Mission>Mission: People

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Noam Bedein is a director of the Sderot Media Center, a media advocacy center which portrays the human face of Sderot and southern Israel under siege, to the international media and public.

Dr. Einat Wilf, a Senior Fellow with the Jewish People Policy Institute and an Adjunct Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, was Chair of the Education, Sports and Culture Committee, Chair of the Knesset Sub-Committee for Israel and the Jewish People, and Member of the influential Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in the 18th Knesset.

Isi Leibler is a veteran international Jewish leader.

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.

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.

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

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

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