The Great Atlantic Israel-Iran Debate

Jeffrey Goldberg Aug 27 2010, 7:58 AM ET

Kudos to the assorted luminaries who participated in the Atlantic Israel-Iran debate, and special praise and thanks to J.J. Gould, the deputy editor of TheAtlantic.com, who pulled together this rather unwieldy undertaking with energy, good humor and all-around aplomb. I was hoping -- as I had promised Mr. Fallows -- to write a general round-up and analysis of the vastly differing opinions expressed in this forum, but I'm leaving on a sudden assignment, so the big summary post will have to wait until at least next week. Until then, Goldblog is closed for business, but might I suggest you turn to The Atlantic and TheAtlantic.com for all your shopping needs?

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Jeffrey Goldberg is a national correspondent for The Atlantic and a recipient of the National Magazine Award for Reporting. Author of the book Prisoners: A Story of Friendship and Terror, Goldberg also writes the magazine's advice column. More

Before joining The Atlantic in 2007, Goldberg was a Middle East correspondent, and the Washington correspondent, for The New Yorker. Previously, he served as a correspondent for The New York Times Magazine and New York magazine. He has also written for the Jewish Daily Forward, and was a columnist for The Jerusalem Post.

His book Prisoners was hailed as one of the best books of 2006 by the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Slate, The Progressive, Washingtonian magazine, and Playboy. Goldberg rthe recipient of the 2003 National Magazine Award for Reporting for his coverage of Islamic terrorism. He is also the winner of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists prize for best international investigative journalist; the Overseas Press Club award for best human-rights reporting; and the Abraham Cahan Prize in Journalism. He is also the recipient of 2005's Anti-Defamation League Daniel Pearl Prize.

In 2001, Goldberg was appointed the Syrkin Fellow in Letters of the Jerusalem Foundation, and in 2002 he became a public-policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.