Khaled Abu Toameh

Khaled Abu Toameh was born in 1963 in Tulkarm

Khaled Abu Toameh was born in 1963 to an Israeli Arab father and a Palestinian Arab mother. He grew up in the town of Baqa al-Gharbiyye.

He earned a bachelor's degree in English literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He began his career as a reporter for Al-Fajr, a newspaper linked to the PLO.

From 1988 he worked as a producer and consultant for NBC News, and from 2002 he reported on Arab affairs for The Jerusalem Post. He produced documentaries on the Palestinians for the BBC, Channel 4 and television in Australia, Denmark and Sweden. He is a senior fellow at the Gatestone Institute and at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.

He has lectured at the University of Minnesota, Northwestern University, the London School of Oriental and African Studies and Chatham House, and spoke at the British House of Commons. His writing criticizes the leaders of the Palestinian Authority. He is married, has 3 children and lives in Jerusalem.