Rehov was born to a Jewish family from Algiers, when Algeria was still a Frenchdepartment. He experienced terrorism at a young age when his school was the target of a terror attack conducted by the "FLN" fleeing from Algeria in fear of massacres.. A later film on Jewish refugees described the fate of Jews who were expelled from or fled Muslim countries between 1948 and 1974. He chose not to describe his own community from Algeria, since the Algerian war was a colonial problem involving France more than the Jewish community, although he recalls that Jews in Algeria had been suffering from Muslim antisemitism for centuries, before Algeria was part of France. Rehov says he was not any sort of activist until he saw the death of Muhammad al-Durrah on television, and doubted its authenticity. He was the first to conduct a journalistic investigation into the murder of al-Durrah whom he still believes was the victim of the Palestinian propaganda machine. It was later demonstrated in a French court that Al Durah could not have been killed by Israeli soldiers. Rehov claims that every reporter must be pro-Palestinian to work in the Palestinian territories safely and this, among other things, creates systematic anti-Israeli bias, especially on French media outlets. He advocates a two-state solution, for Palestinians and Israelis to live side by side, but does not believe that peace will be possible for many generations. He puts the blaim on the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, that would have no interest in solving the conflict through negocations since the United Nations and the European Union are biased against Israel. In January 2008, Rehov was in the 4/1 US cavalry in Baghdad and Durah, where he filmed hours of dailies, showing the situation in Iraq from the field. Those images are part of his documentary The Path to Darkness. In 2008 Rehov moved to the United States due to what he described as a in France and the rest of Europe. Three years later, in November 2011, he moved to Tel Aviv, Israel, where he now lives. Rehov is married to Sharon Yambem, a Jewish immigrant to Israel from India. He has a son, who lives in Singapore and a daughter who lives in Paris.
Filmography
The Road to Jenin – a response to Jenin, Jenin, a controversial documentary produced by Mohammed Bakri, in order to portray what Bakri calls "the Palestinian truth" about the "Battle of Jenin". The film lists number of casualties acknowledged by both Palestinians and Israelis.
The Trojan Horse – this film demonstrates that Yasser Arafat's true intentions were not a two-state solution, but a Palestinian state on the territory of all of Israel.
Holy Land - Christians in Peril – a film which exposes the flight of Christians from PA-controlled lands.
Hostages of Hatred – how the Palestinian right of return, supported by the UN, has left Palestinians in camps for half a century and, as Rehov argues, originated the present unsolvable situation in the Middle East.
Suicide Killers – 2006 documentary film that purports to explore the psychological condition of suicide bombers. Released in theaters, in New York and Los Angeles, and distributed on DVD by WEA, Suicide Killers was considered for the Hollywood Oscars but not nominated.
Cellules Blanches – Published by the major French publisher, Albin Michel. Published in Germany under the title Wesse Zellen and in English under the title "Beyond Red Lines". Soon to be published in Spanish and Italian. A thriller about counter-terrorism.
Tu seras si jolie - Published by Belfond. June 2018
Ted - Published by "La Mécanique Générale". January 2019
Beyond red lines - Published by "Thirty Trees". March 2020
