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Jason Burke
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I'm the Guardian's International Security Correspondent, based in London after 25 years as a foreign correspondent in Middle East, South Asia, Africa and Europe. Also books (latest, The Revolutionists, out now https://shorturl.at/aLfVb). Dad.
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jasonburke2.bsky.social
thank you James. from you especially very much appreciated.
jamesbarr.bsky.social James Barr @jamesbarr.bsky.social · 12d
I am loving @jasonburke2.bsky.social’s new book. It’s superb, especially on the absurdity of some of the Europeans involved.
November 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
jasonburke2.bsky.social
v pleased to report that
The Spectator
likes #TheRevolutionists too. Is "superb and monumental" apparently. which is very nice to read.
And makes good point on how few people it took to cause carnage half way round the world ...

www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-...
November 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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🚨NEW🚨 Figures like Leila Khaled and Carlos the Jackal turned political violence into global theatre. @jasonburke2.bsky.social joins @seththevoz.bsky.social to discuss how these figures reshaped global politics, and what their legacy reveals about ideology, glamour and violence 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
October 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
jasonburke2.bsky.social
An excellent idea .... am currently preparing a playlist for the US edition launch. Thank you Andrew.
October 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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jasonburke2.bsky.social
v happy this a.m. to see👇
a comprehensive and kind review of #TheRevolutionists in the Guardian.

"combines a flair for period detail – sideburns and aviator shades, berets and Beretta pistols – with impressive digests of Arab and Iranian history".

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
The Revolutionists by Jason Burke review – from hijackings to holy war
A colourful study of the evolution of extremism in the tumultuous 1970s
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:39 AM
jasonburke2.bsky.social
v happy this a.m. to see👇
a comprehensive and kind review of #TheRevolutionists in the Guardian.

"combines a flair for period detail – sideburns and aviator shades, berets and Beretta pistols – with impressive digests of Arab and Iranian history".

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
The Revolutionists by Jason Burke review – from hijackings to holy war
A colourful study of the evolution of extremism in the tumultuous 1970s
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:39 AM
jasonburke2.bsky.social
With no law, order or any alternative administration under the ceasefire, the group is using violence to deter rivals and to hang onto power. this will have consequences for any "peace" deal. My take here:

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Hamas’s aim to retain authority in Gaza involves keeping the guns
With no law, order or any alternative administration under the ceasefire, the group is using violence to deter rivals
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
jasonburke2.bsky.social
In 1982, a US president told Israel to end a war. The lessons from then are very relevant now. It's not the threat you fought that is the problem, but the one that is coming.

A quick oped based on my new book, #TheRevolutionists (out now)

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A lasting peace between Israel and Palestine? We’ve heard that before – the result was more bloodshed | Jason Burke
In 1982, Ronald Reagan picked up the phone to Menachem Begin to tell him to end a war. There are lessons from history and we need to learn them, says Guardian international security correspondent Jaso...
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
jasonburke2.bsky.social
like it or not, Netanyahu dominates Israeli politics, now as before. If anyone thinks the ceasefire is the endgame for a man who has been in power in Israel longer than David Ben Gurion, founding father, then think again ...

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘Yes Bibi, or no Bibi’: what does Gaza deal mean for Benjamin Netanyahu’s future?
Widespread support among Israelis for the ceasefire is unlikely to translate into votes for Likud, survey shows
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
jasonburke2.bsky.social
yes, there is much that can go wrong, yes the destruction,scars and trauma will be with us for decades, but to now write about a possible, imminent, even definitive end to this bloody, relentless, appalling war is ... well... a moment

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘First phase’ of ceasefire deal to end war in Gaza agreed by Israel and Hamas
Donald Trump announces all hostages will be released ‘very soon’ and Israel will withdraw troops to an agreed timeline
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
jasonburke2.bsky.social
I'll be talking about my new book and
The Remarkable True Story of The Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s .. tonight in London
expect spies, explosions, getaway cars, war, politics, assassinations and beauty queens
book last seats here:
kilntheatre.com/whats-on/the...
The Revolutionists: The Remarkable True Story of the Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970's | Kiln Theatre
A proudly local theatre with an international vision and reputation
kilntheatre.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM
jasonburke2.bsky.social
v pleased by v kind review of The Revolutionists (published on Friday) in the Times. esp as by legendary Simon Sebag Montefiore. www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
October 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
jasonburke2.bsky.social
so this is nuts, and very nice. My new book #TheRevolutionists has actually made it onto the Baillie Gifford prize shortlist. It is published today too. To say I'm thrilled would be something of an understatement.

