Veteran international correspondent Gideon Kutz dies at 78

Veteran journalist Gideon Kutz, a correspondent for Kol Yisrael and Channel 1 in Paris for four decades, has passed away at the age of 78. Kutz covered major events in Europe and around the world, was a communications researcher and professor at the University of Paris 8.

Veteran journalist Gideon Kutz, the international affairs correspondent for the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, has passed away in Paris at the age of 78. Kutz served for four decades as Kol Yisrael's correspondent in Paris and was one of the most recognizable voices of public broadcasting from the French and European arena. He was born in 1948 in Łódź, Poland, and immigrated to Israel with his family in 1957. From 1986, he broadcast on Kol Yisrael, and later served as Channel 1's correspondent in Europe. With the establishment of the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, he continued in his role as correspondent and commentator on European affairs. Throughout his long career, Kutz covered several 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. Alongside his journalistic work, Kutz was a researcher and historian of the history of Hebrew and Jewish journalism in Europe. He was a full professor of communications and culture at the University of Paris 8, and edited the journal "Kesher" for the study of the history of Jewish and Israeli journalism and media. Kutz served for five years as president of the Foreign Press Association in France and was its honorary president. He is survived by his wife, journalist and photographer Yaffa Iron-Kutz, a son, and a daughter.