Tzvika Brot

Tzvika Brot was born in 1980 in Bat Yam

Tzvika Brot was born on May 5, 1980, in Bat Yam, the youngest of five children of Tova and David Brot. His father headed the city's education department, and his mother taught special education. He attended Aderet high school and was a Bnei Akiva youth counselor.

After high school he studied at the Har Etzion hesder yeshiva under Rabbis Yehuda Amital and Aharon Lichtenstein. He served in the army at Army Radio as a reporter and news presenter. He later earned a law degree from Ono Academic College.

In 2003 he joined Yedioth Ahronoth as a legal affairs reporter, and from 2005 he covered the Knesset. His reports included a 2007 exposure of false degree claims by Knesset member Esterina Tartman. He later founded a strategy firm and in 2016 ran the Republican campaign in Israel for Donald Trump.

In 2018 he ran for mayor of Bat Yam for Likud and defeated incumbent Yossi Bachar in a second round with 63%. He won again in 2024 with 69% of the vote. He was also chosen to manage the Likud campaign for the 26th Knesset elections.