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'''Ben-Dror Yemini''' ({{lang-he|בן-דרור ימיני}}; born April 17, 1954) is an Israeli [[journalist]]. He has worked for the daily newspaper ''[[Maariv (newspaper)|Maariv]]'', and in Spring 2014 began writing for the daily ''[[Yedioth Ahronoth]]''.
'''Ben-Dror Yemini''' ({{lang-he|בן-דרור ימיני}}; born April 17, 1954) is an Israeli journalist. He has worked for the daily newspaper ''[[Maariv (newspaper)|Maariv]]'', and in Spring 2014 began writing for the daily ''[[Yedioth Ahronoth]]''.


==Biography==
==Biography==
Ben-Dror Yemini was born in [[Tel Aviv]] to a [[Yemenite Jewish]] family.<ref name=jw>{{cite news|last=Pine|first=Dan|title=Stalwart Israeli journalist takes a stand for his country|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/61549/stalwart-israeli-journalist-takes-a-stand-for-his-country/Stalwart|newspaper=Jweekly|date=21 April 2011}}</ref> He studied Humanities and History at [[Tel Aviv University]] and then pursued a degree in law. After graduation, he worked as an advisor to the [[Israeli Minister of Immigration Absorption]] and then became spokesman of the Ministry.<ref name="temple">{{cite web | url=http://smc.temple.edu/news-events/event/israeli-journalist-ben-dror-yemini/ | title=Israeli journalist Ben-Dror Yemini | publisher=[[Temple University]] | work=School of Media and Communication | date=March 14, 2012 | accessdate=December 5, 2012}}</ref>
Ben-Dror Yemini was born in [[Tel Aviv]] to a [[Yemenite Jewish]] family.<ref name=jw>{{cite news|last=Pine|first=Dan|title=Stalwart Israeli journalist takes a stand for his country|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/61549/stalwart-israeli-journalist-takes-a-stand-for-his-country/Stalwart|newspaper=Jweekly|date=21 April 2011}}</ref> He studied Humanities and History at [[Tel Aviv University]] and then pursued a degree in law. After graduation, he worked as an advisor to the [[Israeli Minister of Immigration Absorption]] and then became spokesman of the Ministry.<ref name="temple">{{cite web | url=http://smc.temple.edu/news-events/event/israeli-journalist-ben-dror-yemini/ | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130213034840/http://smc.temple.edu/news-events/event/israeli-journalist-ben-dror-yemini/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 13, 2013 | title=Israeli journalist Ben-Dror Yemini | publisher=[[Temple University]] | work=School of Media and Communication | date=March 14, 2012 | accessdate=December 5, 2012 }}</ref>


In 1984, he began his career as a journalist.<ref name="mfa">{{cite web | url=http://houston.mfa.gov.il/index.php/en/news/60-israel-beat/529-ben-dror-yemini | title=Ben Dror Yemini | publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel)]] | work=The [[Consulate General]] of [[Israel]] in [[Southwest Houston]] | date=February 24, 2012 | accessdate=December 5, 2012}}</ref> His book ''Political Punch'' is a critique of politics and society in Israel. Between 2003 and 2014, Yemini has been the opinion page editor of Maariv.
In 1984, he began his career as a journalist.<ref name="mfa">{{cite web | url=http://houston.mfa.gov.il/index.php/en/news/60-israel-beat/529-ben-dror-yemini | title=Ben Dror Yemini | publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel)]] | work=The [[Consulate General]] of [[Israel]] in [[Southwest Houston]] | date=February 24, 2012 | accessdate=December 5, 2012}}</ref> His book ''Political Punch'' is a critique of politics and society in Israel. Between 2003 and 2014, Yemini has been the opinion page editor of Maariv.


In 2014 Yemini began writing for the daily ''[[Yedioth Ahronoth]]''. In 2014 he published a book [[The Industry of Lies]] dealing with the lack of accountable reporting in contemporary media.<ref>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/11/bd-yemini-book-reveals-media-industry-lies/</ref>
In 2014 Yemini began writing for the daily ''[[Yedioth Ahronoth]]''. In 2014 he published a book ''[[The Industry of Lies]]'' dealing with the lack of accountable reporting in contemporary media.<ref name="washingtontimes">{{cite web |last=Garfinkel |first=Renee |date=11 July 2016 |title=B.D. Yemini book reveals media as an 'Industry of Lies' |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/11/bd-yemini-book-reveals-media-industry-lies/ |accessdate=August 12, 2017 |website=[[The Washington Times]]}}</ref>


