Zvi Yehezkeli

Zvi Yehezkeli ( _he. צבי יחזקאלי, born August 17, 1970) is an Israeli journalist. He is an Arab affairs correspondent and head of desk at News 10, the news division of Israel 10.

Yehezkeli was born in 1970 to a family with Iraqi and Kurdish origins, and served in an infantry unit in the IDF. After his military service, he was sent abroad for a few years by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Back in Israel at the age of 25, he attended the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, majoring in Media and Middle East History, where he acquired his Arabic. Later, he joined Israel's Army Radio as the Gaza and West Bank reporter and occasionally contributed to the Israeli Channel 1's "Yoman" with various reports. During this time, he also completed his Master's majoring in Middle East History, as well as graduating in Media and Journalism at the Koteret school of journalism. In 2002, he left the Israel Army Radio to join News 10 as the head of Desk for Arab Affairs. Today, he takes an active and integral part in News 10's London & Kirschenbaum with reports about Arabia and the Middle East. In 2006, he won many praises for his part in covering the Second Lebanon War. Many perceive his coverage as unique, primarily thanks to his different approach and insights in finding common grounds between Israel and the Arab world.

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* Cite news
last = Kupfer
first = Ruta
title = Nasrallah and me
work = Haaretz
accessdate = 2008-03-14
date = 2006-07-27
url = http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=742277