Tal Politis

Tal Politis was born in 1976 in Neve Dekalim

Tal Politis was born on November 22, 1976, and grew up in Neve Dekalim in Gush Katif. His father, Colonel Shlomo Politis, was the Legal Advisor for the Judea and Samaria Area. In 1994 he won the International Bible Contest for Jewish Youth, a contest in which his father had placed sixth in 1969.

He studied at the Or Etzion Military Boarding School for Command and at the Otzem pre-military academy in Gush Katif. He later earned a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's degree in social sciences at the University of Haifa.

He joined the IDF in March 1995 and volunteered for Shayetet 13, where he became a team commander after an infantry officers' course. He commanded the missile ship INS Kidon and was deputy commander of the Golani Reconnaissance Battalion during the Second Lebanon War. He rose through Shayetet 13, commanded Brigade 55, and led Shayetet 13 from 2017 to 2019.

After heading the Planning Department in the Planning Directorate, he became a brigadier general in 2021 and commander of the Haifa Base. He led the navy's Sea Division during the Swords of Iron War and then headed the navy's Staff Division until April 2026. In June 2026 he was named IDF attaché in the United States, with promotion to Aluf.

He is married, has four children, and lives in Nehusha. He runs as an amateur and has taken part in marathons.