2026 JNS International Policy Summit | Jerusalem April 15-22

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SPEAKERS

The full list of Speakers will be published as the event approaches.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of the State of Israel

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President Isaac Herzog

President of the State of Israel

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Minister Gideon Sa'ar

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel

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Minister Amichai Chikli

Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism of Israel

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Minister Ofir Sofer

Minister of Aliyah and Integration of Israel

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Minister Avi Dichter

Minister of Agriculture

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Caroline Glick

International affairs advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Mark Levin

Best-selling author and nationally syndicated radio & TV host

Victoria Coates

VP, The Heritage Foundation & Fmr. Deputy National Security Advisor to President Trump

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Richard D. Heideman

Summit Chairman

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Alex Traiman

CEO, JNS - Jewish News Syndicate

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Josh Katzen

Publisher, JNS - Jewish News Syndicate

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Jonathan Tobin

Editor-in-Chief, JNS - Jewish News Syndicate

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Pastor John Hagee

Founder and Chairman, Christians United for Israel

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Sandra Hagee

Chairwoman of the CUFI Action Fund

Fleur Hassan-Nahoum

Special Envoy for Trade and Innovation, MFA, and co-host of JNS TV's The Quad

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Nissim Black

American-Israeli rapper, songwriter, record producer, and host of "The Nissim Black Show"

Malcolm Hoenlein

CEO/Vice Chairman emeritus, Conf. of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations

Bruce Pearl

Analyst for Turner and CBS sports. Senior fellow. AFPI and COB US Israel Edu. Association

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Minister Benny Gantz

Fmr. Minister of Defense, Fmr. Minister of Justice, Fmr. Deputy Prime Minister

Amb. David Friedman

Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel

MK Ohad Tal

Chair, Religious Zionist Faction and Chair, Knesset Israel-US Relations Caucus

Michal Cotler-Wunsh

CEO of The International Legal Forum (ILF)

Amjad Taha

UAE Political Strategist and Global Geopolitics Analyst

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Ruthie Blum

Senior Contributing Editor at JNS and Co-Host of JNS TV’s Israel Undiplomatic

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Emily Schrader

Israeli Journalist and Iran Expert, co-host of The Quad on JNS

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John Spencer

Leading National Security Analyst, Chair of Urban Warfare Studies at West Point

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Paul Goldenberg

Chief Advisor for Policy and Intl. Policing, Rutgers Miller Center on Policing

Miklos Szánthó

Director-general of the Center for Fundamental Rights and the chairman of CPAC Hungary

Tila Falic-Levi

Philanthropist and Zionist Advocate

Fiamma Nirenstein

Journalist, author, fellow at the JCFA and fmr. deputy president of the foreign affairs commission

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Dr. Gadi Taub

Prominent Israeli Political Commentator; Ph. D. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Brooke Goldstein

Executive director & Founder, The Lawfare Project

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Shabbos Kestenbaum

Political Commentator and Host of PragerU’s The Brief

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Hillel Neuer

International human rights lawyer, writer, Executive Director of UN Watch

Jonathan Conricus

Senior Fellow at FDD and former IDF International Spokesperson

Yossie Hollander

Philanthropist, Antisemitism Fighter

Dr. Dan Diker

President, Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs (JCFA)

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Mahyar Tousi

Founder, Tousi TV

Edwin Black

American historian and author

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Col. Richard Kemp

Former British Army Commander

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Aylana Meisel

Host of "Basic Law" on JNS TV, Founder & Exec. Director, Herut Center's Israeli Law and Liberty

Amir Avivi

Founder, IDSF

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Oded Revivi

CEO of "Anu" Museum, Former Mayor of Efrat

Yossi Kuperwasser

Israeli intelligence and security expert

Bryan Leib

CEO of Henry PR and Newsmax TV Contributor

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Yifa Segal

Expert in international law and international relations

Morton Klein

President of Zionist Organization of America

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Daniel Seaman

Fmr. Director of GPO, Media Advisor at PM's Office and host of JNS TV's "Straight Up" podcast

Daniel Mariaschin

CEO of B'nai B'rith International

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Amb. Mark Regev

Co-Host of JNS’ Podcast Israel Undiplomatic and Chair of Abba Eban Institute at Reichman Univ.