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
‘Horny wolves, eunuchs and pirates’ among Baillie Gifford prize shortlist subjects
Helen Garner and Richard Holmes among authors of nonfiction books that also encompass international terrorists and ‘ghastly literary men’
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
jasonburke2.bsky.social
For many Israelis, Netanyahu’s warning to get used to growing isolation confirmed what they already suspected of his priorities - but will also reinforce his political base
my report from Sderot and Tel Aviv here ICYMI

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
‘Water off a duck’s back’: will Israel’s growing isolation make its leadership change course?
For many Israelis, Netanyahu’s warning to get used to growing isolation confirmed what they already suspected of his priorities
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
jasonburke2.bsky.social
this is powerful, moving and important from my fantastic colleague in Gaza, Malak Tantesh

(and that's her dad in the hat, a very dear friend)

www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
Escaping Gaza City, while reporting on its destruction – podcast
Malak A Tantesh on fleeing the Israeli ground offensive in Gaza and becoming a reporter in the most dangerous place on Earth for journalists
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
jasonburke2.bsky.social
very pleased with this review in the FT of my new book - The Revolutionists (out in 1O days in UK).

"dramatic, deeply researched account looks at the hijackings and hostage-takings of the 1970s — and their connection with radicalism today"

www.ft.com/content/96d6...
The Revolutionists — the extremists who took terror into the skies
Jason Burke’s dramatic, deeply researched account looks at the hijackings and hostage-takings of the 1970s — and their connection with radicalism today
www.ft.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM
jasonburke2.bsky.social
very pleased that The Revolutionists is on the Baillie Gifford longlist with 11 brilliant works by brilliant writers. they've even done a nice little video. and my book looks v handsome indeed!

youtu.be/W34vK8Tpcz0
The Ballie Gifford Prize for non-fiction announces the 2025 longlist
YouTube video by The Baillie Gifford Prize
youtu.be
September 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
jasonburke2.bsky.social
Hamas is hurting, undoubtedly, but still has a plan: to survive
(and to capture an Israeli soldier if possible)
My report here:

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Depleted Hamas focuses on desperate new aim: capturing an Israeli soldier
Militant group has become adept at exploiting successful attacks – and now needs all the leverage it can get for talks
www.theguardian.com
July 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
jasonburke2.bsky.social
"The scenes are truly shocking – they resemble the horrors of judgment day," Dr Mohammed Saqr, director of nursing at Gaza’s Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, told me.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Gaza aid workers overwhelmed by ‘mass casualty incidents’ at food distribution sites
Doctors say hundreds have been wounded by Israeli gunfire while trying to reach convoys
www.theguardian.com
July 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
jasonburke2.bsky.social
Hopes and fears in Gaza - and a 12 year old who just want not to be "torn apart"
a report with my brilliant colleague Malak A Tantesh

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
‘Our days are full of hardship’: people in Gaza barely dare to hope for success in ceasefire talks
Mood is tense and subdued after nearly 21 months of Israeli offensives that have displaced almost the entire population
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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The IDF dropped a 500lb bomb into a cafe in Gaza on Monday. We saw & identified fragments.
They had conducted "aerial surveillance" so knew it was crowded with civilians.
They had other precise munitions available.
Up to 40 died, many more injured.
My report:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Israeli military used 500lb bomb in strike on Gaza cafe, fragments reveal
Exclusive: Experts say use of heavy munition in Monday’s strike that killed dozens may constitute a war crime
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 8:09 AM
jasonburke2.bsky.social
The IDF dropped a 500lb bomb into a cafe in Gaza on Monday. We saw & identified fragments.
They had conducted "aerial surveillance" so knew it was crowded with civilians.
They had other precise munitions available.
Up to 40 died, many more injured.
My report:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Israeli military used 500lb bomb in strike on Gaza cafe, fragments reveal
Exclusive: Experts say use of heavy munition in Monday’s strike that killed dozens may constitute a war crime
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 8:09 AM
jasonburke2.bsky.social
‘Beyond anything imaginable’: dozens killed at busy Gaza seafront cafe
our report on how a devastating Israeli strike transforms peaceful scene at al-Baqa into horror
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
‘Beyond anything imaginable’: dozens killed at busy Gaza seafront cafe
Witnesses describe explosion, flames and smoke plumes as airstrike transforms peaceful scene at al-Baqa into a horror
www.theguardian.com
July 2, 2025 at 6:21 AM
jasonburke2.bsky.social
Twelve days in Gaza: what happened while the world looked away? One of the consequences of Israel’s 12-day conflict with Iran was a drop-off in attention paid to another conflict. This is our timeline of what happened

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Twelve days in Gaza: what happened while the world looked away?
One of the consequences of Israel’s 12-day conflict with Iran was a drop-off in attention paid to the war in Gaza, where a terrible humanitarian situation deteriorated even further. This is a timeline...
www.theguardian.com
July 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
jasonburke2.bsky.social
Post-apocalyptic’: medical staff struggle as gangs fight over aid supplies in Gaza
Militants, clans, Hamas and criminal gangs bring violence and anarchy as they vie for power amid Israeli strikes
my report here:

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
‘Post-apocalyptic’: medical staff struggle as gangs fight over aid supplies in Gaza
Militants, clans, Hamas and criminal gangs bring violence and anarchy as they vie for power amid Israeli strikes
www.theguardian.com
June 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM