230px, Kalman Liebskind Kalman Liebskind (; born on 1970) is an Israeli

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Early life

Liebskind was born in

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and studied at the Yeshivat Or Etzion. He was drafted into the Intelligence Corps of the

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and upon discharge, worked as a

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Media career

In 1997, he was one of the founding journalists at

Makor Rishon ''Makor Rishon'' ( lit. "Firsthand Source") is a semi-major Israeli newspaper associated with Religious Zionism and the educated liberal-conservative right-wing. History ''Makor Rishon'' was founded as a weekly magazine in July 1997 in order ...

and worked as an

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. In 2000, he began working at

Maariv ''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 ...

. In recent years, Liebskind has published a weekly column in Maariv's "Mosafshabat" which deals with weekly political and current affairs. Between 2011 and 2016, Liebskind co-hosted the main morning news and current affairs radio show with

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on Galey Yisrael. In October 2016, Liebskind moved to co-host the main morning news and current affairs radio show with Assaf Lieberman on Kan Bet of the

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Taagid network. In 2019, he also began to co-host an afternoon current affairs TV show with Erel Segal on

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. In June 2020, the ''Kalman & Segel'' show was abruptly cancelled. Liebskind is now host of the program Etsem Ha'Inyan (עצם העניין) on Kan 11. Liebskind has published several high-profile exposés: * In 1999, he exposed

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's non-profit organizations that funded Barak's elections' campaign, in violation of Israel's political parties funding law. * In 2008, he exposed that

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has taken over public lands in

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Amikam Amikam () is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Zikhron Ya'akov, it falls under the jurisdiction of Alona Regional Council, whose headquarters are located in the moshav. In , it had a population of . West of the moshav is the Alona Park with ...

. This exposure led eventually to the cancellation of Gallant's appointment as Chief of General Staff of the IDF.

Awards and honors

* Media Criticism Award (2002) - פרס ביקורת התקשורת * Ometz Award (2007) - אות אומ"ץ * Knight of Quality Government Award (2009) - אות אביר איכות השלטון

Personal life

Liebskind is married with five children.

References

External links

Personal page at Maariv

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