Suleiman Maswadeh

Suleiman Maswadeh was born in 1995 in Jerusalem

Suleiman Maswadeh was born on July 13, 1995, and grew up in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City. His father is a truck driver and his mother is a homemaker. He is the eldest brother of 6 sisters and attended Al-Iman High School.

He first studied accounting at Birzeit University, then left to study in Israel. After an intensive Hebrew program, he earned a scholarship to Hadassah Academic College in Jerusalem, where he studied politics and communication.

As a student he began working at the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, first in Arabic and then on the Hebrew news. In 2019 he became an Arab affairs reporter at Kan 11 and later its Jerusalem correspondent. From 2021 he also co-hosted a weekly political program.

In 2023 he became a political correspondent and moved to Tel Aviv. In December 2024 he began co-hosting the investigative program Zman Emet. In May 2026 he left Kan and joined Channel 13 News as its US correspondent.

He became an Israeli citizen in February 2024 after years of applying. In October 2026 it was reported that he had received benefits from Jay Footlik, a lobbyist working for Qatar.