Most of his newspaper articles are intended to refute what he regards as anti-Israel claims.<ref name=jw/> He has published articles about the Israeli-Arab conflict in which he examines the issues of genocide, refugees, Palestinian and Arab capital, the status of [[Israeli Arabs]],<ref name=Yemini20April2007>{{cite news|last=Yemini|first=Ben Dror|title=The trap of self-delusion|url=http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART1/571/620.html|newspaper=Maariv|date=20 April 2007}}</ref> [[multiculturalism]] and the status of women. He argues that "anti-Zionism is politically correct anti-Semitism": the same way Jews were demonized, Israel is being demonized; the same way the right of Jews to exist was denied, the right for [[self-determination]] is denied to Israel; and the same way Jews were presented as a menace to the world, Israel is presented as a menace to the world.<ref name="targia">{{cite web | url=http://www.nrg.co.il/app/index.php?do=blog&encr_id=f2b4c1b55be76d1e6d7b777256ea0370&id=1173 | title=Ben-Dror, Calm Down | publisher=[[Maariv]] | work=Ben-Dror Yemini's blog | language=hebrew | date=April 28, 2010 | accessdate=December 5, 2012 | author=Ben-Dror Yemini}}</ref>
Most of his newspaper articles are intended to refute what he regards as anti-Israel claims.<ref name=jw/> He has published articles about the Israeli-Arab conflict in which he examines the issues of genocide, refugees, Palestinian and Arab capital, the status of [[Israeli Arabs]],<ref name=Yemini20April2007>{{cite news|last=Yemini|first=Ben Dror|title=The trap of self-delusion|url=http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART1/571/620.html|newspaper=Maariv|date=20 April 2007}}</ref> [[multiculturalism]] and the status of women. He argues that "anti-Zionism is politically correct anti-Semitism": the same way Jews were demonized, Israel is being demonized; the same way the right of Jews to exist was denied, the right for [[self-determination]] is denied to Israel; and the same way Jews were presented as a menace to the world, Israel is presented as a menace to the world.<ref name="targia">{{cite web | url=http://www.nrg.co.il/app/index.php?do=blog&encr_id=f2b4c1b55be76d1e6d7b777256ea0370&id=1173 | title=Ben-Dror, Calm Down | publisher=[[Maariv]] | work=Ben-Dror Yemini's blog | language=hebrew | date=April 28, 2010 | accessdate=December 5, 2012 | author=Ben-Dror Yemini | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020090837/http://www.nrg.co.il/app/index.php?do=blog&encr_id=f2b4c1b55be76d1e6d7b777256ea0370&id=1173 | archive-date=2012-10-20 | url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Views==
==Views==
While Karl Vick, Jerusalem Bureau Chief for Time Magazine, identified Yemini as a [[conservative]] columnist, <ref name="time">{{cite web | url=http://world.time.com/2012/04/29/israel-another-former-top-security-aide-criticizes-netanyahu/ | title=Israel: Another Former Top Security Aide Criticizes Netanyahu | publisher=[[Time magazine]] | date=April 29, 2012 | accessdate=December 5, 2012 | author=Vick, Karl}}</ref> Yemini writes that he has been mislabeled as a right-winger and that he has a "long track record in the Israeli peace camp"; he also says that he met with [[Yasser Arafat]] in Tunis and that he has several friends who are PLO officials. He says that he is a long-time believer in a two-state solution, believes that Israel should have the same right of self-determination as the Palestinians <ref name=jw/> and opposes settlements in the occupied territories. In 2012, while articulating support for Israel's motive behind [[Operation Pillar of Defense]],<ref name="abc">{{cite video | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-15/people-forget-hamas-is-terrorist-group-israeli/4372788 | title=People forget Hamas is terrorist group: Israeli journalist | publisher=[[ABC News (Australia)]] | date=November 15, 2012 | people=Ben Dror Yemini, [[ABC News Breakfast]] | accessdate=December 5, 2012}}</ref> Yemini expressed his support in "[making] a move which no one expects – follow a unilateral cease-fire by inviting Hamas to peace talks."<ref name="haaretz">{{cite web | url=http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/a-special-place-in-hell/a-plea-to-israel-from-the-right-end-the-gaza-war-now.premium-1.479061 | title=A plea to Israel from the right: End the Gaza war now | work=[[Haaretz]] | accessdate=December 5, 2012 | author=[[Bradley Burston|Burston, Bradley]]}}</ref>
While Karl Vick, Jerusalem bureau chief for ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine, identified Yemini as a [[conservative]] columnist,<ref name="time">{{cite magazine | url=http://world.time.com/2012/04/29/israel-another-former-top-security-aide-criticizes-netanyahu/ | title=Israel: Another Former Top Security Aide Criticizes Netanyahu | magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date=April 29, 2012 | accessdate=December 5, 2012 | author=Vick, Karl}}</ref> Yemini writes that he has been mislabeled as a right-winger and that he has a "long track record in the Israeli peace camp"; he also says that he met with [[Yasser Arafat]] in Tunis and that he has several friends who are PLO officials. He says that he is a long-time believer in a two-state solution, believes that Israel should have the same right of self-determination as the Palestinians <ref name=jw/> and opposes settlements in the occupied territories. In 2012, while articulating support for Israel's motive behind [[Operation Pillar of Defense]],<ref name="abc">{{cite video | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-15/people-forget-hamas-is-terrorist-group-israeli/4372788 | title=People forget Hamas is terrorist group: Israeli journalist | publisher=[[ABC News (Australia)]] | date=November 15, 2012 | people=Ben Dror Yemini, [[ABC News Breakfast]] | accessdate=December 5, 2012}}</ref> Yemini expressed his support in "[making] a move which no one expects – follow a unilateral cease-fire by inviting Hamas to peace talks."<ref name="haaretz">{{cite news | url=http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/a-special-place-in-hell/a-plea-to-israel-from-the-right-end-the-gaza-war-now.premium-1.479061 | title=A plea to Israel from the right: End the Gaza war now | work=[[Haaretz]] | accessdate=December 5, 2012 | author=Burston, Bradley | author-link=Bradley Burston }}</ref>


