Ari Rath

Who is Ari Rath?

Ari Rath is an Austrian-Israeli journalist and writer.

Rath was born in Vienna grew up there. After the Anschluss he came through a Kindertransport as a thirteen-year-old boy to Palestine. As one of the founders of the kibbutz Hamadia he lived there for 16 years and studied contemporary history and economics. After turning to journalism he became editor in 1975 and in 1979 chief editor of the Jerusalem Post. In this capacity he belonged together with Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin to the inner circle of friends of David Ben-Gurion. After finishing work at The Jerusalem Post in 1989 he was a freelance writer and taught at the University of Potsdam and was news editor of the on-line journal Partners for Peace. Ari is a founding member of the Next Century Foundation, a second track group working for peace and reconciliation.

Rath is still an advocate for a peaceful coexistence of Israelis and Palestinians.