Amit (Yitzhak) Segal (Born April 10, 1982) is an Israeli journalist, radio and television personality. Serves as the Political commentator of Hevrat HaHadashot (N12 News company) and a political columnist in the "Yediot Aharonot" newspaper. He is regarded as one of the most influential journalists in Israel. Nowadays he acts as the presenter of the Israeli "Meet the press" along Ben Caspit. Biography Segal was born in Haifa and raised in the illegal Israeli settlement Ofra. He is the son of Hagai Segal, an Israeli convicted terrorist and journalist. Segal is a graduate of the Faculty of Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and holds a master's degree from University College London (UCL) in public policy. He is a doctoral student in political science at the Hebrew University. Career Segal began his journalistic career at the age of 17 as an education reporter at the "Kol Ha'ir" local newspaper. In 2000, he was accepted into the Israeli Defense Forces Army Radio. At the beginning of his career at the Army Radio, he served as a media reporter and later as a reporter in the Knesset. In 2006, he moved to the corresponding position at Hevrat HaHadashot in Channel 2 , and presented the program "Couple or Individual" on the Knesset Channel, initially together with Nadav Perry and later together with Barak Ravid and other presenters, until 2016. In the years 2009–2010 he served as the foreign correspondent of Hevrat HaHadashot in London, after which he returned to the position of Knesset correspondent. In May 2013 he was appointed the political commentator of the Hevrat HaHadashot instead of Rina Mazliah. Between the years 2011–2018, Segal wrote a weekly column on politics in the "Makor Rishon" newspaper. As of 2018, he is a columnist in "Mosef Shabbat" of "Yediot Ahronoth". In the years 2015–2019 he presented the program "Dekelsgal" together with the journalist Yaron Dekel. The program was originally broadcast on the Army Radio, and starting in February 2019 on "Kan Reshet B''. In December, with the outbreak of the 2018–2022 Israeli political crisis, Segal withdrew from the program. From November 16, 2017 Segal serves as a substitute presenter in the program "Shesh im" (Six O'clock with). Previously, he hosted, also as a substitute presenter, the programs "First Edition" and "Good Night Israel". Segal is extremely active on social media, especially Twitter. In 2020, he revealed that he blocked about 4,200