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Sid Rosenberg

Host of “Sid and Friends in the Morning” on 77 WABC in New York City

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Josh Hasten

JNS Correspondent, Host of JNS TV’s Judeaction, and Co-Host of Jerusalem Minute

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Doron Spielman

Former Intl. Spokesperson of the IDF and Host of JNS TV’s True East Podcast

Michael Dickson

Executive Director, StandWithUs

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Amb. Ezra Cohen

Panama's Ambassador to Israel

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Meira K

Host of The Meira K Show on JNS TV and Political Commentator

Yigal Dilmoni

CEO, AFJS - American Friends of Judea & Samaria

Rabbi Raphael Shore

Executive Chairman of OpenDor Media & Founder of the Clarion Project

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Gabriel Boxer

Intl. Spokesperson of Har Hebron, Israel and Jewish influencer & activist, "Kosher Guru"

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Ariella Noveck

Broadcast Journalist and Co-Founder of BottomLineMedia
& Shield Communications PR

Yaakov Lappin

JNS military and strategic affairs correspondent and analyst

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Natalie Sopinsky

Spokesperson & Director of Development, first responders of Judea & Samaria

David Weinberg

Senior Managing Fellow, Misgav Institute for National Security & Zionist Strategy

Harold Rhode

US Secretary Defense of Defense Office (ret.) Advisor on Middle Eastern and Islamic Affairs, Fellow

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Lt. Col. (res) Maurice Hirsch

Adv. Dir., Initiative for Palestinian Authority Accountability and Reform

Marcus Sheff

CEO, IMPACT SE

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Gilles Gade

CEO, Cross River Bank

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Dan Feferman

Co-Founder, Co-Editor-in-Chief of MiddleEast24

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Michael Shlomi

Security and Geopolictical Expert

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Amb. Alan Baker

Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs

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Itamar Marcus

Director of Palestinian Media Watch

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Lizzy Savetsky

Advocate, Influencer, and Public Speaker

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Adam Levick

UK Media Research Manager, CAMERA

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Steve Linde

JNS Features Editor

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Dr. Walid Phares

V.P. of International Freedom Coalition, fmr. Foreign Policy Advisor to President Trump

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Josh Reinstein

President of the Israel Allies Foundation

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Gerard Filitti

Senior Counsel at The Lawfare Project

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Dr. Eli David

AI Researcher and Entrepreneur

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Asher Fredman

Exec. Dir., the Misgav Institute for National Security, Visiting Fellow at The Heritage Foundation

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Sogand Fakheri

Head of the Persian media desk at the JCFA, and Actress

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Ella Rosenberg

Senior CTF and Iran expert at the JCFA

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Dr. (Col. ret.) Jacques Neriah

Special analyst for the Middle East, JCFA

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Carice Witte

Founder and Executive Director of SIGNAL Group

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Ilan Sinelnikov

President and Founder at Students Supporting Israel

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Stefan Tompson

Founder of Visegrad24

Dr. Ronen Shoval

Head of the Argaman Institute for Advanced Studies, Dir., Herzl Program for Research Fellows

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Arnold Roth

Chairman, The Malki Foundation

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Shimon Cohen

Public Relations Consultant, Head of Shechita UK and Religious Freedoms’ Advocate

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Troy Miller

NRB President & CEO

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Lori Lowenthal-Marcus

Legal Director of The Deborah Project

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Julie Strauss-Levin

Virginia-Based Attorney; Fmr. Member, Governor’s Commission to Combat Antisemitism

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Prof. Avi Bell

Israeli Professor of Law, University of San Diego & Bar-Ilan University

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Dr. Elana Yael Heideman

CEO, The Israel Forever Foundation

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Rabbi Yehoshua Fass

Co Founder & Executive Director of Nefesh BNefesh

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Ran Baratz

Founder of Mida Website, Former Director of Public Diplomacy at the PM's office

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Charles Jacobs

Pres. of Intl. Freedom Coalition, African Jewish Alliance, and the Jewish Leadership Project

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Daniel Rosen

Co-founder and Co-chair of Emissary4All

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Shay Kallach

Major (Res.) Founder and director of Netsach Israel

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Dr. Einat Wilf

Chair of the Oz Party and Author of Peace Not Now

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Nadia Matar

Co-Chair of the Sovereignty Movement

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Robert Rechnetz

Philanthropist and Real Estate Developer

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Yuval Steinitz

Former Finance Minister of Israel, Chairman of the board of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems

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Sacha Roytman

CEO, Combat Antisemitsm

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Jacki Alexander

CEO, HonestReporting

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Douglas Altabef

Chairman of the Board, Im Tirtzu

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Melanie Phillips

Senior Contributer, JNS

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Leah Soibel

Founder and CEO, Fuente Latina

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Oded Ailam

Researcher at JCFA, Fmr. Director of Counter Terrorism Center of the Mossad

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Diane Neal

Ambassador of Aliyah

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Etgar Lefkovitz

Israel Correspondent, JNS

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Pastor Steven Khoury

Pastor of Church of Bethlehem

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Mario Bramnick

Latino Coalition for Israel

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Canaan Lidor

News Correspondent, JNS

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Rowan Polovin

President, South African Zionist Federation

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Harold Luks

Export control and International trade advisor, Luks Cormaney LLP

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Michael Fertik

American internet entrepreneur, Fmr. CEO of Reputation.com

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Masha Merkulova

Chief Zionist Officer and Founder, Club Z

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Ami Kozak

Comedian, Musician, Commentator

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Miriam Fuld

Founder, The Ari Fuld Project, Wife of Ari Fuld hy"d

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Ofir Akunis

Consul General of Israel in New York

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Dr. Mois Navon

Ethicist in AI, National Advisor to the Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Technology

