Yossi Melman

Yossi Melman was born in 1950 in Poland

Yossi Melman was born in Poland on December 27, 1950. His family immigrated to Israel in 1957. As a youth he belonged to the HaShomer HaTzair movement.

In 1969 he joined the IDF and served in the Shaked reconnaissance unit. He later studied history and international relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.

He began his media career at Army Radio and then worked at Kol Israel. From 1980 he covered military, terrorism and foreign affairs for Haaretz, and from 1984 to 1988 he reported for Davar. In 2013 he moved to The Jerusalem Post and Maariv, and in 2019 he returned to Haaretz.

He wrote books on Israeli intelligence, terrorism and nuclear issues, several with Dan Raviv. He petitioned the High Court of Justice several times to lift gag orders, including on the Marcus Klingberg affair in 1991. He also co-wrote the play The Good Son and worked on documentaries such as The Mossad Cover Story.

Melman is a long-distance runner who has run 35 marathons and founded the Israman triathlon. He is married to historian Billie Rozensweig, and they have 2 children.