Ayala Hasson-Nesher

Who is Ayala Hasson-Nesher?

Ayala Hasson-Nesher is an Israeli television personality and journalist, and one of the major political commentators of Israeli public channel 1.

Hasson started her journalist career as a Criminal law correspondent, and thereafter was appointed a political reporter on Israeli public channel 1. Today she serves as the main correspondent for political affairs on that channel, as the presenter of the weekend primetime "Yoman" news and current affair magazine program, as well as the radio broadcaster of the veteran radio political talk show "Hakol Diburim" of IBA's radio Kol Yisrael.

Hasson became known for numerous influential known stories she reported. Among others, 1997 "Bar-On-Hebron", which shook the political system in current Israeli Prime Minister first term, in which she reported that the nominee to the AG, Roni Bar-On, allegedly was part of a political deal with Shas party to later dismiss the Shas influential political point man, Aryeh Deri from charges against him, when AG Bar-On would be appointed. In addition, in 2004, she reported then Knesset Member Yosef Paritzky's tapes recording him, allegedly, in an attempt to make a case against then KM Avraham Poraz, both from Shinui party;