10 Facts About Daniel Pe'er

Daniel Pe'er studied at Balfour school and the Ironi Aleph High School in Tel Aviv.

Daniel Pe'er served in the Israel Defense Forces as a psychotechnical interviewer.

Daniel Pe'er majored in Hebrew literature and English linguistics at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and received a teaching certificate in English, where he continued his graduate studies at the Institute of Communication.

Daniel Pe'er began his career at the age of 12, on a program for youth, "Everything in Everything," as part of the Tel Aviv Children's Ulpan of Kol Yisrael.

In 1962, immediately after his discharge from the IDF, Daniel Pe'er was accepted as a news anchor and served as a news anchor and presented many programs, including "Diary of the Week" and "Radio Ten", which won him the IBA Prize.

Daniel Pe'er began his career on television in 1970 as a presenter on the program "Headline and Margins".

In 1979, Daniel Pe'er hosted the twenty fourth Eurovision Song Contest held in Jerusalem alongside Yardena Arazi.

Daniel Pe'er continued to be associated with Eurovision, hosting Kdam Eurovision, which he hosted from 1981 until 1983 and again in 1986, he gave the Israeli results out in 1992 and 1995 and provided the Israeli radio commentary on several occasions between 1981 and 2003.

One of his sons, Yaron Daniel Pe'er, is a presenter for the Israeli Shopping Channel.

Daniel Pe'er died on 28 September 2017 after a stroke at Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek Medical Center.