Studiesin 2000.[4]
Career
editJournalism
editCook was a freelancesub-editorwith several national newspapers from 1994 until 1996. He was a staff journalist atThe GuardianandThe Observerbetween 1996 and 2001.[4]
Since September 2001, Cook has been a freelance writer based in Nazareth, Israel.[5]Until 2007, he wrote columns forThe Guardian.[6][7]
In 2011, Cook received theMartha Gellhorn special award for journalism,"for his work on the Middle East".[8][9]The award citation said Cook's work on Palestine and Israel made him "one of the reliable truth-tellers in the Middle East".[10]
Books
editCook has written three books. InBlood and Religion(2006), published byPluto Press,the central thesis is that, "Israel is beginning a long, slow process of ethnic cleansing both ofPalestiniannon-citizens from parts of theoccupied territoriesthat it has long coveted for its expandedJewish state,and ofPalestinian citizensfrom inside its internationally recognized borders. "Cook links this strategy to the Israeli perception of two threats: the physical threat of terrorism and thedemographic threatof a Palestinian majority potentialised by high Palestinian birth rates and the continued demand for aPalestinian right of return.[11]The Israeli leadership is also said by Cook to view the idea of a "state for all its citizens" as a threat.[12]Rami George Khouridescribes the short book as, "important but disturbing."[11]
In 2008, Cook publishedIsrael and the Clash of Civilizations: Iraq, Iran and the plan to remake the Middle East,published by Pluto Press. Of the book,Antony Loewensteinwrote that, "Cook bravely skewers the mainstream narrative of a Jewish state constantly striving for peace with the Palestinians." According to Lowenstein, Cook argues that Israel "pursues policies that lead to civil war and partition," and that this idea of dissolving many of the nations of the Middle East, shared by theneoconsand theBush administration,was developed by Israel's security establishment in the 1980s.[13]Cook discusses an essay authored by Oded Yinon and published by theWorld Zionist Organizationin 1982 which advocated for Israel's transformation into a regional imperial power via the fragmentation of theArab world,"into a mosaic of ethnic and confessional groupings that could be more easily manipulated" (p. 107). A review of the book inThe Jordan Timescalled it "well-researched and very readable."[14]
Disappearing Palestine: Israel's Experiments in Human Despairwas published in 2008 byZed Books.[15]Helena Cobbanin theBoston Reviewsays Cook argues that to encourage voluntary emigration, Israel has made life unbearable for Palestinians, primarily via "the ever more sophisticated systems of curfews, checkpoints, walls, permits and land grabs."[16]
Selected works
editBooks
edit- (2006)Blood and Religion: The Unmasking of the Jewish and Democratic State.Pluto Press.ISBN0-7453-2555-6
- (2008)Israel and the Clash of Civilizations: Iraq, Iran and the plan to remake the Middle East.Pluto Press.ISBN978-0-7453-2754-9
- (2008)Disappearing Palestine: Israel's Experiments in Human Despair.Zed Books.ISBN978-1-84813-031-9
Chapters in books
edit- (2005) "Unrecognized Villages: Indigenous'Ayn Hawdversus Artists' Colony'Ein Hod,"inNur Masalha,Catastrophe Remembered: Palestine, Israel, and the Internal Refugees,Zed Books,ISBN1-84277-623-1[17]
- (2006) "Israel's Glass Wall: TheOr Commission,"inJoel BeininandRebecca L. Stein.The struggle for sovereignty: Palestine and Israel, 1993–2005.Stanford University Press.ISBN0-8047-5365-2
- (2008). Foreword in Hatim Kanaaneh,A Doctor in Galilee: The Life and Struggle of a Palestinian in Israel.Pluto Press.ISBN0-7453-2786-9
Notes
edit- ^""TO ITS NON-JEWISH CITIZENS, ISRAEL APPEARS A LOT MORE JEWISH THAN DEMOCRATIC": JONATHAN COOK TELLS OFIP WEBINAR ".canadatalksisraelpalestine.ca.Canada Talks Israel/Palestine. 11 July 2021.
- ^Berry, Neil (12 June 2008)."Poles Apart".New Statesman.
- ^"Jonathan Cook – Articles".Middle East Eye.Retrieved26 April2021.
- ^abCook, Jonathan.Short biography,Jhcook.net, accessed 30 November 2009.
- ^Catastrophe remembered: Palestine, Israel and the internal refugees,p. viii.
- ^Jonathan Cook,The Guardian,accessed 30 November 2009.
- ^"How occupation has corrupted Israel's soul".Antony Loewenstein,also published in Sydney's Sun-Herald newspaper on the same day. 30 March 2008.
- ^"Previous Winners".Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism. Archived fromthe originalon 22 April 2014.
- ^Deans, Jason (2 June 2011)."Julian Assange wins Martha Gellhorn journalism prize".The Guardian.Retrieved11 July2017.
- ^Gunter, Joel (2 June 2011)."Julian Assange wins Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism | Media news".journalism.co.uk.Retrieved18 February2021.
- ^abRami G. Khouri(15 March 2008)."Ethnic Cleansing Cannot be Ignored".Archived fromthe originalon 27 September 2011.Retrieved5 December2009.
- ^Wim de Neuter (March 2007)."Blood and Religion: The Unmasking of the Jewish and Democratic State".Le Monde Diplomatique.Retrieved5 December2009.
- ^Antony Loewenstein (Summer 2008)."THE RESOURCE WARS".Overland Literary Journal.ISBN978-0-9805346-0-3.Archived fromthe originalon 2 November 2009.Retrieved4 December2009.
- ^Sally Bland (31 March 2008)."Spreading 'organised chaos'".The Jordan Times.Retrieved5 December2009.
- ^Pam Hardyment (18 May 2009)."Disappearing Palestine, Israel's Experiments in Human Despair by Jonathan Cook".Archived fromthe originalon 26 May 2009.Retrieved31 August2009.
- ^Helena Cobban(July–August 2009)."Peace Out: The decline of Israel's progressive movement".Boston Review.Archived fromthe originalon 1 October 2009.Retrieved4 December2009.
- ^Loddo, S. (2006). "(Review of) Catastrophe Remembered: Palestine, Israel, and the Internal Refugees".Journal of Refugee Studies.19(2): 267–268.doi:10.1093/jrs/fel007.