Yemini has criticized what he considers to be the international community's obsession, especially that of the [[United Nations]], solely on condemning [[Israel]] while turning a blind eye to much worse war crimes, massacres and atrocities committed by others.
Yemini has criticized what he considers to be the international community's obsession, especially that of the [[United Nations Human Rights Council]], solely on condemning [[Israel]] while turning a blind eye to much worse war crimes, massacres and atrocities committed by others.
: "But let’s not say that the world in general, and the free world in particular, does not have a conscience. On the contrary: a protest is going on. A protest against Israel. Almost exclusively against Israel. Millions are being killed in the world. But the protests, the articles, the rallies are mainly against Israel. Most of the resolutions of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, in its previous and current round, are against Israel. [...] It must be said, loud and clear: the manipulative and poisonous protest against Israel paves the way for the free world’s silence in light of the massacres and crimes against humanity that are really taking place. There is no global protest against massacres. There is a groundless and exaggerated protest against Israel. There are no human morals here. There is hypocrisy and political fraud."<ref>Ben-Dror Yemini, [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4872522,00.html World is silent, except when it comes to Israel], [[ynet]] News, 31 October 2016.</ref>
: "But let’s not say that the world in general, and the free world in particular, does not have a conscience. On the contrary: a protest is going on. A protest against Israel. Almost exclusively against Israel. Millions are being killed in the world. But the protests, the articles, the rallies are mainly against Israel. Most of the resolutions of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, in its previous and current round, are against Israel. [...] It must be said, loud and clear: the manipulative and poisonous protest against Israel paves the way for the free world’s silence in light of the massacres and crimes against humanity that are really taking place. There is no global protest against massacres. There is a groundless and exaggerated protest against Israel. There are no human morals here. There is hypocrisy and political fraud."<ref>Ben-Dror Yemini, [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4872522,00.html World is silent, except when it comes to Israel], [[ynet]] News, 31 October 2016.</ref>

== Books ==
* {{cite book |last1=Yemini |first1=Ben-Dror |last2=Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy |title=Industry of Lies : Media, Academia, and the Israeli-Arab Conflict |date=24 October 2017 |publisher=Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) |location=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Amazon Digital Services LLC |isbn=978-1979061438 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9fWpswEACAAJ&q=Ben-Dror+Yemini |access-date=7 November 2019}}


==References==
==References==
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* [https://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgpc4hc9_99qwsq9csd&hl=en Ben Dror Yemini's articles] about [[Operation Cast Lead]] (2008/9) in English and other languages
* [https://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgpc4hc9_99qwsq9csd&hl=en Ben Dror Yemini's articles] about [[Operation Cast Lead]] (2008/9) in English and other languages
* Ben-Dror Yemini, [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4565828,00.html Holocaust deniers in B'Tselem], [[ynet]], 13.8.2014
* Ben-Dror Yemini, [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4565828,00.html Holocaust deniers in B'Tselem], [[ynet]], 13.8.2014
* The Industry of Lies [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buwQ1qUO0FI part 1] & [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyZfOADQnzU part 2] (2014). ''Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy''.
* [http://www.mideasttruth.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=26 MidEastTruth.com], since 2001
* [https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/author/ben-dror-yemini/ ''The Times of Israel''], since 2012

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Latest revision as of 21:35, 25 April 2024

Ben-Dror Yemini
Born (1954-04-17) April 17, 1954 (age 70)
Tel Aviv, Israel
NationalityIsraeli
OccupationJournalist

Ben-Dror Yemini (Hebrew: בן-דרור ימיני; born April 17, 1954) is an Israeli journalist. He has worked for the daily newspaper Maariv, and in Spring 2014 began writing for the daily Yedioth Ahronoth.

