ari rath (‎; 6 january 1925 – 13 january 2017) was an austrian-israeli journalist and writer. he was born and grew up in vienna. after the "anschluss", rath, who was jewish, came through a kindertransport as a thirteen-year-old boy to palestine. in 1975, he became an editor for "the jerusalem post". later, in 1979, he became the chief editor. in 1989, he left "the jerusalem post", and taught at the university of potsdam. he supported a peaceful bringing together of israel and palestine.