Yinon Magal

Yinon Magal was born in 1969 in Bat Yam

Magal was born on 27 April 1969 in Bat Yam and grew up in Jerusalem. His mother Edna was a medical secretary and his father Yohanan was an officer with the rank of colonel. He attended the Hebrew University Secondary School.

He served in the Paratroopers and later in Sayeret Matkal. He also earned a bachelor's degree at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Islam, Middle Eastern studies and Jewish thought.

After the army he worked at Kol Yisrael, then Army Radio and Channel 10, where he covered military affairs. In 2006 he received a media criticism prize. From 2008 he presented the Mabat evening news, and in 2013 he became editor in chief of the Walla website.

In 2015 he was elected to the Knesset for the Jewish Home. In November 2015 he resigned after sexual harassment allegations, and in 2016 the case against him was closed.

He later returned to the media. Since 2019 he has presented The Patriots on Channel 20, now Now 14, and he co-hosts a daily show with Ben Caspit on 103fm. Some of his public statements have drawn criticism.