Jonathan Cook

Jonathan Cook (born 1965 in Buckinghamshire, England) is an independent journalist, foreign correspondent and author who specializes in writing about the Middle East and the Israeli- Palestinian conflict.

Cook has lived since September 2001 in the mainly inhabited by Israeli Arabs town of Nazareth in northern Israel. He regularly writes for Al - Ahram Weekly in Cairo, for the Daily Star in Beirut and for Aljazeera.net. Previously, he worked at the newspapers The Guardian and The Observer and has written about the Israeli -Palestinian conflict for Le Monde Diplomatique and CounterPunch. His book "Blood and Religion " is about the issue of Israel as a " Jewish and democratic state ", as well as by the religious penetration of Israeli policy.

• (2006) Blood and Religion: The Unmasking of the Jewish and Democratic State. Pluto Press. ISBN 0-7453-2555-6
• (2008) Israel and the Clash of Civilizations: Iraq, Iran and the plan to remake the Middle East. Pluto Press. ISBN 978-0-7453-2754-9
• (2008) Disappearing Palestine: Israel 's Experiments in Human Despair. Zed Books. ISBN 978-1-84813-031-9