Israeli public broadcasting icon, journalist Prof. Gideon Kutz dies at age 78

Jerusalem Post/Israel NewsKutz served for four decades as Voice of Israel's correspondent in Paris and was one of the most recognizable voices of Israeli public broadcasting in the French and European arena.Follow us on GoogleIsraeli radio journalist Gideon Kutz. October 11, 2019.(photo credit: MOSHE SHAI/FLASH90)SEPTEMBER 20, 2026 17:00Journalist Prof. Gideon Kutz, 78, died in Paris on Sunday.Kutz served for four decades as Voice of Israel's correspondent in Paris and was one of the most recognizable voices of Israeli public broadcasting in the French and European arena.In recent years, Kutz also wrote for Maariv, having published reports and commentary from France and Europe.Beginning in 1986, he broadcast on Voice of Israel, and later served as Channel 1's correspondent in Europe.Following the establishment of the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN), he continued in his role as a correspondent and commentator on European affairs.Gideon Kutz in Lviv, Ukraine (credit: COURTESY VIA MAARIV)During his long career, Kutz covered some of the major events that shaped Europe and the world, including the fall of the Berlin Wall and the revolutions in Eastern Europe, the wars in Yugoslavia and Chechnya, the Middle East peace process, the Arab Spring, terrorist attacks in Europe, the crisis in Ukraine, and the nuclear talks with Iran.Kutz researched history of Hebrew, Jewish journalism in EuropeAlongside his journalistic work, Kutz was a researcher and historian specializing in the history of the Hebrew and Jewish press in Europe.He was a full professor of communications and culture at the University of Paris 8, and edited the journal Kesher, which researches the history of the Jewish and Hebrew press and media.Kutz served five years as president of the Foreign Press Association in France and later as its honorary president.He is survived by his wife, journalist and photographer Yaffa Eiron-Kutz, and his two children.KAN News, in an article regarding Kutz’s death, remembered him as “the ultimate envoy for public broadcasting in Europe.”"We mourn the death of Gideon Kutz, who for four decades was a symbol of Kol Yisrael and the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation's foreign broadcasts in Europe. Kutz, with his abilities, qualities, and rich experience, was the ultimate envoy for public broadcasting in Europe - curious, knowledgeable, thorough, and adventurous,” KAN stated.“He covered every major theater of war in Europe and around the world, did not hesitate to go into the field and bring stories from Arab countries and Iran, and left behind a long list of journalistic achievements that became part of the journalistic history of public broadcasting in Israel."Follow us on Google