Gadi Ezra is the former director of Israel’s National Public Diplomacy Unit, where he was responsible for coordinating and integrating public diplomacy on issues of national importance. He coordinated numerous high-level diplomatic events—including U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel—and orchestrated national capacity-building initiatives.
A human rights attorney and Israeli special forces veteran, Ezra has shared his unique perspective on war with thousands of people during multiple global tours.
He also provides strategic briefings on Israel’s security, diplomatic, and legal challenges. A frequent commentator and contributor to Israeli and international media, Ezra is the author of 11 Days in Gaza: a Soldier's Memoir of War, Brotherhood, and the Untold Truths of Battle. Ezra is now supporting efforts to build Jewish National Fund-USA’s World Zionist Village, a first-of-its-kind, $350 million global campus that will lay the foundation for the Zionist movement’s next 100 years through education, innovation, new conversations, and international collaboration across multiple venues.