Jan. 15, 2025

The Holy Land at War. A journey through Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. Speaking with author Mark Patinkin.

The Holy Land at War. A journey through Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. Speaking with author Mark Patinkin.

Two months after the October 7th attack by Hamas on a Music Festival and Kibbutz in Israel, Mark Patinkin, a veteran journalist for the Providence Journal, went to Israel to cover firsthand the attack and Gaza War. Unlike major networks or newspapers, Mark’s resources were his experience, persistence and determination to send a daily dispatch to the ProJo to give his readers a firsthand account.

Veteran syndicated journalist for The Providence Journal, Mark Patinkin, stepped forward to cover the Gaza War first hand, on the ground. Sending daily dispatches back to Rhode Island, he was a traditional war correspondent, drawing on his own resources like Ernest Hemingway in the Spanish Civil War.