Tom Gross

Tom Gross is a British-born journalist and international affairs commentator , specializing in the Middle East. He was formerly Jerusalem correspondent for the London Sunday Telegraph and for the New York Daily News . He is a contributor to The Wall Street Journal and National Review in the United States, to The National Post in Canada, to The Australian in Australia, and to The India Times in India. He has also written in Britain for The Daily Telegraph , Spectator , Evening Standard and The Guardian , among other publications, and in Israel for Ha’aretz , Ma’ariv and The Jerusalem Post , and in Iran for a number of opposition websites . Much of his work has concerned the way the international media covers the Middle East. His article “The Forgotten Rachels”, in regards to Rachel Corrie , caused an international stir. He has been sharply critical of the BBC , arguing that their Middle East coverage is strongly slanted against Israel . In addition, he has subjected the coverage of Reuters and CNN to scrutiny. He has also been strongly critical of The New York Times , both for their general foreign coverage, and historically for what he terms their “lamentable record of not covering the Holocaust .” “The Times ,” wrote Gross, “possibly because they feared people might (wrongly) think of it a as ‘Jewish’ paper, made sure reports were brief and buried inside the paper. During the war, no article about the Jews’ plight ever qualified as the Times ’ leading story of the day.” “Palestine’s Missing Critics,” Editorial, Wall Street Journal , November 2, 2009 [1] “If this Isn't Terrorism, What Is?” Wall Street Journal , December 2, 2008 [2] National Review Media Blog National Post Full Comment Blog “A promising, independent Palestine is quietly being developed,” The Guardian , December 7, 2009 [3] “Interview with Radio Farda, December 9, 2009 “The Forgotten Rachels,” The Spectator , Oct. 22, 2005 “Living in a Bubble: The BBC’s very own Mideast foreign policy” “The BBC discovers ‘terrorism,’ briefly: Suicide bombing seems different when closer to home,” The Jerusalem Post , July 12, 2005 [4] “The Case of Reuters,” The National Review “This is CNN,” March 20, 2009, The National Review “All The News That’s Fit To Print?” The National Review , March 14, 2003 [5] “Reporting Auschwitz, Then & Now: The lamentable record of The New York Times,” The Jerusalem Post , Feb. 2, 2005 [6]

Tom Gross (right) interviews Egyptian dissident and former political prisoner Maikel Nabil at the 2012 Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy Tom Gross is a British-born journalist, international affairs commentator, and human rights campaigner specializing in the Middle East . Gross was formerly a foreign correspondent for the London Sunday Telegraph and New York Daily News . He now works as an opinion journalist and has written for both Arab and Israeli newspapers as well as European and American ones, both liberal and conservative. He also appears as a commentator on the BBC and various Middle Eastern networks. His politics are mixed. The German newspaper Die Welt described Gross as “A leftist in the fight against left-wing hypocrisy”. In a profile of Gross in the Arab newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat , it noted that he started as a non-political entertainment and feature journalist before becoming a political commentator. The Wall Street Journal . 2 November 2009 . The Wall Street Journal . "Israel & Arab states bypass Palestinians to make peace: BBC Lyse Doucet interviews Tom Gross, 8 April 2019" . 8 April 2019. "The Queen embraced Assad, but now finally Israel gets a royal visit" . 2 March 2018.

British journalist and human rights activist Tom Gross is a British-born journalist, international affairs commentator, and human rights campaigner specializing in the Middle East. Gross was formerly a foreign correspondent for the London Sunday Telegraph and New York Daily News . He now works as an opinion journalist and has written for both Arab and Israeli newspapers, as well as European and American ones, both liberal and conservative. He also appears as a commentator on the BBC in English, BBC Arabic, and various Middle Eastern and other networks. His politics are mixed. The German newspaper Die Welt described Gross as "A leftist in the fight against left-wing hypocrisy". In a profile of Gross in the Saudi-owned pan-Arab newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat in 2019, it was noted that he started as a non-political entertainment and feature journalist before becoming a political commentator. Long involved in discreet behind-the-scenes bridge-building meetings between officials and activists from Israel and nations throughout the Arab world, Gross was the first journalist sympathetic to Israel to be favorably profiled in a Saudi newspaper, at a time when Saudi outreach to Israel was in its infancy. In 2014, former Pentagon official Michael Rubin wrote that "Tom Gross is probably Europe’s leading observer of the Middle East". Gross was similarly described in Toronto’s National Post in April 2019. The Wall Street Journal . 2 November 2009 . The Jerusalem Post . 22 December 2010 . The Wall Street Journal . "Israel & Arab states bypass Palestinians to make peace: BBC Lyse Doucet interviews Tom Gross, 8 April 2019" . Tom Gross on BBC Arabic" .

British journalist and human rights activist Tom Gross is a British-born journalist, international affairs commentator, and human rights campaigner specializing in the Middle East. Gross was formerly a foreign correspondent for the London Sunday Telegraph and New York Daily News . He now works as an opinion journalist and has written for both Arab and Israeli newspapers, as well as European and American ones, both liberal and conservative. He also appears as a commentator on the BBC in English, BBC Arabic, and various Middle Eastern and other networks. His politics are mixed. The German newspaper Die Welt described Gross as "A liberal in the fight against left-wing liberal hypocrisy". In a profile of Gross in the Saudi-owned pan-Arab newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat in 2019, it was noted that he started as a non-political entertainment and feature journalist before becoming a political commentator. Long involved in discreet behind-the-scenes bridge-building meetings between officials and activists from Israel and nations throughout the Arab world, Gross was the first journalist sympathetic to Israel to be favorably profiled in a Saudi newspaper, at a time when Saudi outreach to Israel was in its infancy. Gross has also been interviewed by Israeli newspapers including Haaretz and by Iranian opposition media. His call for good relations between Israelis, Jews and (anti-regime) Iranians was viewed on Instagram in Iran more than 2.4 million times the day after the Iranian regime fired 350 missiles and drones at Israel in April 2024. In 2014, former Pentagon official Michael Rubin wrote that "Tom Gross is probably Europe’s leading observer of the Middle East". Gross was similarly described in Toronto's National Post in April 2019. The Wall Street Journal . 2 November 2009 . The Jerusalem Post . 22 December 2010 . The Wall Street Journal . "Israel & Arab states bypass Palestinians to make peace: BBC Lyse Doucet interviews Tom Gross, 8 April 2019" . Tom Gross on BBC Arabic" . Israel is under the spotlight as never before, yet its government has failed to respond with an effective public diplomacy campaign, according to British journalist and analyst Tom Gross" .