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Ben Caspit is a columnist for Al-Monitor's Israel Pulse. He is also a senior columnist and political analyst for the Israeli newspapers Maariv and Walla!, and presents daily morning and evening programs on radio station 103fm as well as the "Meet the Press" TV show on Channel 12. He formerly presented political TV shows on Israel's Channel 1, Channel 2 and Channel 10 and served as Maariv’s correspondent in New York. Caspit is the author of several best-sellers, including revealing biographies of former Prime Minister Ehud Barak ("Stealth Bomber: Ehud Barak") and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ("The Netanyahu Years"). On Twitter: @BenCaspit