Strengthening the Alliance between the U.S. and Israel
Mission Statement
We are a coalition of partners from the U.S. and Israel, with extensive experience and expertise in the public, business and defense sectors. We are nonpartisan and our members are from across the political spectrum.
The longstanding alliance between our countries has always been grounded in shared values and mutual interests, serving as a critical component of Israel's national security, while also supporting American national security interests in the Middle East.
Unfortunately, our alliance has been forced to confront severe and unnecessary challenges in the past year due to a misguided, unilateral, and radical agenda pursued by the current Israeli government. This agenda has precipitated a crisis between our nations, and undermined Israel’s security, economy, and social cohesion.
Our mission is to fortify the bond between our nations by fostering closer ties between the leaders of the pragmatic majority of Israeli society, and U.S. leadership, in the Administration and on both sides of the aisle in Congress.
Council Members
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Lt. General (Ret.) Moshe (Bogie) Ya’alon
Israeli Minister of Defense 2013 – 2016, IDF’s Chief of Staff 2002 – 2005. Chairman of Special Olympics Israel, Lecturer of Administration and Political Science at Reichman University, Director in ISI Geospatial Solutions

Lt. General (Ret.)
Dan Halutz
IDF’s Chief of Staff 2005 – 2007, Commander of the Israeli Air Force 2000 – 2004

Adv. Dina Zilber
Former Deputy Attorney General of Israel (2012 – 2020), Fellow at Rubinstein Center for Constitutional Challenges at Reichman University, Public speaker and lecturer, Legal commentator to “Haaretz” newspaper.

Mr. Jeff Kindler
A healthcare executive and investor, CEO of Centrexion Corporation, Former Chairman and CEO of Pfizer (2006 – 2010), a Board member of several public and private for-profit and not-for-profit organizations

Professor Ruth Halperin-Kaddari
A professor of law at Bar-Ilan University, international activist for women's rights, former member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (2006-2018) and vice-chairman of the committee during some of her years of office.

Brigadier General (Ret.) Tamir Pardo
Former Director of the Mossad (2011 – 2016), former Chairman of XM Cyber (2016 – 2022), Lamont Lecturer at Harvard University.

Mr. David Meidan
Founder and chairman of Purammon Ltd., former coordinator on behalf of Israeli Prime Minister of POWs and MIAs 2011 – 2016, Head of the Israeli Mossad’s Tevel division 2006 – 2011

Dr. Jacob (Kobi) Richter, PhD
A prominent Israeli entrepreneur and R&D manager, founder of Orbotech, Medinol, Medcon, Biorest, Valve Medical and Microtech . Former Israeli Air Force pilot (Colonel retired).

Mr. Orni Petruschka
An Israeli high-tech entrepreneur, social activist and a philanthropist. Former co-founder and CEO of Chromatis Networks, chairman of Abraham Initiatives, chairman of Molad organization, founder and chairman of RoundUp Israel, Former Israeli Air Force Pilot (Major retired)

Ambassador (former) Alon Pinkas
A senior Israeli diplomat, a foreign policy advisor and a political advisor to Israeli Prime Minister, Consul General of Israel in New York City 2000 – 2004

Dr. Jeremy Levin, DPhil, MB BChir
An American – Israeli businessman, Chairman & CEO of Ovid Therapeutics (NASDAQ “OVID”), Chairman emeritus of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), Former Chairman of Lundbeck A/S, former CEO of Teva Pharmaceuticals

Mr. Eran Etzion
A senior Israeli Diplomat and Strategist, Consul General of Israel in San Francisco and the Pacific Northwest, Head of Policy Planning at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Deputy Head of the National Security Council

Mr. Yuval Lion
An American-Israeli filmmaker and News-Emmy nominated former news producer for NBC and PBS. Founder of MYLKmedia, an award-winning production company; holds an MA in International Relations from Columbia Uni.

Adv. Jonathan Barsade
A serial entrepreneur, attorney in the burgeoning days of the Internet, and lay leader in major Jewish not-for-profit organizations. A founder of the America-Israel Democracy (“AID”) Coalition

Mr. Yacov Reizman
Controlling Shareholder and Chairman of FCC Ltd - a private Investment Company and a Merchant Bank. Former Israeli Airforce Pilot (Major-retired)

Mr. Yossi Shussman
An Israeli high-tech entrepreneur, former Co-founder and VP R&D of Chromatis Networks, former CEO of Ethos Networks. Former Israeli Air Force Pilot (Major retired)
Ambassadors

Mr. Brett Goldman
An expert in economic development. He worked as a lobbyist at a multinational law firm, where he managed federal, state, and local legislative and regulatory campaigns. He played a pivotal role in its legislative and regulatory developments associated with the 2018 Farm Bill and in the democratization of medical records through Blockchain technology as an advisor to VX Technologies.
