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Ambassador David M. Friedman

Former American Ambassador to Israel during the Trump administration. Guided unprecedented diplomatic advancements, including the Abraham Accords.

Meir Ben-Shabbat

Israel’s former National Security Adviser and Chief of Staff for National Security. Former head of the Southern Region in the Israeli Security Agency (Shabak).

Professor emeritus of classics at California State University, Fresno. A Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and chairs the Military History Working Group. and an American scholar of ancient and modern warfare.

Caroline Glick

Jewish affairs and Mideast analyst, columnist for Israel Hayom, and author of The One State Solution.

Omri Casspi

Former professional basketball player, former captain of the Israeli national team, and the first Israeli to ever play in the NBA. Host of The Omri Casspi Podcast.

Amit Segal

Radio and TV personality. Journalist and political commentator for Channel 12 News and Yedioth Ahronoth. Author of “The Story of Israeli Politics.”

Elliott Abrams

Chairman of the Tikvah Fund. Senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Held security and foreign policy positions under three US presidents.

Dr. Gadi Taub

Senior Lecturer in Communications and Public Policyat Hebrew University. Author of “Gobal Elites and National Citizens.”

Michal Cotler-Wunsh

Head of NBN Institute for Aliyah Policy and Strategy, former MK, attorney.

Eric Cohen

Co-Chairman of the Jewish Leadership Conference, and Director of Tikvah Fund US.

Ambassador Khaled Yousif Al Jalahma

Ambassador Khaled Yousif Al Jalahma is the first Bahraini Ambassador to the State of Israel.

Ya’akov Ahimeir

Senior journalist, columnist, and TV and radio personality. 2012 Israel Prize laureate in the field of communications.

Professor Talia Einhorn

Israeli jurist, Professor of Law (em.) at Ariel University, and member of the government’s Advisory Committee on Senior Appointments.

Ofer Yannay

Founder and chairman of Nofar Energy.

Professor Moshe Koppel

Professor emeritus of computer science at Bar Ilan University, Talmud researcher, founder and chairman of Kohelet Policy Forum.

Tal Heinrich

Tal Heinrich is an Israeli journalist and news anchor based in New York

Wahid Alhozeel

Lieutenant colonel (res.) who served as commander of the IDF Desert Reconnaissance Battalion.

Fleur Hassan-Nahoum

Israeli politician, policy maker and media consultant. Currently serving as Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem.

Dr. Mordechai Kedar

Dr. Mordechai Kedar is an Israeli scholar of Arab culture, a lecturer at Bar-Ilan University, and a research fellow at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies.

Amiad Cohen

Director of Tikvah Fund Israel and Publisher of Hashiloach magazine.

Akiva Bigman

Chief Investigative Journalist at Channel 14, columnist at Israel Hayom and former Chief Editor at Mida website.

Shay Golden

Author, journalist, TV and radio host.

Yonatan Yakubowitz

Former head of the Israeli Immigration Policy Center. Current advisor on immigration affairs to Minister of Interior Ayelet Shaked.

Jacob Bardugo

Host and political commentator at Channel 14 and Galei Zahal. Political columnist at Israel Hayom newspaper.

Nael Zoabi

Arab-Israeli social activist, columnist, and educator. Headmaster of Tamra Elementary School.

Binyamin Zomer

Noble Energy’s Israel Country Manager. Zomer was formerly AIPAC’s Deputy Director of Policy and Government Affairs.

Yehuda Shaffer

Lawyer, former deputy state attorney of Israel, and former head of Israel’s Money Laundering Prohibition Authority.

Nadav Shtrauchler

Communication and Strategy Consultant.

Eli Paley

Eli Paley is the publisher of the Mishpacha weekly magazine and founder of The Haredi Institute for public affairs.

Dr. Raphael (Rafi) Bitton

Dr. Raphael (Rafi) Bitton is an expert in the fields of international, criminal and public law.

Ricky Maman

Research Fellow at Kohelet Policy Forum and co-founder of ‘Taharut — The Movement for Freedom in Labor’.

Lital Shemesh

News Anchor and correspondent for Channel 14.

Amit Hadad

One of Israel’s most prominent attorneys. Co-founder and Managing Partner of Hadad Roth Shenhar, Helfer & Co.

Yotam Zimri

pundit, radio host and social media personality.

Yoram Halevy

Deputy Commissioner in the Israeli Police.

Baruch Kra

Journalist, serves as Channel 13’s law correspondent.

Erel Segal

Israeli journalist, satirist, columnist, media figure, radio broadcaster, and opinion writer.

Hillel Fuld

American-Israeli technology blogger, business advisor and international speaker.

Liat Koshizky

Deputy editor, Hashiloach Journal of Idea and Public Policy. Trained as a lawyer, Liat writes on issues of society and culture in Israeli media.

Roy Iddan

Screenwriter, TV and radio personality.

Prof. Irwin Kotler

Jewish-Canadian jurist, research fellow at the JCPA. Served as Justice Minister and MP in Canada.

Mem Bernstein

Entrepreneurial philanthropist, Chairwoman of Avi Chai Foundation, Jewish educator. Trustee of the Keshet Foundation and the Tikvah Fund.

Douglas Murray

Writer and journalist. Author of The Strange Death of Europe

Irit Linur

Israeli author, translator, screenwriter, columnist, radio broadcaster.

Amichai Chikli

Head of Tavor Mechina.

Simcha Rothman

Lawyer, Legal Adviser for the Movement for Governance and Democracy.

Elad Malka

Member of the Jerusalem City Council and Director of the Israel’s Media Watch association.

Rabbi Chaim Navon

Research fellow at the Tikvah Fund. Writer, thinker, columnist.

Amatzia Samkai

Chairman of Betzedek, Founder and Director of Samkai Business Strategy, journalist and lecturer.

Gil Bringer

Laywer, PhD student at Hebrew University.

Yakov Vider

Yakov Vider is a member of Bnei Barak’s city council and chair of the Likud faction of the municipality. He heads the Haredi faction of the nationwide Likud party.