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Yonah Jeremy Bob

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “author and israeli-based journalist who has worked at the jerusalem post since 2012 and currently serves as sen”. Today it says “israeli journalist who has worked at the jerusalem post since 2012 and currently serves as senior military corr”.
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Yonah Jeremy Bob ( Hebrew : יונה ג'רמי בוב ) is an author and Israeli-based journalist who has worked at The Jerusalem Post since 2012 and currently serves as senior military correspondent, intelligence analyst and Literary Editor. He frequently lectures in Israel and the United States on security, spy wars, diplomacy and politics. His latest book, Target Tehran was released in September 2023 and deals with Israel's response to the Iranian nuclear program . The book was named one of the Top Five Books in Politics for 2023 by the Wall Street journal, and won the Jewish Book Council Natan Award for 2023. A review in the Wall Street Journal by John Bolton said the book was "replete with anti-Iran cyber-warfare and sabotage successes." Bob was raised in Baltimore and graduated cum laude from Columbia University and Boston University Law School .

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “author and israeli-based journalist who has worked at the jerusalem post since 2012 and currently serves as sen”. Today it says “israeli journalist who has worked at the jerusalem post since 2012 and currently serves as senior military corr”. Read the current article and compare.
Oct '232025
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author and israeli-based journalist who has worked at the jerusalem post since 2012 and currently serves as sen

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israeli journalist who has worked at the jerusalem post since 2012 and currently serves as senior military corr

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