Ehud Yaari

Ehud Ya'ari (born 1 March 1945) (Hebrew: אֵהוּד יָעָרִי‎‎) is an Israeli journalist, author, television personality and political commentator.

Ehud Ya'ari was born in 1945 during the Mandate era. He holds a BA in Middle Eastern Studies from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and an MA in Middle Eastern Studies from Tel Aviv University.

In 1968, he was an assistant to Shlomo Gazit, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories. From 1969 to 1975, he was the Arab affairs correspondent for the newspaper Davar and Israel Army Radio. From 1975 to 2000, he was a commentator on Middle Eastern affairs on Channel 1. In 1987, he became a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and in 1990, he became a columnist for The Jerusalem Post. He became a commentator on Arab affairs on Channel 2 (Israel)|Channel 2]] in 2000. In 2008, he joined the Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies of the Shalem Center.

Yaari has reported from Egypt and Lebanon, and in 1997, reported from Washington. He interviewed many Arab statesmen and leaders, and also conducted an interview with US President Bill Clinton.

He was married to Hava Ya'ari, and they had two sons, Tzahi and Yehuda. In 1985 Hava and friend Aviva Granot embezzled funds from an American tourist and Holocaust survivor and later murdered her by striking her over the head with a rolling pin and running her over with a car. Divorced by Ehud after being convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in a sensational trial, her sentence was later reduced and she was released from prison in 2000.

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