Daniel Dagan

Who is Daniel Dagan?

Daniel Dagan is an Israeli journalist and author who blogs at http://www.danieldagan.com.

Daniel Dagan moved with his family from Cairo to France in 1952. A year later he emigrated to Israel. He was brought up in Kibbutz Mishmar HaEmek in the Jezreel Valley, not far from Nazareth.

During his military service, as well as in the reserve, Daniel Dagan worked as a military news correspondent. In this capacity he was among the first Israeli troops who crossed the Suez Canal westwards in the Yom Kippur War of 1973, his first return to the country of his birth.

Dagan graduated in political science and economics from the Tel Aviv University. He also studied in universities and other academic institutions in France, Spain and Germany.

From 1970 through 1977 he was the political correspondent of Maariv. From 1978 through 1993 he was with Haaretz, serving most of the time in European capitals. Dagan also worked for Galei Tzahal, and for the New York-based Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

Over the years, Dagan has contributed to the Op-Ed pages of The International Herald Tribune and Le Monde, El Mundo, Die Zeit and other international newspapers and magazines.