In June 1984, Friedman was transferred to Jerusalem, where he served as the "New York Times" Jerusalem Bureau Chief until February 1988. That year he received a second Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, which cited his coverage of the First Palestinian Intifada. He wrote a book, "From Beirut to Jerusalem", describing his experiences in the Middle East, which won the 1989 U.S. National Book Award for Nonfiction.