Jonathan Cook

Jonathan Cook reported from Israel and Palestine for more than 20 years before returning to the UK in 2021. He writes widely about current affairs, with a special focus on the Middle East, human rights, wars, global politics and propaganda.
Formerly a staff journalist on the Guardian and Observer newspapers, he now writes a weekly column for Middle East Eye and publishes regularly on Substack. He is the author of three books on Israel and Palestine and has contributed chapters to several books. In 2011, he won the Martha Gellhorn Special Prize for Journalism.