Yaron London

Yaron London (; born 24 August 1940) is an Israeli media personality, journalist, actor and songwriter.

Biography Yaron London was born in Tel Aviv. His father was an actor, Bezalel London. London's surname does not indicate British roots, but rather originate from the fact that registration officials mistakenly changed the original surname "Ledman" to "London".

London studied at Herzliya Hebrew High School and the agricultural boarding school HaKfar HaYarok. In 1961, after serving in the IDF, he moved to Jerusalem to study graphics at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design.

He lives in Afeka, Tel Aviv. He was married to Nira, with whom he has three children. In 2005, Nira suffered a stroke.

In 1969 he was sent by the Israel Broadcasting Authority to Paris as its correspondent in Western Europe. In the early 1970s he returned to Israel and joined Channel One as a talk show host, and later became head of the drama department. He also directed several documentaries. His other activities included illustrating a poetry book in 1962, and writing several popular tunes, including one for HaGashash HaHiver. His songs were recently published in a compilation album. In 1979 he appeared in the film Schlager starring Hagashash HaHiver members and in 1983 he starred in Yitzhak Yeshurun's A Married Couple, as well as several children tapes.

In 2019, London said in a TV interview: “The Arabs are savages. They hate not only Jews. Above all, they’re murdering one another. Right, left, forward, to the east, to the west, Arabs are slaughtering Arabs.” He later apologised, but also said to Gideon Levy on a different TV show, that “the Palestinians are no different. It's the culture.” In 2023, during the Gaza war, London stated in an interview that "Gaza must be flattened, even at the cost of harming innocents."

Awards and recognition In December 2007 he was awarded the Sokolow Prize for lifetime achievement.

In December 2010, London was awarded the Eliav-Sartawi Award for Middle Eastern Journalism.