Ari Shavit (Hebrew: ארי שביט; born 16 November 1957) is an Israeli reporter and writer. Shavit was a senior correspondent at the left-of-center Israeli newspaper Haaretz before he resigned when a pattern of sexual misconduct came to public attention.
A self-described left-wing journalist[1] and anti-occupation peacenik,[2] Shavit is the author of the 2013 New York Times Best SellerMy Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel.
Shavit describes himself as an "antioccupation peacenik".[2] He is particularly critical of right-wing Israeli politicians, such as Avigdor Lieberman, who he argues is only loyal to Russia and to Putin.[9] Shavit is also critical of Miri Regev, describing her as 'anti-culture', and of Ayelet Shaked, describing her as 'anti-democracy'.[10]
He has for many years been a critic of Benjamin Netanyahu. Although admitting that Netanyahu is highly intelligent, Shavit argues that Netanyahu "scorns [US] Democrat politicians and liberal intellectuals... as weaklings." Shavit also castigates Netanyahu for not being "a civil leader who truly cares for the welfare of his citizens. He [Netanyahu] is unconcerned by social justice."[11]
In 2013, Shavit released My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel. It was a New York Times Best Seller[12] and received widespread acclaim. The New York Times listed My Promised Land in its "100 Notable Books of 2013",[13]The Economist named it as one of the best books of 2013,[14] it received the Gerrard and Ella Berman Memorial Award in History from the Jewish Book Council,[15][16] and it won the Natan Book Award.[17] In September 2014, Shavit traveled to Cleveland, Ohio to accept the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award[18] in nonfiction for My Promised Land, and delivered a talk at the Cleveland City Club[19] about the necessity of American leadership in the Middle East. The book received many positive reviews, as well as criticism from both the left, including from Norman Finkelstein,[20][21] and from the right, including from Martin Kramer.[22][23]
ResignationEdit
In 2016, charges of sexual misconduct involving groping of women in the workplace surfaced, forcing Shavit to apologize and resign from his positions at Haaretz and Channel 10.[24]
Shavit was temporarily suspended from the Haaretz newspaper after he was accused of sexual harassment by American-Jewish journalist Danielle Berrin ('Hollywood Jew'), who wrote a cover story on the subject in the Los Angeles Jewish Journal.[25] Shavit, initially claimed the incident was merely flirting, saying "I apologize from the bottom of my heart for this misunderstanding. I did not mean to say anything unwelcome to Berrin".[26] In response, Shelly Yachimovich wrote: "I don't know if Berrin accepted his apology, but I didn't... It's not like he accidentally stepped on somebody's toe."[27] In response to the allegations, Shavit announced that he was taking time off from his journalism.[28]
A member of the staff of the Jewish organization J Street then stepped forward to say that while she was arranging speaking engagements for Shavit he had caressed her hand and propositioned her with the suggestion that they go out for drinks.[29][30] Shavit then resigned.[29][31]
BibliographyEdit
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (June 2017)
BooksEdit
Shavit, Ari (2013). My promised land : the triumph and tragedy of Israel. Random House.
Essays and reportingEdit
Shavit, Ari (21 October 2013). "Lydda, 1948 : a city, a massacre, and the Middle East today". Dept. of History. The New Yorker. Vol. 89, no. 33. pp. 40–46.
Critical studies and reviews of Shavit's workEdit
Garner, Dwight (19 November 2013). "Son of Israel, Caught in the Middle". The New York Times. In the end, he plaintively says: "I wonder how long we can maintain our miraculous survival story. One more generation? Two? Three? Eventually the hand holding the sword must loosen its grip. Eventually the sword itself will rust. No nation can face the world surrounding it for over a hundred years with a jutting spear."
Wieseltier, Leon (21 November 2013). "The State of Israel". The New York Times. It is one of the achievements of Ari Shavit's important and powerful book to recover the feeling of Israel's facticity and to revel in it, to restore the grandeur of the simple fact in full view of the complicated facts.
Fischer, Elli (January 2014). "Israel for Me, Not for Thee". Commentary. Shavit and the secular, social-democratic Ashkenazic tribe that created the state in their image and dominated the first three decades of its existence must be allowed to lament the loss of their Israel..
