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Israeli journalist Amit Segal in Tel Aviv, Sept. 15, 2024. Photo by Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90.

Amit Segal

Amit Segal is an Israeli journalist, radio and television personality. He serves as the political commentator of Israel’s Channel 12 news (N12 News company) and anchors Israel’s highly watched “Meet the Press” show on Channel 12. He is also a political columnist for the Yediot Achronot newspaper.

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Opinion
The one thing Trump didn’t forgive Netanyahu for
Jerusalem was not surprised by the self-styled master negotiator’s capitulation, only by its scope.
June 25, 2026
Amit Segal
U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by (L-R) Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and U.S. Vice President JD Vance, speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on February 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images.
Opinion
The one thing for which Trump did not forgive Netanyahu
Jerusalem was not surprised by the self-styled master negotiator’s capitulation itself, only by its scope.
June 19, 2026
Amit Segal
IAEA inspectors (second and third from left) and Iranian technicians disconnect the connections between twin cascades for 20% uranium production at the Natanz Nuclear Facility, some 180 miles south of Tehran, on Jan. 20, 2014. Photo by Kazem Ghane/IRNA/AFP via Getty Images.
Opinion
We did everything in Iran, except what could have ended it
Instead of insisting on efforts to topple the regime, there was a more effective step that was never taken, and the sense of a missed opportunity is enormous.
June 13, 2026
Amit Segal
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits IDF troops in northern Israel. Photo by Maayan Toaf/GPO.
Opinion
Did the war against Iran fail? A forgotten historic moment may prove otherwise
Despite the disappointment over the emerging agreement with Iran, the current campaign has produced one strategic achievement that should not be underestimated.
June 12, 2026
Amit Segal
An IDF tank operates along Lebanon’s Litani River in an image released May 12, 2026. Credit: IDF.
Opinion
How Hezbollah’s Oct. 7 was foiled at the last moment
While the Israeli public is feeling despondent over the situation in the north, some are talking about a huge achievement and the possibility of years of quiet.
June 10, 2026
Amit Segal
Smoke rises from Southern Lebanon during an Israeli military operation, on June 4, 2026. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.
Opinion
A difference of perception about the northern front
While the Israeli public is despondent over the news from the north and the terrible drone toll, some in the military are talking about the possibility of years of quiet.
June 9, 2026
Amit Segal
Iranians protest in Tehran on Jan. 8, 2026. Photo by Anonymous/Getty Images.
Analysis
Israeli assessment: This is when Iranians will take to the streets to topple the regime
Had Trump allowed Israel one final operation in Iran, the IDF would have chosen to destroy the uranium. The Mossad would have chosen an all-out effort to get Iranians to overthrow the mullahs.
May 8, 2026
Amit Segal