Israel Rafalovich

Israel Rafalovich

Israel Rafalovich is a journalist based in Brussel, Belgium.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Israel Rafalovich
Born: 11. November, 1946
in Germany.
Education: Elementry School - Akko, Israel
Secondary School - Akko, Israel
Graduation - 1964
School of Journalism, Tel Aviv,
Israel 1965/1966.
Experience: During my studies at the School of
Journalism in Tel Aviv, I worked as
a reporter for the Israeli weekly
magazine "Bull" in north Israel and
as a sport reporter for the newspaper
"Maariv" in Akko until August 1967.
On December 4th,1967, I moved to
Germany, where I completed my
journalism studies at different
newspapers, radio and TV companies.
I then moved to Bonn, where I became
correspondent of Swiss and Austrian
dailies from 1969 until the end of 1972.
In 1973, I left Bonn after receiving an
offer from two German daily newspapers
to be their correspondent in Tel Aviv
from 1973 until 1980.
On January 1981 I moved to Brussels,
Belgium, where I covered politics, diplomatic
affairs and military as well as economic
subjects.
I was based in Brussels until 1984.
On January 1985 I was asked by my German
newspapers to return Israel where I stayed
as correspondent until June 1989.
On July 1989 I was asked to move to
Washington,DC as correspondent for different
publications.
I was based in Washington until June 2005.
From July 2005 until June 2007 I was based in
The Hague, The Netherlands, where I covered
the international courts and European affairs.
Since July 2007 I am based in Brussels for
different publications and cover European
affairs and the European institutions.
Languages:
English, German, Hebrew.