Tim, Holmes (29 May 2014). . New Left Project. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2018. ...one of Shavit's principal tasks is to defend ethnic cleansing. So observes Israel-Palestine scholar and serial debunker of fraudulent history Norman Finkelstein in Old Wine, Broken Bottle: Ari Shavit's Promised Land, a slim volume that takes Shavit's book apart. Inevitably failing to stake out any serious ethical justification for the Palestinian Nakba [...], Shavit instead relies on rhetorical puffery, resurrecting some of the crudest tropes of colonial-era racism.
ReferencesEdit
^ abAbrams, Elliott. "Politics and Prophecy". Jewish Review of Books. Vol. Spring 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ abWhitford, David; Elkind, Peter (12 December 2013). "Promise – and potential – in Israel". Fortune.
^"Promise – and potential – in Israel". Fortune. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^Ari Shavit, My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel. Random House Publishing Group. 19 November 2013, pp xi.
^Shavit, My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel, p. xiii.
^Slater, Jerome (19 December 2013). . Jerome Slater: On the US and Israel. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014 – via jeromeslater.com.
^Kramer, Martin (July 2014). "What Happened at Lydda" (PDF). Mosaic Magazine – via scholar.harvard.edu.
^Kramer, Martin (July 2014). "What Happened at Lydda". Mosaic Magazine.
^Beaumont, Peter (31 October 2016). "Ari Shavit quits media roles after sexual harassment accusations". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
^Yitahak, Yoav (27 October 2016). ארי שביט הוא החשוד בהטרדה מינית של עיתונאית אמריקנית [Ari Shavit is suspected of sexually harassing an American journalist]. News1 (in Hebrew).
^"Journalist Ari Shavit admits he's accused of assault, apologizes for 'misunderstanding'". Times of Israel. 27 October 2016.
^Zeveloff, 28 October 2016, Naomi. "Ari Shavit 'Sorry' for Trump-Style Sex Assault. Many Israelis Aren't Buying It". The Forward. Jerusalem.
^"Ari Shavit: I'm Taking Time Off From My Journalistic Work". Haaretz. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
^ abMitnick, Joshua (30 October 2016). "After an L.A. reporter accused him of sexual assault, a top Israeli newspaper columnist steps down". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
^Zeveloff, Naomi (30 October 2016). "J Street Staffer Is Second Woman to Accuse Ari Shavit of Sexual Harassment". The Forward – via Haaretz.
^"Ari Shavit Resigns Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations". Haaretz. 30 October 2016.
"'Promised Land' Wrestles With Israel's Brutal Contradictions". NPR. 18 November 2013.
"Tom Friedman tells Obama and Netanyahu: Read Ari Shavit's book". Haaretz. 17 November 2013.
Saving the Promised Land, Fathom: For a deeper understanding of Israel and the region, 2 June 2014
Ari Shavit: Triumph by treachery towards the Promised Land
October 19, 2023
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Ari Shavit Hebrew ארי שביט born 16 November 1957 is an Israeli reporter and writer Shavit was a senior correspondent at the left of center Israeli newspaper Haaretz before he resigned when a pattern of sexual misconduct came to public attention Ari Shavitארי שביטBorn 1957 11 26 26 November 1957 age 65 Rehovot IsraelAlma materHebrew University of JerusalemOccupationsWriterjournalistKnown forColumnist at HaaretzAuthor of the award winning 2013 book My Promised LandRelativesJoseph Bentwich grandfather Herbert Bentwich great grandfather Norman Bentwich great uncle Helen Bentwich great aunt Solomon Joseph Solomon great great uncle A self described left wing journalist 1 and anti occupation peacenik 2 Shavit is the author of the 2013 New York Times Best Seller My Promised Land The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel Contents 1 Biography 2 Career 2 1 Resignation 3 Bibliography 3 1 Books 3 2 Essays and reporting 3 3 Critical studies and reviews of Shavit s work 4 References 5 External linksBiography EditShavit was born in Rehovot Israel and studied at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem His father was a scientist and his mother was an artist Some of his ancestors were early leading Zionists 3 Shavit was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in 1975 He volunteered as a paratrooper in the Paratroopers Brigade He served as a