ehud yaari is an expert on middle eastern affairs. he is the author of eight books on the arab-israeli conflict, some in collaboration with ze'ev schiff. he has interviewed yasser arafat, king hussein of jordan and his son abdullah, president husni mubarak of egypt, almost all israeli prime ministers since menachem begin (including yitzhak rabin), bashar al-assad, bachir gemayel, muammar al-gaddafi and others. today, ya'ari is a political commentator for israel's channel 2 news. yaari is an associate editor of the jerusalem report and the washington institute for near east policy. he is also senior fellow at the adelson institute for strategic studies. ya'ari has published articles in "the new york times", "the wall street journal", "the washington post", and "atlantic monthly".