Amit Segal

Amit Segal was born in 1982 in Haifa

Segal was born in Haifa in 1982 and grew up in Ofra. His father is the journalist Hagai Segal, who was a member of the Jewish Underground and was convicted and imprisoned.

He studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and earned a master's degree in public policy from University College London. He later began doctoral studies in political science at the Hebrew University.

He started as an education reporter for the local paper Kol Ha'ir at 17. In 2000 he joined Army Radio, where he reported on media and then on the Knesset. In 2006 he moved to the Channel 2 news company as Knesset reporter, and in May 2013 he became its political commentator.

He wrote political columns for Makor Rishon and Yedioth Ahronoth, and co-hosted the radio program Dekelsegal with Yaron Dekel. His reports included an investigation into Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov. Since September 2022 he has co-hosted Meet the Press with Ben Caspit on Channel 12.