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About
Uri Zehavi writes about Israel and the West with precision and purpose.
He is the author of Holiday From History and Rooted Truth, and the founder and editor of Israel Brief — a daily intelligence-grade digest read by policymakers, journalists, and field professionals who need verified signal inside the noise.
The Brief reaches readers across government ministries, defense institutions, and diplomatic circles in Jerusalem, Washington, London, and beyond. It is used by Knesset members, congressional and parliamentary staff, senior journalists, donors, and clergy who treat clarity as security.
Zehavi’s writing unites history, strategy, and moral clarity. He argues that peace must be defended, not presumed, and that civilizations fail when they forget how to tell truth from convenience.
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Long Bio
Uri Zehavi — אורי זהבי — writes about Israel, Jewish endurance, and the moral defense of the West.
He is the founder and editor of Israel Brief, a daily digest read in capitals, command rooms, and quiet offices where people still care about facts.
A convert to Judaism, Zehavi chose his Hebrew name, Uriel, and adopted Zehavi as a deliberate reclamation of identity — a nod to a family line that once proudly carried Jewish names and to the decision to live as one again. He goes by Uri because it shortens well and fits daily life.
Raised in New York and Atlanta, educated in history and strategy, and shaped by years living and traveling through Israel, Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East, Zehavi writes from experience rather than abstraction. His background in research, communications, and policy analysis informs a style that cuts through euphemism. His sources range from open intelligence to private briefings shared through secure channels.
Politically unaffiliated but anchored in classical liberal values, Zehavi writes with moral clarity and operational realism. His books — Holiday From History and Rooted Truth — trace how the West forgot vigilance and how Israel preserved it. His work is read throughout the Israeli and American policy communities and in several allied defense ministries.
He lives with his husband Modi — a fine-art photographer — and their dog and cat, both convinced they run the house. They are preparing for Aliyah, with the necessary paperwork and humor that entails.
Zehavi writes with one premise: truth will not defend itself, so someone has to.
Short Bio
Uri Zehavi is the author of Holiday From History and Rooted Truth and the editor of Israel Brief, a daily digest read across government, media, and defense circles. His work combines field intelligence and historical depth to defend Israel, Jews, and the liberal civilization they anchor.
One-Sentence Attribution
Uri Zehavi is the author of Holiday From History and Rooted Truth, and the editor of Israel Brief, a daily intelligence digest delivering clarity under pressure.
Books
Holiday From History: The West’s Delusion of Peace and the Return of War
An indictment of the peace-dividend illusion. Holiday From History traces how the West mistook prosperity for permanence, hollowed its defenses, and invited the return of conflict. It begins with the false peace of 1989 and ends on October 7, 2023 — the day history reminded the West that memory without strength fails.
“History never ended. Evil doesn’t retire. Peace is not the air we breathe but a garden only tended when watchmen stay awake.”
Rooted Truth: Israel’s Case Against the Deniers
A direct answer to the modern blood libels — “apartheid,” “colonialism,” and “genocide.” Rooted Truth demonstrates that Jewish sovereignty is indigenous, lawful, and permanent, and that Israel’s endurance is not anomaly but precedent: a civilization that remembers itself.
“You cannot occupy your own house. You cannot be an invader in the city that bears your name.”
Speaking
Uri Zehavi speaks to governments, universities, synagogues, and policy forums on Israel’s legitimacy, antisemitism, and the collapse of Western moral clarity. His lectures combine the precision of an intelligence briefing with the conviction of lived belief.
Core themes
The Return of History — from the Cold War to October 7
Israel’s Legitimacy and Indigenous Continuity
The Collapse of Moral Clarity in the West
Lawfare and Information War as Modern Weapons
“Never Again” as Policy, Not Posture
Bookings → [email protected] · [email protected]
Interview Prompts
Which illusions died on October 7 — and which still drive Western diplomacy?
Why do lawfare and narrative warfare target democracies first?
How did the West’s “peace dividend” become a security deficit?
What does Israel teach about deterrence and moral clarity under fire?
Why must “Never Again” be a policy with teeth — not a slogan on a plaque?
Boilerplate (for media use)
Israel Brief is a daily intelligence-grade digest that delivers verified, unsentimental coverage of Israel’s wars of words and wars of survival. Edited by author Uri Zehavi, it serves policymakers, journalists, and citizens who believe clarity is still a civic duty.
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