Ravid was born in the Israeli city of
Kfar Saba. At age 18 he was drafted into the
Israeli army, serving in the
signals intelligence division of
Unit 8200. He earned a
Bachelor of Arts in Middle Eastern history from
Tel Aviv University. In 2007 he started working as a political pundit for the Israeli newspaper
Haaretz. In 2017 he started working for
Channel 13 News. He was dismissed in 2020, and went on to work for Axios until 2023. In November 2023, he began at CNN as a political and foreign policy on-air analyst. He has also been writing for
Walla News in Israel since 2020. at an
Axios event in New York in 2025 In April 2024, Ravid won the
White House Press Correspondents' Award, which he personally received from President
Joe Biden. In November 2024, Ravid spoke at an event at the Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life entitled "What does the Trump Presidency mean for the Israel-Hamas war and the Middle East?" During the event, pro-Palestinians protested by marching to the Kraft Center from the International Affairs Building. Ravid was accused of being a "henchman of genocide" by
Columbia University Apartheid Divest. Ravid joined host
Mark Dubowitz on his podcast "The Iran Breakdown" for a bonus episode entitled “Iran Nuclear Talks – Deal or No Deal?”. In 2025, he began working as a reporter and commentator for the Israeli Television News Company
News 12 in Washington and left Walla News. ==Publications==