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Oded Ben-Ami (born in 22 November 1952) is an Israeli journalist and media correspondent, as well as a former IDF spokesman.

Biography
Oded Ben-Ami was born in 1952 in Haifa to Shmuel Ben-Ami, born in Czechoslovakia, and Shulamit, born in Romania.

Career
Ben-Ami was a correspondent for military and security affairs in the Army Radio during the Yom Kippur War, submitting programs on "Voice of Israel" and Channel 1.

In 1977 he directed the eighth Eastern Singing Festival.

He was the political correspondent for "Voice of Israel" from 1985 to 1989, and the Washington Broadcasting Authority's envoy from 1989 to 1992. He served as media consultant to Prime Minister and Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin from 1992 to 1995 and in 1996 was appointed IDF Spokesman.

After retiring in January 2001, he joined Channel 2's news company, initially serving as a newscaster, and from January 2005, he has been a regular moderator of the "Six People" current affairs program. Beginning in July 2006, he started counting the days for the capture of Eldad Regev, Ehud Goldwasser and Gilad Shalit at the end of his program. Among his most prominent interviews are with Karnit Goldwasser, Ehud Goldwasser's wife, two weeks after the return of his body from Lebanon and the interview with Yuval Arad, daughter of missing navigator Ron Arad, on the case of captive soldier Gilad Shalit.

Personal Life
Ben-Ami is married to the sculptor Orna Ben-Ami and the father of 3 children, including journalist and writer Yuval Ben-Ami and actress Tamar Livni. His older brother is Haim Ben-Ami, who served in an advanced position in the Ministry of Defense. Ben-Ami lives in Ganei Tikva.