Eitan Haber

Eitan Haber ( _he. איתן הבר, born 1940) is an Israeli journalist and publicist. He is known for his writing on military and security issues, and for his longtime association with the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

Biography

Haber was born in Tel Aviv in 1940. At the age of 9 he began writing for the children's edition of Hatzofe and later for the youth edition of "Herut" newspaper. At the age of 14 he was a member of the "Herut" staff. In 1958 he was drafted to the IDF and was posted as a reporter for the Bamahane military newspaper. During his service he met and befriended the commander (Aluf) of the Northern Command, Yitzhak Rabin.

On his discharge from the IDF in 1960, he joined Yediot Aharonot as a correspondent on military issues.Cite web
title = HaberEitan
accessdate = 2008-03-13
url = http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Home/About/Board+of+Governors/Members+of+the+BOG/HaberEitan.htm] He was also an investigator for several Israeli television programs and edited and presented radio programs on the Israel Army Radio.

In late 1985 he was appointed by Rabin, then Defense Minister of Israel, to be his special media adviser. After Rabin's withdrawal from the government in 1990, he returned to Yediot Aharonot.

When Rabin was elected Prime Minister in 1992, he was appointed to be an adviser and bureau chief. He wrote many of Rabin's speeches, was part of the team that secretly negotiated the Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace and organized Rabin's official travels abroad, including to the Oslo Accords and Rabin's reception of the Nobel Prize for Peace.

On the night of November 4, 1995, he was the one to announce the official government statement regarding Rabin's death:Cite news
last = Macintyre
first = Donald
title = Israelis mourn Rabin, and lost hopes of peace
work = The Independent
accessdate = 2008-03-13
date = 2005-11-04
url = http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israelis-mourn-rabin-and-lost-hopes-of-peace-513847.html]

The government of Israel announces in dismay, in great sadness, and in deep sorrow, the death of prime minister and minister of defence Yitzhak Rabin, who was murdered by an assassin, tonight in Tel Aviv. May his memory be blessed.

After Rabin's death, he returned to his journalistic career. In addition, his business activities include: President and CEO of Geopol Ltd. since 1996; Since 2001, he also has served as CEO of Kavim Ltd., and is a member of the Board of Directors of Africa Israel Ltd. and "Israel Experience Co."; Since 2002, he has been a director of Ampal Ltd.Cite web
title = Eitan Haber Profile
work = Forbes.com
accessdate = 2008-03-13
url = http://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromPersonIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedPersonId=866772] He is also a board member of the Jewish Agency.

He wrote several books, often with other writers, such as Michael Bar-Zohar, Zeev Schiff, Yossi Melman and Ehud Yaari.

elected bibliography

* Cite book
publisher = Delacorte Press
isbn = 0440021626
pages = 346
last = Porat
first = Yeshayahu Ben
coauthors = Eitan Haber, Zeev Schiff
title = Entebbe Rescue
date = 1977
* Cite book
publisher = Delacorte Press
isbn = 0440055539
pages = 321
last = Haber
first = Eitan
title = Menahem Begin: The Legend and the Man
date = 1978
* Cite book
publisher = Bantam Books
pages = 312
last = Haber
first = Eitan
coauthors = Zeev Schiff, Ehud Yaari
title = The Year of the Dove
date = 1979
* Cite book
publisher = Weidenfeld and Nicolson
pages = 232
last = Bar-Zohar
first = Michael
coauthors = Eitan Haber
title = The Quest for the Red Prince
date = 1983

References

External links

* Cite news
title = Funeral Speeches: PM Chief of Bureau Eithan Haber
work = Jerusalem Post
accessdate = 2008-03-13
url = http://info.jpost.com/C005/Supplements/Rabin/411.08.html
* Cite web
last = Haber
first = Eitan
title = Opinions
work = Ynetnews
accessdate = 2008-03-13
url = http://www.ynetnews.com/headlines/1,7340,L-3150,00.html