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Shadi Khalloul

Biography Capt. (Res.) Shadi Khalloul is an Israeli Aramaic Christian Maronite from Kfar Birem and served as a lieutenant in a paratrooper division in the IDF. He is Chairman of the Aramaic Christian Association and acted for 2…

Simon Plosker
June 23, 2015
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Biography

Capt. (Res.) Shadi Khalloul is an Israeli Aramaic Christian Maronite from Kfar Birem and served as a lieutenant in a paratrooper division in the IDF. He is Chairman of the Aramaic Christian Association and acted for 2 years as spokesman for the IDF Christian Soldiers forum established by Christian Major Ehab Shlaian.

He has a degree in International Business and Finance from the University of Las Vegas, Nevada. He has lectured in the United States about Aramaic Christian and Maronite history and about the history and language of early Eastern Christianity, as well as about Jews, Aramaic Middle Eastern Christians, and Zionism.

His organization develops and advocates for laws to appear in the Knesset regarding improved Christian integration and achieving their basic civilian needs in the state of Israel. Each year many of the Jewish population pass through his Aramaic Center to learn about Eastern Christian history, Aramaic heritage in Gush Halav (Kafr Baram in the upper Galilee), and the common origins, relations, background, and threats to Jews and Christians in the Middle East.

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Simon Plosker

With over two decades of experience in various non-governmental organizations in the UK and Israel, Simon Plosker returned to HonestReporting in October 2022 as Editorial Director having previously been part of the organization’s management team from 2005 to 2020. Prior to his first spell at HonestReporting, Simon worked in Israel for NGO Monitor, BICOM, and served for a short period in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. He was Managing Editor of the Geneva-based NGO United Nations Watch for two years before moving back to the frontline defending Israel from media bias. Simon has a BSoc.Sc in International Studies and Political Science from the University of Birmingham and an MSc in History of International Relations from the London School of Economics. He immigrated to Israel in 2001 from London.

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