Eitan Haber

Eitan Haber was born in 1940 in Tel Aviv

Eitan Haber was born in Tel Aviv in 1940 to Yehuda and Tova Haber, in a Revisionist Zionist family. He studied at the religious Bilu school in Tel Aviv. He began writing as a child, and at 14 he joined the staff of the newspaper Herut.

He was drafted into the IDF in 1958 and worked as a reporter for the army newspaper Bamahane. In the Northern Command he met its commander, Yitzhak Rabin, and they became friends.

After his discharge in 1960 he joined Yedioth Ahronoth and was its military correspondent until 1985. He was also a researcher for television programs and edited and presented programs on Army Radio. He wrote several books, some with other journalists.

In late 1985 Rabin, then Minister of Defense, made him his special media adviser. After Rabin became Prime Minister in 1992, Haber headed his bureau, wrote many of his speeches and took part in the secret preparation of the peace treaty with Jordan. On 4 November 1995 he announced Rabin's death on behalf of the government.

He then returned to journalism and also ran the companies Geopol and Kavim. In September 2019 he disclosed that he had colon cancer and Parkinson's disease and retired. He died on 7 October 2020.