Ben Caspit

Ben Caspit (Hebrew: בן כספית) (born October 18, 1960) is an Israeli journalist.

He serves as a political commentator and a senior reporter for the newspaper "Maariv HaShavua" and Al-Monitor.

In 1985 he joined the "Maariv" newspaper, by the recommendation of his high school friend, Emmanuel Rosen.

In November 2012, as part of the process of purchasing Maariv by Israeli businessman Shlomo Ben Zvi, he was fired from the newspaper, along with other employees.

"[5][6] In January 2020, it was published in the "Globes" newspaper that over the years Caspit had passed on information to the police in various legal cases related to Netanyahu, including a recording of Judge Hila Gerstel talking to him about the appointment of Avichai Mandelblit to the position of Attorney General.