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Danny Zaken is a journalist who works for the Israeli public radio station Kol Israel. Zaken has covered military and security affairs, West Bank settlers and Palestinian topics. He was a Knight Wallace fellow at the University of Michigan and completed the BBC Academy's journalism program. Zaken lecturers on media and journalism at the Hebrew University, the Mandel School and the Interdiscinplinary Center Herzliya. He is the former chair of the Jerusalem Journalists Association. On Twitter: @danizaken
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In Ma'ale HaHamisha, reporting on Israel
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In Ma'ale HaHamisha, reporting on Israel
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In Ma'ale HaHamisha, reporting on Israel
![Ultra-orthodox Jews watch the wedding ceremony of Esther Rokeach and Avraham Safrin (not pictured) in Jerusalem June 10, 2014. Thousands gathered on Tuesday to celebrate the wedding between Safrin and Rokeach, the granddaughter of the spiritual leader of the Belz Hasidim, which is one of the largest Hasidic movements in the world. Picture taken June 10, 2014. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) - GM1EA6B1I3X01](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2017/09/RTR3T7EK.jpg/RTR3T7EK.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=TYMJp8qW)
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In Ma'ale HaHamisha, reporting on Israel
![Bedouin women sit next to their makeshift home on November 22, 2016 in the village of Umm Al-Hiran village, which is not recognized by the Israeli government, near the southern city of Beersheba in the Negev desert.
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Danny Zaken
In Ma'ale HaHamisha, reporting on Israel