Barry Chamish was a Canadian-born Israeli writer and public speaker.
11 Facts About Barry Chamish
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Barry Chamish was best known for promoting conspiracy theories about the death of Yitzhak Rabin - Israel's prime minister who was assassinated in 1995.
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Barry Chamish earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Manitoba in 1974.
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In 1975, Barry Chamish emigrated to Israel, where he attended the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Barry Chamish received a Master of Arts degree in 1979.
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Barry Chamish participated as a reservist in the 1982 Lebanon War, during which he operated a Redeye anti-aircraft missile.
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Barry Chamish began to work as a free-lance writer, publishing material in a range of publications including The Atlantic, National Review, and the New York Newsday.
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Barry Chamish established a news service to distribute his work called "Profiles of Israel," which he continued throughout the decade of the 1980s.
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In 2008 the Jerusalem Magistrate Court summoned Barry Chamish to pay Itamar Ben-Gvir, an Israeli far-right activist, defamation damages of 36,000 NIS after repeatedly calling him an agent of the Shin Bet intelligence service.
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Barry Chamish died in his apartment in Florida in 2016.
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Barry Chamish was the winner of the 1987 Israeli Scrabble Tournament and the runner-up in 1988.