squad leader 4 and took part in various raids against armed Palestinian organizations and camps in Lebanon including Operation Litani Career EditKnown for his left wing journalism 1 Shavit has been a columnist for Haaretz since 1995 5 His work has also appeared in The New Yorker 6 The New York Times 7 and Politico 8 Shavit describes himself as an antioccupation peacenik 2 He is particularly critical of right wing Israeli politicians such as Avigdor Lieberman who he argues is only loyal to Russia and to Putin 9 Shavit is also critical of Miri Regev describing her as anti culture and of Ayelet Shaked describing her as anti democracy 10 He has for many years been a critic of Benjamin Netanyahu Although admitting that Netanyahu is highly intelligent Shavit argues that Netanyahu scorns US Democrat politicians and liberal intellectuals as weaklings Shavit also castigates Netanyahu for not being a civil leader who truly cares for the welfare of his citizens He Netanyahu is unconcerned by social justice 11 In 2013 Shavit released My Promised Land The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel It was a New York Times Best Seller 12 and received widespread acclaim The New York Times listed My Promised Land in its 100 Notable Books of 2013 13 The Economist named it as one of the best books of 2013 14 it received the Gerrard and Ella Berman Memorial Award in History from the Jewish Book Council 15 16 and it won the Natan Book Award 17 In September 2014 Shavit traveled to Cleveland Ohio to accept the Anisfield Wolf Book Award 18 in nonfiction for My Promised Land and delivered a talk at the Cleveland City Club 19 about the necessity of American leadership in the Middle East The book received many positive reviews as well as criticism from both the left including from Norman Finkelstein 20 21 and from the right including from Martin Kramer 22 23 Resignation Edit In 2016 charges of sexual misconduct involving groping of women in the workplace surfaced forcing Shavit to apologize and resign from his positions at Haaretz and Channel 10 24 Shavit was temporarily suspended from the Haaretz newspaper after he was accused of sexual harassment by American Jewish journalist Danielle Berrin Hollywood Jew who wrote a cover story on the subject in the Los Angeles Jewish Journal 25 Shavit initially claimed the incident was merely flirting saying I apologize from the bottom of my heart for this misunderstanding I did not mean to say anything unwelcome to Berrin 26 In response Shelly Yachimovich wrote I don t know if Berrin accepted his apology but I didn t It s not like he accidentally stepped on somebody s toe 27 In response to the allegations Shavit announced that he was taking time off from his journalism 28 A member of the staff of the Jewish organization J Street then stepped forward to say that while she was arranging speaking engagements for Shavit he had caressed her hand and propositioned her with the suggestion that they go out for drinks 29 30 Shavit then resigned 29 31 Bibliography EditThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items June 2017 Books Edit Shavit Ari 2013 My promised land the triumph and tragedy of Israel Random House Essays and reporting Edit Shavit Ari 21 October 2013 Lydda 1948 a city a massacre and the Middle East today Dept of History The New Yorker Vol 89 no 33 pp 40 46 Critical studies and reviews of Shavit s work Edit Garner Dwight 19 November 2013 Son of Israel Caught in the Middle The New York Times In the end he plaintively says I wonder how long we can maintain our miraculous survival story One more generation Two Three Eventually the hand holding the sword must loosen its grip Eventually the sword itself will rust No nation can face the world surrounding it for over a hundred years with a jutting spear Wieseltier Leon 21 November 2013 The State of Israel The New York Times It is one of the achievements of Ari Shavit s important and powerful book to recover the feeling of Israel s facticity and to revel in it to restore the grandeur of the simple fact in full view of the complicated facts Fischer Elli January 2014 Israel for Me Not for Thee Commentary Shavit and the secular social democratic Ashkenazic tribe that created the state in their image and dominated the first three decades of its existence must be allowed to lament the loss of their Israel Tim Holmes 29 May 2014 Ari Shavit s Resuscitation of Liberal Zionism is Doomed New Left Project Archived from the original on 23 December 2017 Retrieved 2 April 2018 one of Shavit s principal tasks is to defend ethnic cleansing So observes Israel Palestine scholar and serial debunker of fraudulent history Norman Finkelstein in Old Wine Broken Bottle Ari Shavit s Promised Land a slim volume that takes Shavit s book apart Inevitably failing to stake out any serious ethical justification for the Palestinian Nakba Shavit instead relies on rhetorical puffery resurrecting some of the crudest tropes of colonial era racism References Edit a b Abrams Elliott Politics and Prophecy Jewish Review of Books Vol Spring 2014 Retrieved 12 October 2020 a b Whitford David Elkind Peter 12 December 2013 Promise and potential in Israel Fortune Promise and potential in Israel Fortune Retrieved 1 February 2020 Ari Shavit My Promised Land The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel Random House Publishing Group 19 November 2013 pp xi Shavit My Promised Land The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel p xiii Shavit Ari 14 October 2013 Lydda 1948 The New Yorker The Old Peace Is Dead but a New Peace Is Possible The New York Times 12 March 2013 Retrieved 25 March 2013 Is Israel Losing Its Soul Politico 20 March 2015 Retrieved 25 March 2013 Shavit Ari 30 December 2010 Lieberman Can Feel at Home at the Kremlin Haaretz Shavit Ari 1 January 2016 Israel s Center left Must Seize the Day After the Awful 20153 Haaretz Shavit Ari 8 March 2015 Netanyahu s Churchill Complex Politico Best Sellers The New York Times 8 December 2013 Retrieved 25 March 2013 100 Notable Books of 2013 The New York Times 27 November 2013 Retrieved 25 March 2013 Torrents of words The Economist 7 December 2013 Retrieved 25 March 2013 2013 National Jewish Book Awards Announced Jewish Book Council 15 January 2014 Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 25 March 2013 Past Winners Jewish Book Council Retrieved 21 January 2020 Sela Maya 3 June 2013 Haaretz Columnist Ari Shavit Wins U S Literary Prize for Book on Israel Retrieved 12 October 2020 My Promised Land Anisfield Wolf Anisfield Wolf Book Award Retrieved 12 October 2020 My Promised Land The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel The City Club of Cleveland September 12 2014 City Club of Cleveland 12 September 2014 Finkelstein Norman Old Wine Broken Bottle OR Books OR Books Slater Jerome 19 December 2013 Jerome Slater On the US and Israel Unforgivable Ari Shavit s My Promised Land and Its Acclaim in the United States Jerome Slater On the US and Israel Archived from the original on 29 March 2014 via jeromeslater com Kramer Martin July 2014 What Happened at Lydda PDF Mosaic Magazine via scholar harvard edu Kramer Martin July 2014 What Happened at Lydda Mosaic Magazine Beaumont Peter 31 October 2016 Ari Shavit quits media roles after sexual harassment accusations The Guardian Retrieved 2 November 2016 Yitahak Yoav 27 October 2016 ארי שביט הוא החשוד בהטרדה מינית של עיתונאית אמריקנית Ari Shavit is suspected of sexually harassing an American journalist News1 in Hebrew Journalist Ari Shavit admits he s accused of assault apologizes for misunderstanding Times of Israel 27 October 2016 Zeveloff 28 October 2016 Naomi Ari Shavit Sorry for Trump Style Sex Assault Many Israelis Aren t Buying It The Forward Jerusalem Ari Shavit I m Taking Time Off From My Journalistic Work Haaretz Retrieved 29 October 2016 a b Mitnick Joshua 30 October 2016 After an L A reporter accused him of sexual assault a top Israeli newspaper columnist steps down Los Angeles Times Retrieved 2 November 2016 Zeveloff Naomi 30 October 2016 J Street Staffer Is Second Woman to Accuse Ari Shavit of Sexual Harassment The Forward via Haaretz Ari Shavit Resigns Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations Haaretz 30 October 2016 External links Edit nbsp Wikiquote has quotations related to Ari Shavit Official website Archived 24 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine Ari Shavit Apocalypse now apocalypse forever Promised Land Wrestles With Israel s Brutal Contradictions NPR 18 November 2013 Tom Friedman tells Obama and Netanyahu Read Ari Shavit s book Haaretz 17 November 2013 Saving the Promised Land Fathom For a deeper understanding of Israel and the region 2 June 2014 Ari Shavit Triumph by treachery towards the Promised Land Retrieved from 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