Emmanuel Rosen

Emmanuel Rosen was born in 1960 in Holon

Emmanuel Rosen was born on 6 August 1960 in Holon and grew up there. His father was the quiz expert Shmuel Rosen. As a youth he wrote for the magazine Maariv LeNoar, and he graduated from Eilon High School in Holon.

He served in the IDF as a reporter for the army paper Bamahane. After his service he became a news page editor at Maariv, and in 1987 he became its military commentator.

In 1993 he joined Channel 2 news as a diplomatic reporter and commentator. In 2002 he joined the team that founded Channel 10 and hosted the program Ze HaZman. He returned to Channel 2 in 2006, hosted current affairs shows, and won the Prat Prize for radio and television in 2004.

In 2012 he was fired from Channel 2 after an inquiry found he had behaved improperly toward a female employee, and he returned to Channel 10. In 2013 police opened a criminal investigation after sexual harassment claims, which he denied. In March 2014 prosecutors closed the case for lack of evidence.

In 2016 he made a documentary about Lilach Shem Tov. He returned to journalism in 2022 with a podcast, published his first book on the Nahum Manbar affair in 2025, and became spokesman for Bitan Publishers that year.