David Landau, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency’s Israel bureau chief, and Maurice Samuelson, JTA’s London correspondent, will be in Cairo to cover the conference scheduled to begin Wednesday.
Landau, 30, has been JTA bureau chief since 1972 and diplomatic correspondent for the Jerusalem Post since 1971. He won plaudits in Jerusalem, Washington and in Arab capitals for his reports and analysis during the shuttle missions conducted by then Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger. Landau was born in London and received his law degree from London University. He has been living in Israel since 1970. He is married and is the father of two children.
Samuelson, 42, has been JTA correspondent for the past two years. He also works for The Financial Times of London. A writer and broadcaster on Middle East affairs for many years, he spent nearly 12 years on the London Jewish Observer and Mideast Review, more than seven of which years he served as the paper’s editor. He is married and is the father of three children.
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