Orit Galili-Zucker: key obituary facts
Is Orit Galili-Zucker dead? Yes. Orit Galili-Zucker died on August 23, 2026, at age 70.
Cause of death: Orit Galili-Zucker's cause of death was reported as cancer.
What was Orit Galili-Zucker known for?
She was an Israeli journalist and political consultant.
More about Orit Galili-Zucker
Born: 29 March 1956.
Gender: female.
Occupation: journalist.
Nationality: Israel.
Education: Bar-Ilan University.
Employer: Bar-Ilan University.
Orit Galili-Zucker, an Israeli journalist and political consultant, died on August 23, 2026, at age 70.
She headed the political communications team for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and also served as a political consultant to Ehud Barak. Born in Jerusalem, she earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and sociology from Tel Aviv University and later received a doctorate from Bar-Ilan University, where her dissertation examined political leadership in the Western and Israeli arenas.
Galili-Zucker began her career as a parliamentary assistant to Ora Namir and as a lecture coordinator for the Histadrut’s executive committee before joining the Schocken Group in the early 1980s. She went on to work at Ha’ir and then Haaretz, where she remained as a writer and senior editor until 1999.