Barak Cohen

Barak Cohen was born in 1977 in Jerusalem

Barak Cohen was born in 1977 in the Mazkeret Moshe neighborhood of Jerusalem. His father, Hertzel Cohen, later became deputy head of the Mevaseret Zion local council. His grandparents came to Israel from Kurdish, Egyptian and Yemenite Jewish communities.

He studied at the Ben Shemen Youth Village. He did not enlist in the IDF for health reasons. He earned a bachelor's degree in law at IDC Herzliya and then worked in criminal law.

After a debt dispute with Bank Leumi, he founded "Ba'im LaBanka'im" in October 2014. The group protested against senior bankers, including Rakefet Russak-Aminoach and Zion Kenan, and a court issued a restraining order against its members. In 2019 he pleaded guilty to invasion of privacy in a plea bargain and received probation and a fine.

In 2017 the Israel Bar Association's disciplinary tribunal suspended him from practicing law for a year and a half, and his appeals did not change the decision. He also verbally confronted politicians such as Miri Regev and Avi Gabay, and in 2019 a court issued a restraining order against him regarding Avner Netanyahu.

Since 2020 he has been a presenter on a segment of "From the Other Side with Guy Zohar" on Kan 11. In 2022 he played a police officer in the series Manayek, and a documentary about him and his group aired on Kan 11. Before the 2021 election he was chosen to lead the party Demokratit.