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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.

Minister of Jerusalem Affairs and Jewish Heritage Meir Porush attends a Finance Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 12, 2025. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Opinion
Man standing in the way of a government with the Haredim isn’t even in the Knesset
The Haredi parties are gazing at Liberman and wondering: Is Israel’s most ruthless politician really offering us everything we want?
Nov. 12, 2026
Amit Segal
An election campaign poster featuring Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alongside U.S. President Donald Trump is displayed on a bus in Jerusalem on Oct. 26, 2026. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Opinion
Trump, invite them
A unity government could strengthen Israel’s stability and reshape the Middle East, but Netanyahu and Eisenkot are unlikely to bridge their differences on their own.
Nov. 4, 2026
Amit Segal
Prime Minister and Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu visit the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, Oct. 22, 2026. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Opinion
Netanyahu’s remark hints at when he might step down
The prime minister’s comment this week should have made everyone sit up and take notice.
Oct. 26, 2026
Amit Segal
Trump Netanyahu
Opinion
Growing signs of an impending strike on Iran
Despite a mutual desire to avoid escalation ahead of upcoming elections, something dramatic is unfolding between Washington and Jerusalem.
Oct. 19, 2026
Amit Segal
Israel troops operate to secure the Yellow Line ceasefire line in Khan Yunis, the southern Gaza Strip, January 2026. Credit: IDF.
Opinion
Israel has two years left to act. After that, it will be too late
The issue most critical to Israel’s future, Gaza, is nowhere to be found in the election campaign.
Oct. 12, 2026
Amit Segal
Israeli President Isaac Herzog visits the Judea and Samaria Division headquarters of the Israel Defense Forces near the settlement of Beit El in the West Bank, Sept. 30, 2026. Photo by Jonathan Shaul/Flash90
Guest Contributor
The looming crisis no one in Israel is preparing for
A hostile Democratic administration will pile on sanction after sanction.
Oct. 5, 2026
Amit Segal
Gadi Eisenkot, chairman of the Yashar party, together with party members, attends the presentation of the party’s candidate list ahead of the upcoming general elections, in Rosh HaAyin on Sept. 7, 2026. Credit: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
Guest Contributor
‘The most crucial election in Israel’s history’? Just asking …
Gadi Eisenkot makes no secret of his plan to form a minority government with Arab parties abstaining, but he could end up helping crown another prime minister.
Sept. 10, 2026
Amit Segal
Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot visits Kibbutz Nir Oz, near the Gaza border, as part of his election campaign, Aug. 5, 2026. Photo by Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90.
Opinion
The Israeli opposition’s only way to win
Tectonic shifts are taking place in the rival bloc.
Sept. 3, 2026
Amit Segal
Netanyahu Trump
Opinion
The White House prepares a pre-election victory image for Netanyahu
Also, polls count the Haredi parties as part of the Israeli prime minister’s bloc, but that tally may need revising.
Aug. 31, 2026
Amit Segal
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir points to the hanging facility under construction where the death penalty for terrorists convicted of murder will be carried out, Aug. 18, 2026. Credit: Otzma Yehudit.
Opinion
Another government with Ben-Gvir could be disastrous
The question is: How did we end up in a place where he’s a senior minister?
Aug. 24, 2026
Amit Segal
A Likud Party primary conference in Ashdod on Aug. 10, 2026. Photo by Liron Moldovan/Flash90.
Analysis
The Iran strike Trump halted: ‘We were about to destroy what remained of the regime’
Senior government official claims Israel was hours away from a massive operation that was stopped at the last minute last week. Also, Netanyahu’s successor, who still does not know he is one.
Aug. 15, 2026
Amit Segal
Israeli soldiers seen on the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, Aug. 5, 2026. Photo by Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90
Opinion
A few concrete blocks will shape the fate of the entire Middle East
The “yellow line” is at the center of the debate over Gaza’s future, but its effects will be felt across the region.
Aug. 6, 2026
Amit Segal