Mission>Mission: People

Ari Briggs is Director of the International Department at Regavim, a research-backed legal advocacy organization focused on land ownership issues whose mission is to ensure the responsible, legal, and environmentally-friendly use of Israel’s national lands.

Originally from Australia, Dr. Michael Harari moved to northern Israel in 2011, in search of a quieter life, and some goats. However, when Ziv Hospital, where Dr. Harari works as a pediatrician started receiving the first of hundreds of victims of Syrian fighting, he knew that his life was about to change.

Capt. (Res.) Shadi Khalloul is an Israeli Aramaic Christian Maronite from Kfar Birem and Chairman of the Aramaic Christian Association.

Lahav Harkov, the Senior Knesset reporter for The Jerusalem Post, has interviewed major figures across the Israeli political spectrum and has the inside scoop on the country’s top lawmakers.

Frank Melloul is the CEO of the Israel-based international news channel i24 News.

Itai Anghel is one of the most prominent TV journalists in Israel, known for his unique field work and in-depth documentaries. Anghel is the only Israeli journalist who has been covering the Islamic State from within.

Patrick Amar is Director of the Israel Executive Touring Center, established to offer travelers the chance to experience Israel in a different way that leaves you inspired, excited, and craving more.

Elliot Chodoff is a political and military analyst specializing in the Middle East conflict and the global war on terrorism.

Khaled Abu Toameh is an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker living in Jerusalem.

Dr. Jonathan Rynhold teaches in the department of political science at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, where he is also the head of the Argov Center for Israel and the Jewish People and a researcher at the BESA Center for Strategic Studies.

Gil Troy is Professor of History at McGill University and a cofounder of the Shalom Hartman’s Engaging Israel program in Jerusalem.

After making Aliyah to Israel in 1982, David Olesker has helped pioneer the application of informal education techniques to training advocates for Israel.

Ben Zion Gruber completed his initial army service in the Hesder unit in 1980, finishing as a platoon commander ranking second lieutenant.

Yitzchak Santis is Chief Programs Officer for NGO Monitor.

Itamar Marcus is the founder and director of Palestinian Media Watch, an Israeli NGO that studies Palestinian society by monitoring the Palestinian Authority’s Arabic media and schoolbooks.

Dr. Mordechai Kedar is an scholar of Arabic literature and a lecturer at Bar-Ilan University.

Mark Regev is the spokesman for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the former Spokesman of the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs and former Spokesman at the Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C.

Isi Leibler is a veteran international Jewish leader.