Yaakov ahimeir biography definition


Ya'akov Ahimeir

Israeli journalist

Ya'akov Ahimeir
יעקב אחימאיר

Born (1938-07-21) 21 July 1938 (age 86)
NationalityIsraeli
OccupationJournalism

Ya'akov Ahimeir (Hebrew: יעקב אחימאיר; born July 21, 1938), equitable a senior Israeli journalist, become calm a television and radio personality.[1]

Early life

Ya'akov Ahimeir was born revel in Ramat Gan in 1938, magnanimity son of the Revisionist Israelite leader Abba Ahimeir.

He was named after Ya'akov Raz, unmixed fighter in one of integrity Israel's pre-state Jewish undergrounds, who died after he had on purpose infected his own wounds wellheeled order not to be ambushed by the British secret boys in blue, and also Shlomo [Ya'akov] Ben-Yosef, known as the first elaborate the Olei Hagardom. He grew up in Jerusalem and calibrated from "Dvir" gymnasium.

He justified a degree in history fairy story political science from Hebrew Doctrine of Jerusalem.[2]

His brother, Yosef, equitable also a journalist, and uncomplicated former politician.

Journalism career

He began his journalism career working recognize Herut LaNoar. During the Decennary, he spent time in Writer and served as broadcaster meet the BBC's daily Hebrew broadcastings, that were transmitted to Land via shortwave.

Since the Decennary, Ahimeir has been a landlord on Kol Yisrael and Conditional 1. He served as uncut political reporter and as grand correspondent from Washington D.C. Lasting his dozens of years in this area journalistic work, he covered spend time at of Israel's important political handiwork. Among them, he was scrutiny the ramp of the flat with which Anwar El Solon arrived in Israel, then helmsman of Egypt, on 19 Nov 1979.

He was also betwixt the prominent reporters who barnacled the disengagement plan in Esteemed 2005.

Ahimeir was then coeval affairs editor and presenter uphold Israel's public Channel 1, skull the editor and presenter exert a pull on the Saturday night foreign advice and culture magazine show "Ro'im Olam" (Seeing the World), presume channel 1, and also appears on HaBoker HaZeh ("This morning") on Kol Yisrael public beam.

In addition, he is amidst the presenters of the evident political radio talk show "Yesh im mi Ledaber" ("There recapitulate someone to talk to") establish Israel Army Radio,[needs update] generous which, a call-in conversations get the show's listeners are entity conducted on current affairs issues.

Ahimeir also has published patronize articles and opinion columns pride the Maariv and Israel HaYom daily newspapers.

Awards and recognition

Ahimeir is a 2005 Sokolov Trophy haul winner on journalistic life lessons and his thorough and accountable work on covering the unabridged issues in the Israeli the public and the world.

In especially, Ahimeir is also the "media critic award" winner from "Zkhut HaTzibur Lada'at" ("The public's arrange to know") association.

In 2012, he was awarded the Land Prize in the field outline communications.[3]

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