Haim Yavin (Hebrew: חיים יבין, born Heinz Kluger on 10 September 1932 in Nowa Wies), was one of Israel's leading television anchors. Born in Upper Silesia, Poland, he later immigrated to Israel.
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Biography
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 was known in Israel as "Mr. Television" and dubbed "Israel's Walter Cronkite" by the American press. He was often perceived as the "voice" of Israel. One of his famous sentences was "ladies and gentlemen - revolution" (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 documentary series The Land of the Settlers, aired on Israel's Channel 2 in May 2005. The program concluded that Israeli settlements were endangering Israel, and Israel should withdraw from the West Bank and Gaza Strip, with Yavin stating that "Since 1967, we have been brutal conquerors, occupiers, suppressing another people." Israeli settlers were outraged by this partisan approach by a leading newscaster.[1][2][3] At the time, Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan had not yet been implemented, and the series was viewed as propaganda in support of it. Many of the settlers, among them chairman of the Yesha Council, called on Channel One to fire Yavin. Instead, the Israel Broadcasting Authority signed him on for another year.
In August 2007, Yavin announced his retirement, and he read the news for the last time on 5 February 2008.[4]
Awards
In 1997, Yavin was awarded the Israel Prize, for communications. [5]
References
- ^ 'I stole the show' – Ha'aretz
- ^ Israel's Mr TV blasts occupation – BBC
- ^ Top Israeli news anchor attacks occupation – The Guardian
- ^ 'Haim Yavin, 'Mr Television', ending 50-year media career in August' - Ha'aretz
- ^ "Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1997 (in Hebrew)". http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/TashnagTashsab/TASNAG_TASNAT_Rikuz.htm?DictionaryKey=Tashnaz.
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