Bradley Burston

Biography

Burston was born and raised in Los Angeles and was a member of the Labor Zionist youth movement Habonim. He graduated from University of California, Berkeley. In 1976, Burston immigrated to Israel and helped re-establish Kibbutz Gezer. He served as a combat medic in the Israel Defense Forces. He studied medicine in Beersheba for two years before becoming a journalist. He is married and has two children. He is a resident of Nataf.

Journalism career

During the first Intifada, Burston served as Gaza correspondent for The Jerusalem Post. He was the Post's military correspondent during the Gulf War. Burston worked for Reuters in the 1990s, reporting on the Arab–Israeli peace process and Israeli politics. In 2000, he began working for Haaretz.

Views and opinions

In a Haaretz op-ed, "What does 'Death to Israel' mean to you?", Burston is critical of "progressives" who claim to support the inalienable rights of human beings over nationalism, but fail to see Israelis as people.

In 2011, Burston drew issue with "the idea that formally Muslim states are acceptable, where a Jewish state is not."

In 2015, however, Burston wrote that Israeli policy now amounts to apartheid, stating: "I used to be one of those people who took issue with the label of apartheid as applied to Israel... Not anymore... Our Israel is what it has become: Apartheid."

Awards and recognition

In 2006, Search for Common Ground gave Burston its Eliav-Sartawi Award for Middle East Journalism.