| Danny Kushmaro | |
| Birth Place: | Be'er Sheva, Israel |
| Alma Mater: | Ben Gurion University of the Negev |
| Occupation: | Journalist, news anchor, television host |
| Alias: | Dany Cushmaro |
| Television: | Hadashot 12 (N12/Keshet 12/mako) |
| Years Active: | 1996–present |
Danny Kushmaro (he|דני קושמרו; born May 1968) is an Israeli journalist, news anchor, and television host.[1]
Kushmaro was born in the city of Be'er Sheva, Israel and studied engineering and business administration at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.[2]
Kushmaro has a wife,[3] and two sons.[4]
He is an avid motorcyclist as well as other extreme sports practitioner. Although, in June 2018, he suffered from a severe physical trauma after a motorbike accident at Modena, Italy.[5] [6]
Kushmaro started his career presenting at a local radio station in 1996. In 2001, he moved to the Israeli News Company. From 2003 to 2013, he presented Channel 2's Saturday news magazine. In 2008, he became the evening anchorman after Gadi Sukenik left. He and Yonit Levi alternately host the main news broadcast on weekdays.[7]
On 1 February 2003, he covered the landing of Space Shuttle Columbia, expected to bring Israel's first astronaut, Ilan Ramon, back to Earth after a lengthy mission. Ramon's father, Eliezer Wolferman, was present in the studio. During the initially festive broadcast, NASA lost contact with the shuttle's crew. After this was clear, Wolferman was sent out of the studio away from camera.[8]
In 2017, he interviewed white supremacist Richard Spencer. Afterwards, one viewer published the phone number of the Israeli News Company, so others could criticise the channel for interviewing a neo-Nazi.[9]
In 2018, he covered the torch lighting ceremony on Mount Herzl, the Great March of Return and the inauguration of the US Embassy in Jerusalem.
On 26 October 2024, during a late period of the 2023 Israel-Gaza war a video was released of Kushmaro directly participating in, and pushing the button, to demolish a trapped building in Lebanon, even though Kushmaro was not officially called-up again by the IDF to serve as a reserve Major-ranked officer, at the time.[10] [11]