Joshua Mitnick
Joshua Mitnick
Joshua Mitnick has reported on Israel and the Palestinian territories for the Monitor since 2004. He has covered the second Palestinian Intifada, Israel’s 2005 withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, the 2006 Lebanon War, and the 2008-2009 Gaza War. He has also reported from Tunisia, Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Egypt and India. A native of Highland Park, N.J., Josh graduated from the University of Michigan (Go Blue!) with bachelor's and master's degrees in political science. As an undergraduate, he was the managing editor of the student newspaper, The Michigan Daily. Josh moved to Israel in 1997 and got his first reporting job at Bloomberg News. Today he also files for The Wall Street Journal. Josh lives in central Tel Aviv with his wife, three children, and dog.
Articles by Joshua Mitnick:
Hints Of Movement Seen In Wake Of Obama Trip
Posted on: 28 Mar 2013
Gershon Baskin claims that what the Obama visit did was to put the Palestinian issue back into the consciousness of everyone and if the [recent Israeli] elections removed the issue from public debate, the Obama visit brought it back.
Possible source of Palestine papers leak
Posted on: 25 Jan 2011
Gershon Baskin is 100 percent sure that a former disgruntled employed leaked the NSU documents, and that they are genuine.
Gaza Flotilla Crisis Fuels Blockade Controversy for Israel
Posted on: 02 Jun 2010
Gershon Baskin claims that the real issue is the siege on Gaza that until now there hasn’t been much discussion of the issue.
Will Carter’s Hamas foray bear fruit?
Posted on: 22 Apr 2008
Gershon Baskin feels that Jimmy Carter’s insistence that Hamas would accept a two-state solution is enormous, and the first indication that Hamas is turning its back on its own covenant of never recognizing Israel.
Talks Seen On Horizon
Posted on: 07 Sep 2006
Gershon Baskin claims that he knows that [Hamas Prime Minister Ismail] Haniyeh and his people want a cease-fire, and want it to be observed by Israel as well.