in 1968, he was an assistant to shlomo gazit, the coordinator of government activities in the territories. from 1969 to 1975, he was the arab affairs correspondent for the newspaper "davar" and israel army radio. from 1975 to 2000, he was a commentator on middle eastern affairs on channel 1. in 1987, he became a fellow at the washington institute for near east policy, and in 1990, he became a columnist for "the jerusalem post". he became a commentator on arab affairs on channel 2 in 2000. in 2008, he joined the adelson institute for strategic studies of the shalem center.