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Haim Watzman — Journalism

The Necessary Stories column in The Jerusalem Report

The Forward
Profaning a Holy City
Dec. 11, 2008

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The Hermit of Oliphant
After the literary pioneer Dvora Baron immigrated to Palestine, she never again ventured out

The Jewish Chronicle
We need a literature that merges past and future
June 26, 2008

Jbooks
The Accidental Naturalist
A review of Jonathan Rosen’s The Life of the Skies

Orion Magazine
Fencing Israel: Terrorism, wilderness, and the Israeli security wall
March/April 2008

The Los Angeles Times
TARGET=”_blank”"Orders are orders. Even if they disagreed, the Israeli soldiers who refused to evacuate settlers from Hebron had no right to disobey their commanders.”
August 8, 2007

The Forward
Shut Down Army Programs For Diaspora Youth
August 3, 2007

The New York Times
Israel’s Incredible Shrinking Sea
July 29, 2007


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Firmly in the Fold
S. Yizhar harangued and criticized the country he loved

May 9, 2007


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The Great Brain: Pseudo-science helps a family straddle the Sephardi
Ashkenazi divide

June 12, 2007

Nature
Deep Divisions: Archaeologists are unearthing remarkable finds in Jerusalem. But the digs have sparked an argument over who should run the site and present its results to the public.
May 3, 2007


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Hours Without Mercy
August 15, 2006

The Washington Post
The Prisoners of Lebanon: Codeword Hannibal
July23, 2006


Beliefnet

Striking the Rock
July 8, 2006

The New York Times
Hiding Behind the Enemy
June 22, 2006

Jbooks
“War Stories”TARGET=”_blank”
January 10, 2006