Raphael Poch

Raphael Poch is the International Media Spokesperson for United Hatzalah, Israel's national volunteer EMS organization. He is also a Canadian-Israeli playwright, producer, director, actor and journalist. He also runs the First City Improv Troupe.

An illustration of an Israeli voting at the ballot box.

Vote your conscience: Five reasons why Israelis should forget the electoral threshold - opinion

With five weeks left before we go to the ballot box on October 27, I want to make the opposite case: vote for the party you actually believe in, and let the electoral threshold take care of itself.

OCTOBER 2, 2026

Terrorists use social media to slander; let’s not do the same - opinion

The method represents something far more dangerous than a single smear campaign. It’s a weaponized assault on truth itself.

JANUARY 18, 2026

Palestinians walk near the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, in September 2024.

To ascend or not? Rabbi and tour guide share contrasting views on the Temple Mount - interview

Rabbi Rabinowitz and Zheina Fleischer sat down with The Jerusalem Report to answer some questions about the tensions surrounding Judaism’s holiest site.

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Raphael Poch

Vote your conscience: Five reasons why Israelis should forget the electoral threshold - opinion

Terrorists use social media to slander; let’s not do the same - opinion

To ascend or not? Rabbi and tour guide share contrasting views on the Temple Mount - interview

Emergency campaign: protect United Hatzalah first responders in the south

That Time An EMT Innovated a New "Medicart" to Help Female EMTs Avoid Back Injuries

A Speedy Volunteer Assists in Delivering a Speedy Baby

That Time I Was Sitting In My Yard And I Saved a Baby's Life

That time a first responder who was rescued returned to rescuing

Going Beyond the Emergencies and Providing Preventative Medical Care to The Elderly

Here’s what 9 million shekels look like in EMS vehicles

A legacy built for the Parkland High School Massacre victims

The time a man from Efrat was celebrated for saving a life

That Time When Life Saving Really Is All In The Family