Hanani Rapoport, at The Blogs

Sep 21, 2023, 2:51 PM

Emergency landing, a T-shirt and Leonard Cohen

Flying out of Mogadishu with NBC News Teams.
December 1992
Photo Credit: Hanani Rapoport

What Does a Nice Jewish Boy Do in Khartoum in the Middle of the Night, and What Does Leonard Cohen Have to Do with It? December 1992 We were headed back to Tel-Aviv, after completing our 10-day assignment in Somalia, where...

Sep 8, 2023, 3:52 PM

“Don’t You Move Your Fucking Hand, Or I’ll Shoot You” – Somalia Part 3

At the Mogadishu port December 1992 Photo Credit: Hanani Rapoport

Reporting from Somalia Part 3 Previously on parts 1 & 2: After a challenging three-week assignment in war-torn Yugoslavia, where we covered the civil war in Croatia, I returned home and decided to get a haircut. While waiting at the...

Sep 4, 2023, 3:44 PM

Happy Birthday Mogadishu! Somalia 1992 Part 2

Good morning, downtown Mogadishu. (Photo Credit: Hanani Rapoport)

Reporting from Mogadishu's Heart of Darkness Part 2 Getting my haircut in Tel Aviv took me all the way to one of the most dangerous places on earth - Mogadishu. Previously... summary of Part 1: After a long three-week assignment in Yugoslavia...

Aug 29, 2023, 6:09 PM

Journey into the Abyss: Reporting from Mogadishu’s Heart of Darkness

The Cessna flying across the border into Somali territory
November 1992
Photo Credit: Hanani Rapoport

Journey into the Abyss: Reporting from Mogadishu's Heart of Darkness Part 1 First night in Mogadishu, November 1992. As the small single engine Cessna 205 Caravan descended towards the war-torn heart of Africa, I couldn't help but wonder if I had just...

Aug 22, 2023, 7:23 AM

‘War of Brothers’ – Read Before Use

The frequent use of the term "civil war" or "fraternal war" in Israel in recent months has become a prominent element in public discourse following the Israeli government's unilateral attempt to revolutionize the judicial system of the country. However, there...

Aug 14, 2023, 12:56 PM

May 1993, Sarajevo, A War Diary Part 2

Destruction down Sniper Alley
photo credit: my personal photo album

“Welcome to the Holiday Inn Sarajevo” In the previous chapter, May 1993, Sarajevo, A War Diary Part 1 I shared my experience traveling to Sarajevo in May 1993 as the news producer of an Israeli TV crew working for the American...

Jul 25, 2023, 1:00 AM

May 1993, Sarajevo, A War Diary

May 1993, Sarajevo, War Diary The recent events in Ukraine brought back memories from 30 years ago, the siege of Sarajevo, my Sarajevo Diary 1993 May 1993, Sarajevo We, an Israeli TV crew working for the American television network NBC News, boarded...

Jun 21, 2023, 7:35 PM

‘The Velvet Revolution’ – Tel-Aviv Style, 2023

First demonstration in Tel-Aviv against the government's intention to change the judicial system and dissolve the 3 powers into one power controlled by the government. February 14th 2023.

I took the picture

"The Velvet Revolution" – Tel-Aviv Style 2023 At the beginning of February 2023, the first demonstration took place in Tel Aviv. It was organized to protest the government's intention to change the judicial system and consolidate the three powers into...

Jun 1, 2023, 12:02 AM

And Suddenly Someone Said To Me: Enough With The Adventures

Throughout my 40 years of work for the international media – starting as an apprentice and a production assistant, through a producer on ABC News and NBC News to the CEO position of a large media company in Israel,...

About Me

A Tel-Aviv native born in 1952. Second generation journalist and media personality. An EMMY award-winning television news producer for ABC News and NBC News and formerly CEO of JCS Jerusalem Capital Studios. I am now a full-time grandfather and a storyteller from a very personal perspective. Unless otherwise noted, the photographs and video clips on this page were taken by me in the course of my work.

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