Keren Neubach (; born March 28, 1970) is an Israeli journalist, television presenter for the Israeli (government) Channel 1, and radio presenter for Reshet Bet.

Biography

Keren Neubach was born in kibbutz

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, daughter of businessman Amnon Neubach. She grew up in

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. In her youth she dreamt of becoming a novelist. Neubach earned her BA in History at

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. When she was conscripted into the IDF, she was sent to serve as a correspondent for

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, and in 1991, was the station's

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correspondent, and also wrote for ''

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'' newspaper. When she returned to Israel in 1993, she took the post of correspondent of political parties for Channel 1, and later served as the political correspondent. In this capacity she wrote a book about the 1996 (post Rabin assassination) campaign for Prime Minister between

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and

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, ''HaMerots: Behirot 96'' (The Race: Elections 96). In 2004, the CO of Channel 1, Yosef Barel, decided to terminate her position as correspondent, and she began to present news and current events programs. Neubach speaks often about violence towards women and is a volunteer at the center for victims of sexual abuse. Her political inclination is Socialist and she is often critical of government policies, especially on socio-economical issues. In 2008, Neubach ran her new radio program, dealing with current (not directly political) issues, on

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's Reshet Bet. In 2009, she won a prize for uncovering governmental corruption, awarded by Ometz, the organization of Citizens for Correct Administration and Social and Legal Justice. That same year, her program won the Radio Awards best program for current events prize. In 2015, following the murder of a teenager during the Jerusalem Pride Parade, Neubach came out as

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in a

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References

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