Amir Rapaport (; born 11 March 1970) is an Israeli analyst, journalist, entrepreneur, and cyber expert.

Personal life

Amir Rappaport was born in Beersheba, Israel and holds a B.A. in

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

from

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) (, ''Universitat Ben-Guriyon baNegev'') is a public university, public research university in Beersheba, Israel. Named after Israeli List of national founders, national founder David Ben-Gurion, the unive ...

. He is married and has two children.

Journalism career

From 1987 to 1989, Rapaport was a partner and first editor of the agriculture magazine ''Mashov Khakla'ut''. From 1991 to 1996, Rapaport wrote for ''

Yediot Aharonoth (, ; lit. "Latest News") is an Israeli daily mass market newspaper published in Tel Aviv. Founded in 1939, is Israel's largest paid newspaper by sales and circulation and has been described as "undoubtedly the country's number-one paper."

''. He covered the arrival of

Yasser Arafat Yasser Arafat (4 or 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), also popularly known by his Kunya (Arabic), kunya Abu Ammar, was a Palestinian political leader. He was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004, Presid ...

to Gaza. In 1994 he published the book ''Mystery'' about the murder of Hanit Kicos. In 1996 Rapaport became the military correspondent of ''Yedioth Ahronoth.'' In 2002 he moved to

Ma'ariv ''Maariv'' or ''Maʿariv'' (, ), also known as ''Arvit'', or ''Arbit'' (, ), is a Jewish prayer service held in the evening or at night. It consists primarily of the evening '' Shema'' and ''Amidah''. The service will often begin with two ...

as a military analyst, remaining until November 2008. Rapaport covered the withdrawal of

Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the State of Israel. It consists of three service branches: the Israeli Ground Forces, the Israeli Air Force, and ...

from

security belt The Security Belt Forces (Arabic: قوات الحزام الأمني) is a paramilitary force based in Southern Yemen that forms the elite military wing of the Southern Transitional Council. The force operates in the governorates of Aden, Lahij a ...

in south Lebanon, the

Second Intifada The Second Intifada (; ), also known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada, was a major uprising by Palestinians against Israel and its Israeli-occupied territories, occupation from 2000. Starting as a civilian uprising in Jerusalem and October 2000 prot ...

, disengagement from Gaza, and the

Second Lebanon War The 2006 Lebanon War was a 34-day armed conflict in Lebanon, fought between Hezbollah and Israel. The war started on 12 July 2006, and continued until a United Nations-brokered ceasefire went into effect in the morning on 14 August 2006, thoug ...

. He is the author of ''Fire on Our Forces''. In 2006 Rapaport published the findings of a multi-year investigation, along with

criminologist Criminology (from Latin , 'accusation', and Ancient Greek , ''-logia'', from λόγος ''logos'', 'word, reason') is the interdisciplinary study of crime and deviant behaviour. Criminology is a multidisciplinary field in both the behaviou ...

Dr. Ariel Livne. They claimed that the Bedouin Suleiman Alabid, convicted of murdering Hanit Kicos, was innocent. Following the investigation a committee headed by former

Supreme Court In most legal jurisdictions, a supreme court, also known as a court of last resort, apex court, high (or final) court of appeal, and court of final appeal, is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts. Broadly speaking, the decisions of ...

judge Miriam Ben Porat shortened Alabid's sentence. In 2009 Rapaport joined the Security Zone radio program. In 2010 he published a study, ''The IDF and the Lessons of the Second Lebanon War'' at the Begin-Sadat Center and founded the media group Arrowmedia Israel, Ltd. In 2021 Rapaport’s fourth book, ''Cybermania'' was published (co-written with Prof. Eviatar Matania). ''Cybermania'' describes the story of the global cyber revolution and the leading role Israel has in shaping the cyber eco system.

Cybertech Global Events

Rapaport is the founder of Cybertech Global Events, an international business platform for cyber, tech, and innovation.

References

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