Danny Kushmaro ( he, דני קושמרו; born 10 May 1968) is an Israeli journalist,

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and television presenter.

Biography

Danny Kushmaro was born in Beer Sheva and grew up in the southern region of Israel. His parents

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to Israel from

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in the 1960s. He served in the

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and was a major in the reserves. Afterwards, he studied engineering and business administration at the

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) ( he, אוניברסיטת בן-גוריון בנגב, ''Universitat Ben-Guriyon baNegev'') is a public research university in Beersheba, Israel. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has five campuses: the ...

. During this period, he wrote for the newspaper

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. Kushmaro has a spouse and two sons. He is a passionate

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. In June 2018, he was in a serious motorcycle accident in

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, Italy.

Media and journalism career

He started his career presenting at a local radio station in 1996. In 2001, he moved to the

Israeli News Company Hevrat HaHadashot ( he, חברת החדשות, lit=The News Company) is one of the three major brands of Israeli television news programmes. Produced for Keshet 12 by Keshet Media Group subsidiary Israel Television News Company ( he, חברת ...

. From 2003 to 2013, he presented Channel 2's Saturday news magazine. In 2008, he became the evening anchorman after Gadi Sukenik left. He and

Yonit Levi Yonit Levi ( he, יונית לוי; born 12 July 1977) is an Israeli news anchor, television presenter and journalist. Biography Yonit Levi was born in the French Hill neighborhood of Jerusalem to an Ashkenazi Jewish family. Her father, Yoram, was ...

alternately host the main news broadcast on weekdays. In 2012, he replaced

Yair Lapid Yair Lapid ( he, יָאִיר לַפִּיד, transliterated: , ; born 5 November 1963) is an Israeli politician and former journalist who has been serving as the 14th prime minister of Israel since 1 July 2022. He previously served as the alt ...

as permanent presenter of Studio Friday (Hebrew: אולפן שישי – ''ulpan shishi'') after Lapid entered politics. He has also hosted morning television programs and produced several documentaries. On 1 February 2003, he covered the landing of

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, expected to bring Israel's first astronaut,

Ilan Ramon Ilan Ramon ( he, אילן רמון; , born Ilan Wolfferman ; June 20, 1954 – February 1, 2003) was an Israeli fighter pilot and later the first Israeli astronaut. Ramon was a Space Shuttle payload specialist of STS-107, the fatal mission of ...

, back to Earth after a lengthy mission. Ramon's father, Eliezer Wolferman, was present in the studio. During the initially festive broadcast, NASA lost contact with the shuttle's crew. After this was clear, Wolferman was sent out of the studio away from camera. Kushmaro announced that the shuttle had disintegrated over Texas, leaving Ramon and his six colleagues dead. He made a

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in the American movie

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, together with his colleague, reporter Nir Dvori. In 2017, he interviewed white supremacist Richard Spencer. Afterwards, one viewer published the phone number of the Israeli News Company, so others could criticise the channel for interviewing a

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. In 2018, he covered the torch lighting ceremony on Mount Herzl, the Great March of Return and the inauguration of the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kushmaro, Danny 1968 births Living people Israeli television presenters Ben-Gurion University of the Negev alumni Mass media people from Beersheba Israeli journalists Israeli people of Romanian-Jewish descent Writers from Beersheba