Amit Yitzhak Segal | |
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עמית יצחק סגל | |
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| Born | (1982-04-10)April 10, 1982 (age 43) |
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| Occupation | media |
| Years active | 2000– |
| Employer(s) | Hevrat HaHadashot,Keshet Media Group |
| Notable work | The Story of Israeli Politics |
| Father | Hagai Segal |
Amit Segal (Hebrew:עמית סגל; born April 10, 1982) is an Israeli journalist, radio and television personality. He serves as the political commentator of Israel'sChannel 12 news[1] (N12 News company) and a politicalcolumnist for theYedioth Ahronoth newspaper. He is regarded as one of the most influential journalists in Israel.[2] Nowadays he serves as ananchor of the IsraeliMeet the Press alongsideBen Caspit.[3]
Segal was born inHaifa and raised in theIsraeli settlementOfra; he is the son ofHagai Segal, an Israeli journalist and convicted terrorist who was part of theJewish Underground.[4][5]
Segal is a graduate of the Faculty of Law at theHebrew University of Jerusalem, and holds a master's degree fromUniversity College London (UCL) in public policy. He is a doctoral student in political science at theHebrew University.
Segal began his journalistic career at the age of 17 as an education reporter at theKol Ha'ir local newspaper. In 2000, he was accepted into theIsraeli Defense ForcesArmy Radio. At the beginning of his career at theArmy Radio, he served as a media reporter and later as a reporter in theKnesset.[6]
In 2006, he moved to the corresponding position atHevrat HaHadashot inChannel 2, and presented the programCouple or Individual on theKnesset Channel, initially together with Nadav Perry and later together withBarak Ravid and other presenters, until 2016.[6]
In the years 2009–2010 he served as theforeign correspondent ofHevrat HaHadashot in London, after which he returned to the position of Knesset correspondent.
In May 2013 he was appointed the political commentator of the Hevrat HaHadashot in place of veteran political reporter Rina Mazliah.
Between the years 2011–2018, Segal wrote a weekly column on politics in theMakor Rishon newspaper. As of 2018, he is a columnist in "Mosef Shabbat" ofYediot Ahronoth.[7]
In the years 2015–2019 he presented the programDekelsegal together with the journalist Yaron Dekel. The program was originally broadcast on Army Radio, and starting in February 2019 onKan Reshet B. In December, with the outbreak of the2018–2022 Israeli political crisis, Segal withdrew from the program.
From November 16, 2017, Segal serves as a substitute presenter in the programShesh im (Six O'clock with). Previously, he hosted, also as a substitute presenter, the programsFirst Edition andGood Night Israel. Segal is extremely active on social media, especially X formerly Twitter. In 2020, he revealed that he blocked about 4,200 commenters on X, in particular "those who choose to curse, troll or involve parents". Segal has a Telegram channel with over 300,000 followers.[3]
Among his exposés as a journalist: theAgraksko affair; ParshatYehiel Hazan ("The Brain Affair"); The publication of recordings from the IDF communications network in which the soldierUdi Goldwasser was heard minutes before his abduction and the complaints against Labor Party candidateUri Sagi.[8]
In 2008, following a request he submitted together with the Freedom of Information Movement against theKnesset, theDistrict Court of Jerusalem ordered the Knesset to publish films from the security cameras, in whichLikud MKYehiel Hazan and MinisterSofa Landver are seen committing criminal offenses.[9]
In 2012 he published an investigation into the lifestyle of Tourism MinisterStas Misezhnikov, in which security guards testified that the minister used to get drunk almost every night, to be absent from government meetings, including the approval of theShalit deal, and to compromise his security. The investigation was mentioned in the media as the main reason Misezhnikov was not included in theYisrael Beiteinu list for the 19th Knesset.[10]
In December 2014 Segal revealed tapes from 2008 in whichShas leader RabbiOvadia Yosef (1920–2013) was seen harshly attacking party chairmanAryeh Deri.[11] Following the revelation of the recordings, Deri resigned from theKnesset and from the leadership of the party. The disclosure occurred during the election campaign in which former Shas chairmanEli Yishai contested, which was considered a personal contest between him and Deri. Deri returned to the role of chairman after two weeks.[12]
In November 2017 he published an investigation that dealt with then Israel's ambassador to the UN,Danny Danon, which contained evidence that raised suspicions about the appointmentment of dozens ofLikud activists to positions in the Zionist Council in exchange for political support for Danon in the Likud primaries.[13]
In March 2019 Segal published thatIran had hacked into the cell phone ofBlue and White chairmanBenny Gantz and extracted its contents, and that theShin Bet had informed Gantz about the matter in a secret meeting during the election campaign.[14]
On May 30, 2019, on the eve of the dissolution of the21st Knesset, Segal revealed thatIsraeli Labor Party leaderAvi Gabai andTal Russo intended to join the government led byBenjamin Netanyahu. Segal's exposure prevented the progress of the move.[15]
In December 2019 a series he wrote,Days of Benjamin, dealing with Netanyahu, was broadcast.
4 days before the elections to the 23rd Knesset, Segal together with Dafna Liel published a secret recording ofBenny Gantz's senior advisor Israel Bacher, in which he said that Gantz does not have the courage to attack Iran and that he is a danger to Israel.[16]
In July 2021 Segal began pre-selling his first book,The Story of Israeli Politics, which was self-published. According to sources in the industry, about ten thousand books were sold in the first forty-eight hours. His book was illustrated by the chief cartoonist forHaaretz, Amos Biderman.
Segal writes a monthly column for The Wall Street Journal.He has been a regular contributor to Dan Senor’s Call Me Back podcast since 2025.Since April 2025, Segal has published a daily English-language newsletter titled It’s Noon in Israel, which has already gained tens of thousands of subscribers.His book, A Call at 4AM: Thirteen Prime Ministers and the Crucial Decisions that Shaped Israeli Politics, was published in October 2025 in English.
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Segal is married to Reut and is the father of three sons and one daughter. He lives in theKatamon neighborhood inJerusalem. His father isHagai Segal and his brother is the journalist and activistArnon Segal [he].[6]
Segal isreligious, but his wife is "completely secular".[21] Segal said that he has "post-traumatic stress from religiosity", resulting from his years in the strict high schoolYeshiva institutionNativ Meir.[21]
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