Tzur Shezaf

Tsur Shezaf (born 1959 in Jerusalem; Hebrew: צור שיזף‎) is an Israeli travel-book writer, journalist and novelist.

Tsur Shezaf in Giv'atayim Theater, Israel

Shezaf wrote for Ynet, Haaretz, and Masa Aher (an Israeli geographical magazine) between 1990 and 2008. As a journalist, Shezaf has been on special assignments throughout Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa with Masa Aher, Yedioth Ahronoth, Channel 10 and Channel 1 television. Some of his recent work has also been in photojournalism. He headed an NGO by the name of Yafo Yefat Yamim who worked on rebuilding and recovering the old city of Jaffa - protecting the old harbor and its fishermen from privatizing, reclaiming the sea shore that was destroyed by the government and developing human and physical features of the city. He is a leading writer and his books, novels and travel, deals with the shrinking Israeli open space, effecting nature and humans. His latest books are: Daash, A Journey to Deveil's Doorstep 2016, a journalistic travel book based on more than 25 years of traveling in the Middle East including covering the Arab Spring and the wars in Iraq and Syria. In contrast, his latest book is The Devil from the Sataf, a book of Israeli legends collected and invented. Both books became best sellers. In 2011 he planted a vineyard in the high Negev Plateau, which can be considered the southmost vineyards for top wine vines in the northern hemisphere.

Shezaf ran as a candidate with the Greens Party (Hayerukim) in the 2003 elections for the 16th Knesset,[1] but his party won no seats in parliament.