Nitzan Horowitz
| Nitzan Horowitz | |
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| Date of birth | 24 February 1965 |
| Place of birth | Rishon LeZion, Israel |
| Knessets | 18, 19 |
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| 2009–2015 | Meretz |
Nitzan Horowitz (Hebrew: ניצן הורוביץ, born 24 February 1965) is an Israeli journalist and former politician. He is the chief U.S. correspondent and commentator for the Israeli News Company, known as Channel 2 News. Before rejoining television he served two full terms in the Knesset (2009-2015) on the Meretz list. In 2013 he ran for mayor of Tel Aviv. before being elected to the Knesset he was the Foreign Affairs commentator and head of the International desk at Hadashot 10, the news division of Channel 10.
Horowitz was born in Rishon LeZion in 1965. He graduated from Tel Aviv University Law School, and began working as a journalist. In his early career he served as a Military Affairs reporter during the latter phase of the 1982 Lebanon war, as well as the International News editor at Army Radio between 1983 and 1987. In 1987 he began working at the Hadashot newspaper as the Foreign Affairs editor. In 1989 he started his career at Haaretz, as the Foreign Affairs Editor. He served as Haaretz correspondent in Paris between 1993 and 1998, covering also the European Union, and as Haaretz correspondent in Washington, D.C., from 1998 until 2001. Back in Israel, Horowitz was the chief foreign affairs columnist for Haaretz.
When Hadashot 10 began broadcasting on January 2002, Horowitz established its international desk. His work there included creating major documentary films following the tsunami disaster in eastern Asia and the failed manhunt after Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan, and regular appearances on Hadashot 10's current affairs show, London et Kirschenbaum, for which he provided reports and analysis of global news.
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