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{{Short description|Canadian-Israeli political analyst and journalist}}
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'''Eli Kowaz''' is a Canadian-Israeli writer and Middle East analyst whose articles have been published in Israeli-based English-language media such as ''[[Ha'aretz]]'', ''[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]]'', The ''[[Times of Israel]]'', and The ''[[Jerusalem Post]]'', with his posts on [[X (formerly Twitter)]] included there and additional media, particularly since the 2023 [[Israel–Hamas war|Israeli War on Gaza]]. He was 29 years old in December 2019,<ref name="jindca"/> placing his birth year in 1989 or 1988.<!-- common sense-->
 
==Family==
Kowaz is from [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]] where grew up in the Oakridge neighbourhood with an Israeli father, Joseph Kowaz, who moved to Vancouver in his 20s, and a mother, Andrea (Rogow) Kowaz, who moved there from New York in her youth. His mother's parents, Sally and Robert Rogow, were community leaders and academics.<ref name="jindca">{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Pat |title=Eli Kowaz |url=https://www.jewishindependent.ca/tag/eli-kowaz/ |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=13 December 2019 |language=en-CA}}</ref>
 
==Education==
Kowaz attended Vancouver Talmud Torah and Hebrew Academy for elementary school and Magee and King David high schools, resulting in a mix of Orthodox Jewish, secular traditional (private), and public education.<ref name="jindca"/>
 
Kowaz graduated from [[McGill University]] in [[Montreal]] and receiving a B.A. Honors in Jewish Studies and Psychology. Then he completed a master's degree in Digital Media from [[Ryerson University]] in [[Toronto]].{{cn|date=January 2024}}
 
He has studied in Israel at both [[Ben-Gurion University of the Negev]] and the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]].{{cn|date=January 2024}}
 
==Career==
Kowaz is a Middle East analyst<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reporter |first1=Aleks Phillips U. S. News |title=Jerusalem attack puts Gaza ceasefire under pressure |url=https://www.newsweek.com/jerusalem-attack-gaza-ceasefire-pressure-israel-gaza-hamas-1848354 |access-date=27 January 2024 |work=Newsweek |date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref> at [[Israel Policy Forum]] (IPF),<ref>{{cite web |title=Eli Kowaz |url=https://israelpolicyforum.org/about/staff/eli-kowaz/ |website=Israel Policy Forum |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=15 June 2017}}</ref> founded in 1993 and promoting a two-station solution for Israel and Palestine, working with policymakers, convening roundtable discussions and panels with congresspeople, congressional staffers and opinion leaders, as well as organizing events in synagogues. He was previously communications director at IPF.<ref name="jindca"/>
 
Previously, Kowaz spent the 2011 year running an international marketing campaign for an Israeli startup. He then built a second branch of his family business in Toronto. Kowaz has additional experience in both digital publishing and web design. He started an online magazine focused on Middle East politics in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Eli Walter Kowaz |url=https://www.torontomu.ca/master-digital-media/the-mdm-network/2014-2015/kowaz_eli/ |website=Toronto Metropolitan University |access-date=27 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
 
==Criticism==
[[Action on Armed Violence]] (AOAV) criticized what is called Kowaz's "grossly incorrect interpretation" of AOAV data trends, claiming that the Israel Defense Forces hhas low casualty rate in their [[Israel–Hamas war|attacks on Gaza]]. AOAV complained that even though Kowaz later deleted the post, that others continue to spread what it termed the "misinformation".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Torelli |first1=Chiara |title=X (Twitter) analyst Eli Kowaz's grossly incorrect interpretation of AOAV data trends, claiming IDF has low Gaza casualty rate. Kowaz later deletes post but others continue to spread the misinformation |url=https://aoav.org.uk/2023/x-twitter-analyst-eli-kowazs-grossly-incorrect-interpretation-of-aoav-data-trends-claiming-idf-has-low-gaza-casualty-rate-kowaz-later-deletes-post-but-others-continue-to-spread-the-misinformatio/ |access-date=27 January 2024 |work=AOAV |date=12 December 2023}}</ref>
 
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