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Shlomi Eldar

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Shlomi Eldar

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1957-02-11 （Herzliya）
Nationality
Israel
Languages
Hebrew, Arabic, English
Residence History
Herzliya, Israel → United States (2013-2022) → Israel

Career

Occupations
television journalist, documentarian
Active Years
1980-2024
Affiliations
News 13, Channel 1 (Israel), Channel 10 News
Nominations
Ophir Award nominated three times (won twice)

Education

Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Country: Israel

Awards

Sokolov Award
2007
Work: coverage of Gaza
Organization: Association of Israel Journalists
Result: win
Yitzhak Sadeh Prize
2014
Work: Getting to Know Hamas
Category: 軍事文学
Result: win
Ophir Award
2010
Work: Precious Life
Category: 最優秀ドキュメンタリー映画
Organization: Israeli Academy of Film and Television
Result: win
Ophir Award
2018
Work: Foreign Land
Category: 最優秀ドキュメンタリー映画
Organization: Israeli Academy of Film and Television
Result: win

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Precious Life

2010 Documentary

A documentary about an Israeli pediatrician and a Palestinian mother trying to get treatment for her baby with an incurable genetic disease during the 2008-2009 Gaza War.

Value of lifeIsraeli-Palestinian conflictHope

Foreign Land

2017 Documentary

Documentary about the lives of Arab citizens in Israel.

IdentityDiscriminationIsraeli society

Riding with a Spy

2021 Documentary

A coast-to-coast trip in the US with Anat Kamm, convicted of espionage, including meeting Daniel Ellsberg.

WhistleblowingFreedomEspionage

Getting to Know Hamas

2012 Non-fiction

Book revealing communication channels between Hamas and Israeli leaders.

HamasPoliticsConflict

Hamas: From a Charity Movement to War Criminals

2024 Non-fiction

Updated edition analyzing Hamas's evolution and Netanyahu's policies.

HamasIsraeli policyWar crimes

Bibliography

  • Eyeless in Gaza (2005)
  • Getting to Know Hamas (2012)
  • Hamas: From a Charity Movement to War Criminals (2024)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
JournalisticDetailed reporting-basedObjective analysis
Recurring Motifs
Israeli-Palestinian conflictHamasPeace processHuman stories

Legacy

Prominent journalist known for exclusive interviews and award-winning documentaries on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

In Popular Culture

  • Appeared on MasterChef VIP (2015)

Quotes

  • I started shooting Foreign Land six years ago... no one thought of going up to courts with a D-9...
    Source: Ophir Award acceptance speech (2018)

Trivia

  • Has 5 children
  • Survived a 2004 kidnapping attempt by Hamas
  • First Israeli journalist to interview Yasser Arafat
  • Conducted the only interview Ismail Haniyeh ever gave to an Israeli news organization
  • Famous broadcast of Shiran Franco's rescue from 1999 İzmit earthquake