Biography[edit]

Ben-Dror Yemini was born in Tel Aviv to a Yemenite Jewish family.[1] He studied Humanities and History at Tel Aviv University and then pursued a degree in law. After graduation, he worked as an advisor to the Israeli Minister of Immigration Absorption and then became spokesman of the Ministry.[2]

In 1984, he began his career as a journalist.[3] His book Political Punch is a critique of politics and society in Israel. Between 2003 and 2014, Yemini has been the opinion page editor of Maariv.

In 2014 Yemini began writing for the daily Yedioth Ahronoth. In 2014 he published a book The Industry of Lies dealing with the lack of accountable reporting in contemporary media.[4]

Most of his newspaper articles are intended to refute what he regards as anti-Israel claims.[1] He has published articles about the Israeli-Arab conflict in which he examines the issues of genocide, refugees, Palestinian and Arab capital, the status of Israeli Arabs,[5] multiculturalism and the status of women. He argues that "anti-Zionism is politically correct anti-Semitism": the same way Jews were demonized, Israel is being demonized; the same way the right of Jews to exist was denied, the right for self-determination is denied to Israel; and the same way Jews were presented as a menace to the world, Israel is presented as a menace to the world.[6]

Views[edit]

While Karl Vick, Jerusalem bureau chief for Time magazine, identified Yemini as a conservative columnist,[7] Yemini writes that he has been mislabeled as a right-winger and that he has a "long track record in the Israeli peace camp"; he also says that he met with Yasser Arafat in Tunis and that he has several friends who are PLO officials. He says that he is a long-time believer in a two-state solution, believes that Israel should have the same right of self-determination as the Palestinians [1] and opposes settlements in the occupied territories. In 2012, while articulating support for Israel's motive behind Operation Pillar of Defense,[8] Yemini expressed his support in "[making] a move which no one expects – follow a unilateral cease-fire by inviting Hamas to peace talks."[9]

Yemini has criticized what he considers to be the international community's obsession, especially that of the United Nations Human Rights Council, solely on condemning Israel while turning a blind eye to much worse war crimes, massacres and atrocities committed by others.

"But let’s not say that the world in general, and the free world in particular, does not have a conscience. On the contrary: a protest is going on. A protest against Israel. Almost exclusively against Israel. Millions are being killed in the world. But the protests, the articles, the rallies are mainly against Israel. Most of the resolutions of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, in its previous and current round, are against Israel. [...] It must be said, loud and clear: the manipulative and poisonous protest against Israel paves the way for the free world’s silence in light of the massacres and crimes against humanity that are really taking place. There is no global protest against massacres. There is a groundless and exaggerated protest against Israel. There are no human morals here. There is hypocrisy and political fraud."[10]

Books[edit]

  • Yemini, Ben-Dror; Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (24 October 2017). Industry of Lies : Media, Academia, and the Israeli-Arab Conflict. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Amazon Digital Services LLC: Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP). ISBN 978-1979061438. Retrieved 7 November 2019. {{cite book}}: |last2= has generic name (help)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Pine, Dan (21 April 2011). "Stalwart Israeli journalist takes a stand for his country". Jweekly.
  2. ^ "Israeli journalist Ben-Dror Yemini". School of Media and Communication. Temple University. March 14, 2012. Archived from the original on February 13, 2013. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
  3. ^ "Ben Dror Yemini". The Consulate General of Israel in Southwest Houston. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel). February 24, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
  4. ^ Garfinkel, Renee (11 July 2016). "B.D. Yemini book reveals media as an 'Industry of Lies'". The Washington Times. Retrieved August 12, 2017.
  5. ^ Yemini, Ben Dror (20 April 2007). "The trap of self-delusion". Maariv.
  6. ^ Ben-Dror Yemini (April 28, 2010). "Ben-Dror, Calm Down". Ben-Dror Yemini's blog (in Hebrew). Maariv. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
  7. ^ Vick, Karl (April 29, 2012). "Israel: Another Former Top Security Aide Criticizes Netanyahu". Time. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
  8. ^ Ben Dror Yemini, ABC News Breakfast (November 15, 2012). People forget Hamas is terrorist group: Israeli journalist. ABC News (Australia). Retrieved December 5, 2012.
  9. ^ Burston, Bradley. "A plea to Israel from the right: End the Gaza war now". Haaretz. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
  10. ^ Ben-Dror Yemini, World is silent, except when it comes to Israel, ynet News, 31 October 2016.

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