Lurie professionalized a publication run by volunteers and also worked as a correspondent for The Jerusalem Post; he also was an activist for Jewish-Arab coexistence in Israel.
Mahmoud Abbas probably didn't think twice about handing the Saudi King a gift with Zionist meaning. Next time — thanks to the mocking of Zionists — he may.
Yaakov Katz, formerly the newspaper's military correspondent and defense analyst, succeeds Steve Linde, who stepped down after serving five years in the post.
