Eliezer Yaari

Eliezer Yaari was born in 1949 in Jerusalem

Eliezer Yaari was born on July 25, 1949, in Jerusalem, where he grew up. He finished the Hebrew Gymnasium Rehavia in 1967 and was a member of the Scouts movement.

He joined the IDF in 1967 and completed the pilots course in 1969. He flew Nesher jets as a fighter pilot and left the army in 1976. He later earned a BA in history and philosophy from the Hebrew University in 1982.

From 1983 to 1986 he was a community emissary in Boston. Back in Israel he worked on Israel's Channel One as a news editor and presenter, and edited and presented its weekly news magazine from 1988 to 1992. He ran the channel's programs division from 1992 to 1995.

He received a master's degree in public administration from Harvard in 1996. In 1997 he became head of the Israeli branch of the New Israel Fund and served until 2010. In 2011 he began working as a reporter and editor at Channel 10 News.

He has written 5 books, including novels and short stories. His documentary about women of Machsom Watch won him the Shulamit Aloni Prize at the Jerusalem Film Festival in 2023.