Jonathan Cook

Jonathan Cook
Born	1965 (age 51–52) Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Residence	Nazareth, Israel
Nationality	British
Education	B.A. (Hons), M.A.
Alma mater	Southampton University, Cardiff University, SOAS
Occupation	Writer, freelance journalist
Website	View from Nazareth

Jonathan Cook (born 1965) is a British writer and a freelance journalist based in Nazareth, Israel, who writes about the Middle East, and more specifically, the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

Cook was born and brought up in Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He received a B.A. (Hons) in Philosophy and Politics from Southampton University in 1987, a postgraduate diploma in journalism from Cardiff University in 1989, and an M.A. in Middle Eastern studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies in 2000.

Cook was a freelance sub-editor with several national newspapers from 1994 until 1996. He was a staff journalist at The Guardian and The Observer between 1996 and 2001.

Since September 2001, Cook has been a freelance writer based in Nazareth, Israel. Until 2007 he wrote columns for The Guardian, a publication he argued in 2011 limits the expression of dissent via its attacks on Gilad Atzmon, Julian Assange, Noam Chomsky and others. Articles by Cook have also been published in the The International Herald Tribune, Le Monde Diplomatique, Al-Ahram Weekly, Al Jazeera,The National in Abu Dhabi, CounterPunch, The Electronic Intifada, Mondoweiss, and AlterNet among others.

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