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Isabella Ginor

Isabella Ginor is an Israeli journalist and historian who studies Soviet military involvement in the Middle East.

born 1948Research on Soviet Middle East involvementThe book Foxbats Over DimonaStudies of the Six-Day War

Born: 5 April 1948, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Occupation: journalist, non-fiction writer, political historian
Education: Tel Aviv University

Isabella Ginor was born in 1948 in Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

Isabella Ginor was born in Ukraine on April 5, 1948. She moved to Israel in 1967 and studied at Tel Aviv University.

Ginor works as a journalist and analyst on Soviet and post-Soviet affairs. She is a research fellow at the Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She has written in English and Russian for papers including The Guardian.

With her partner Gideon Remez, she researched Soviet military involvement in the Arab-Israeli conflict and the nuclear side of the Six-Day War. Their 2007 book Foxbats Over Dimona won a silver medal in the 2008 book prize of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. In 2016 the pair published findings on Soviet spies in Israel based on the Mitrokhin Archive.

Milestones in Isabella Ginor's life

1948
Born in Ukraine.
1967
Moved to Israel.
2004
Received the Aharon Yariv Prize from the Intelligence Heritage Center.
2007
Published Foxbats Over Dimona with Gideon Remez.
2008
The book won a silver medal from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
2016
Published findings on Soviet spies in Israel with Remez.