Haim Yavin

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Haim Yavin
Oberschlesien, Germany (now Bytom, Upper Silesia, Poland)
NationalityIsraeli
CitizenshipIsraeli
OccupationNews presenter
Awards1997 Israel Prize

Haim Yavin (

news presenters
, associated with the job for so many decades that he was known as "Mr. Television."

Biography

Heinz Kluger (later Haim Yavin) was born in

Oberschlesien, Germany (now Bytom, Upper Silesia, Poland). His family immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1933. After his marriage to Yosefa, the couple lived in Jerusalem's Talbiya neighborhood. They currently live in Tel Aviv.[1] His son is author Jonathan Yavin
.

A poster showing Haim Yavin at work is displayed at the entrance to IBA's Channel 1 news studio

Media career

Between 1968 and 2008, Yavin was the anchor of

Mabat (lit. "Outlook"), the primetime news roundup on Israel's state television station, Channel 1, which he helped found. He is known in Israel as "Mr. Television" and dubbed "Israel's Walter Cronkite" by the American press. He is often perceived as the "voice" of Israel. One of his famous sentences is "Ladies and gentlemen – a turnaround!" (Hebrew: "גבירותי ורבותי – מהפך!") after Menachem Begin's Likud won the 1977 election. He also served as chief editor
of Mabat.

Yavin sparked political controversy with his five-part

disengagement plan had not yet been implemented, and the series was viewed as propaganda in support of it. The chairman of the Yesha Council called on Channel One to fire Yavin.[2] Instead, the Israel Broadcasting Authority signed him on for another year.[2]

In August 2007, Yavin announced his retirement. He read the news for the last time on February 5, 2008.[5]

Awards

In 1997, Yavin was awarded the Israel Prize, for communications.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Rosenberg, Oz (11 October 2011). "The Ups and Downs of an Increasingly ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem". Haaretz.
  2. ^
    Ha'aretz
    .
  3. ^ "Israel's Mr TV blasts occupation". 1 June 2005 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  4. ^ Top Israeli news anchor attacks occupation – The Guardian
  5. ^ 'Haim Yavin, 'Mr Television', ending 50-year media career in August' – Ha'aretz
  6. ^ "Israel Prize Official Site – Recipients in 1997 (in Hebrew)".

External links

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