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Revision as of 21:54, 19 June 2007 by Teens! (talk | contribs) (past tense, remove broken link)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Ze'ev Schiff 1932-2007 (In Hebrew: זאב שיף) was a French-born, journalist, author and military commentator who worked for the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz.
Schiff wrote numerous books, including Israel's Lebanon War and Intifada, both with Ehud Ya'ari, and A History of the Israeli Army: 1874 to the Present. Paul Reynolds, a World Affairs correspondent, called him "the most respected military analyst in Israel". His books have been published in Israel, the United States and France, and translated into several languages, including Arabic and Russian.
He also served as a military correspondent in Vietnam, the former USSR, Cyprus and Ethiopia, and was invited by several countries to visit their armies. Schiff won several journalism prizes, including the Sokolov Journalism Prize (in 1975), Amos Lev Prize (for military articles) and Sarah Reichenstein Prize (for interviews).
On July 29, 2006, speaking about why Israel had not yet begun a full ground offensive in Lebanon, Schiff wrote that "the argument voiced is that the divisions are not adequately trained because of the cuts to the defense budget and it is not acceptable in view of the situation Israel is in. This is not the right time to blame the Finance Ministry, and it is not the only one to blame."
He joined the Haaretz staff in 1955 and became senior associate of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in 1984. For many years, he was the chairman of the Military Writers Association. He was also fellow of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
Writing about Israeli strikes in Lebanon, Schiff wrote: "... the importance of Gur's remarks is the admission that the Israeli Army has always struck civilian populations, purposely and consciously ... the Army, he said, has never distinguished civilian targets ..." (Ha'aretz, May 15, 1978.)
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