Become a Member
Israel

Aluf Benn named new Ha'aretz editor-in-chief

August 1, 2011 15:44

By

Jennifer Lipman,

Jennifer Lipman

1 min read

Israel's Ha'aretz newspaper has named a new editor-in-chief. Aluf Benn, a political journalist and columnist, has been at the paper for more than two decades.

He replaces Dov Alfon, who has served three years as editor-in-chief.

Mr Benn, whose work has been published around the world, has covered almost every key event in modern Israeli history.

The 46-year-old, who gained an MBA at the prestigious Kellogg Institute of America's Northwestern University, is the son of the Israel Prize-winning Israeli poet Aryeh Sivan.