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Sharon Gal

Sharon Gal is an Israeli radio and television journalist who served briefly as a Knesset member for Yisrael Beiteinu in 2015.

born 1974Hosting Economic Night on Channel 10Yisrael Beiteinu Knesset member in 2015Current affairs radio and TV programs

Born: 13 August 1974, Tirat Carmel
Occupation: journalist, politician
Party: Israel Our Home

Sharon Gal was born in 1974 in Tirat Carmel

Sharon Gal was born on 13 August 1974 in Tirat Carmel, under the name Sharon Elgawi. His parents are Jocelyn and Amos.

He served in the IDF, first in the Golani Brigade and later at Army Radio. He then worked for Radio Haifa, Radio Kol Hayam Haadom and as northern correspondent for Haaretz.

At Channel 10 he worked as Haifa correspondent and police reporter, and from 2009 to 2013 he hosted the economics show Economic Night. He later hosted programs on Radio Tel Aviv, Channel 20, Radio South and Radio Galey Israel.

In 2015 he was elected to the Knesset fifth on the Yisrael Beiteinu list. He left in September 2015 to focus on journalism and was replaced by Oded Forer.

He later hosted shows on Channel 13 and Now 14, and in January 2025 moved to i24NEWS. Some of his broadcasts drew criticism for breaching journalistic ethics.