Raviv Drucker is an Israeli investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker, born in Petah Tikva, Israel, where he grew up in the Ramat Verber neighborhood, attended Neve Oz elementary school, and graduated from Ben-Gurion High School in the real estate track. He played and coached basketball in Israel's minor leagues, and his older brother, Sharon Drucker, is a professional basketball coach. Drucker served in the Israel Defense Forces as an investigator in the Military Police Criminal Investigation Unit (Matzav) and briefly worked as a private investigator in the insurance sector after discharge. He earned a bachelor's degree in law from Tel Aviv University, studied political science at Bar-Ilan University, and served as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University during the 2002/2003 academic year. His career began as a general reporter at Ma'ariv newspaper, advancing to real-estate and infrastructure reporter, then chief political reporter in 1997. In 1998, he joined Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) as political and diplomatic correspondent, occasionally hosting the Ma Bo'er news program. From August 2003, he was a political commentator at Channel 10, co-presenting the Friday evening news Shishi with Ofer Shelah (2006–2009) and hosting the investigative program HaMakor from May 2009 (initially co-hosted, later solo). He co-founded the Movement for Freedom of Information in 2004 and served as chairman until December 2016. Currently at Channel 13, he is a political commentator hosting HaMakor, Azor BaChir, and the documentary series HaKabranim (from April 2018) on Israeli prime ministers; he previously hosted Azor Milchama (ended July 2024). Drucker has received awards including the 2008 OMETZ award, 2011 Sokolov Prize for Electronic Media, 2012 Transparency International Israel 'Shield of Transparency,' and 2016 Knight of Good Governance. His publications include Harakiri (2002) on Ehud Barak's government and Boomerang (2005, co-authored with Ofer Shelah) on leadership failures during the Second Intifada. Notable investigations cover exposés such as faked ballots in 2007 Labor Party primaries, 2008 irregularities in Kadima registry and Netanyahu family donor-funded trips, 2011 Bibitors affair, 2016 Yair Netanyahu gifts and David Shimron's submarine deal conflict, and 2024 probes into Miri Regev's duties and Ben-Gvir's private chats. He has co-produced documentaries including HaKabranim, The Bibi Files, and The Source. Drucker has faced criticism from Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged obsessive pursuit, brainwashing, character assassination, and left-wing bias, including a 2024 police probe request over The Bibi Files leaks. In his personal life, he has been partnered with TV director and journalist Anat Goren since 2006; they have four sons and reside in Tel Aviv-Yafo. Social media: X/Twitter @RavivDrucker, Facebook /raviv.drucker, Instagram @ravivdrucker; personal site drucker10.net; Channel 13 profile at 13news.co.il/writer/raviv-drucker.