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Itay Sagi

Founder & VP of Frontline Advocates, Wounded Combat Veteran

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Hillel Fuld

Tech columnist and Israel advocate

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Rabbi Karmi Gross

Rosh Yeshivah, Derech Chaim Hesder Yeshivot

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Len Khodorkovsky

Fmr. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Senior Advisor to U.S. Special Representative for Iran

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Jonathan Spyer

Dir. of Research at Middle East Forum

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Kurt Schwartz

Chief Executive Officer, CAMERA

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Gregg Roman

Executive Director, Middle East Forum

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Efrat Last

Dir. of International Relations and Operations, Netsach Israel

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Rabbi Menachem Bombach

Founder and President, Netzach Educational Network

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Jonathan Harounoff

Author, and Intl. Spokesperson of Israel’s Mission to the United Nations

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Cheryl Halpern

Co-Founder, Visions Of Peace Initiative; Award-Wining Producer & Director

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Stuart Force

Advocate, Taylor Force Act

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Eugene Kontorovich

Law Professor

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Samer Sinijlawi

Political Activist for Palestinian Reform, Democracy and Coexistence

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Xaviaer DuRousseau

PragerU Media Personality

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Aviva Klompas

CEO, Boundless

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Ron Soffer

International lawyer, Member of the Bar of the International Crimincal Court

Amelie Botbol

JNS War Correspondent

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Zach Waller

Founder & President, Israel Lighthouse for the Nations

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Sagiv Asulin

Former Senior Officer and Operations Commander in the Mossad

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Gol Kalev

Author, The Assault on Judaism

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Chief Paul M. Cell

Executive Director, International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators

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H.E. Željka Cvijanović

Serb Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Benjamin Anthony

CEO, The MirYam Institute; IDF Combat Veteran

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David Brog

Executive Director, Maccabee Task Force

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Blessing Mathabela

University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Maccabee Task Force Student Board Member

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Nicole Orbe-Muñoz

Pennsylvania State University, Maccabee Task Force Fellow

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Kevin Khadavi

Stanford University, Maccabee Task Force

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Pastor Larry Huch

Founder and Senior Pastor, New Beginnings Church

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Amir Risha

VP for Research and Marketing, Israeli Christian Aramaic Association (ICAA)

CHAIRMAN

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Richard D. Heideman

Summit Chairman

EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN'S COUNCIL

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Gilles Gade

CEO, Cross River Bank

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Victoria Coates

VP, The Heritage Foundation & Former Deputy National Security Advisor to President Trump

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Josh Katzen

Publisher, JNS - Jewish News Syndicate

CHAIRMAN'S COUNCIL

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Malcolm Hoenlein

CEO/Vice Chairman emeritus of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations

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Yossie Hollander

Philanthropist, Antisemitism Fighter

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Fleur Hassan-Nahoum

Special Envoy for Trade and Innovation at Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and co-host of JNS TV's The Quad

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Amb. David Friedman

Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel

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Matt Brooks

CEO, Republican Jewish Coalition

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Brooke Goldstein

Executive director & Founder, The Lawfare Project

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Yifa Segal

Expert in international law and international relations

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Jonathan Tobin

Editor-in-Chief, JNS - Jewish News Syndicate

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Edwin Black

American historian and author

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Morton Klein

President of Zionist Organization of America

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Michal Cotler-Wunsh

CEO of The International Legal Forum (ILF)

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Fiamma Nirenstein

Journalist, author, fellow at the JCFA and former deputy president of the foreign affairs commission

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Daniel Mariaschin

CEO of B'nai B'rith International

Natasha Hausdorff

British barrister, international law expert, and speaker

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Yossi Kuperwasser

Head of Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security

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Dr. Dan Diker

President, Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs (JCFA)

Bruce Pearl

Analyst for Turner and CBS sports. Senior fellow. AFPI and COB US Israel Education Association

Julie Strauss-Levin

Virginia-Based Attorney; Former Member, Governor’s Commission to Combat Antisemitism

Tila Falic-Levi

Philanthropist and Zionist Advocate

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Fred Bernstein

CONTACT US

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Dress Code

Business formal/casual

Tickets

Bring your tickets and ID/Passport
to all JNS Events

Parking

Parking is available at Mamillah Parking Lot, located at 6 Yitzhak Kariv Street, Jerusalem.

CONTACT US

ADDRESS

Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem

26-28 Agron Street

Jerusalem 9419008

Israel

EMAIL

JNS_Summit@thinkcontent.co.il

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