Nour is head of the systemic action plan for implementing the government’s five-year plan following Government Resolution 550. Prior to this, she was part of the Health Ministry’s COVID-19 Task Force (Magen Israel), representing the Arab sector and tasked with planning and leading interventions in East Jerusalem and unrecognized villages in the Negev. She also worked at MAOZ as a knowledge and strategy leader in the INBAR joint venture, where she was responsible for matters pertaining to the Arab sector. Nour holds a bachelor’s degree in medical laboratory sciences from the Technion, a master’s degree in healthcare systems management, and a PhD in public health from the University of Haifa. She aspires to lead change in Arab society and is a big believer in her community’s capabilities and human capital. Her dream is to lead the implementation of sustainable mechanisms in Arab society, leveraging its abilities and driving socioeconomic change as well as change in health care and all other areas of life.

Born and raised in the village of Fassuta, Khoury studied general history at the University of Haifa and graduated in 1998. After completing courses in journalism and media studies, in 1998, he joined the bi-weekly Arabic newspaper Al-Sinnara in Nazareth and the editorial boards of several local television and radio programs. In 2001, he joined Tzafon 1, a local paper published by the Shokken Network, and began writing in Hebrew as well. In 2003, he joined the newly founded Radio Alshams as a reporter in the Western Galilee region. Concurrently, he continued writing for Tzafon 1 and joined Haaretz as a part-time reporter in the Western Galilee. In 2006, he transitioned to a full-time position at Haaretz as a reporter in the northern region and covered Arab affairs in Israel while continuing to work in radio, presenting news bulletins. In 2008, he became head of the news desk at the radio station and concurrently took on the role of Arab affairs correspondent for Haaretz, including coverage of Palestinian politics. Since 2010, he has continued his work in both roles, writing columns and commentaries for Haaretz and leading the flagship radio program, including special broadcasts. Over the past two decades, Khoury has covered dozens of events, including at the international level, such as the signing of the Geneva Accords, the 2008 U.S. elections (as a special envoy), summits in Cairo and Amman, and international conferences. He has also produced dozens of exclusive stories about Arab society, the Palestinian arena and the Arab world. In 2018, Khoury won the Outstanding Broadcaster Award at the Eilat Journalism Conference. In 2023, he won the Givat Haviva Award for Coexistence for spotlighting the relationship between Arab and Jewish societies in Israel. Khoury is 50 years old, married with three children, and continues to live in Fassuta.

Before joining the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Idit was Head of the Program on Military and Society at the Israel Democracy Institute and a postdoctoral fellow at the Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions at the University of Haifa and in the Global Trust project at the Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law. Idit is an adjunct lecturer at Reichman University and a member of the board of directors of the Association of Civil-Military Studies and Forum Dvorah. Her doctoral dissertation focuses on the ethics of warfare and the limits of partiality towards relatives in war. Her areas of expertise are military and society, war ethics and political philosophy. Dr. Shafran Gittleman holds a bachelor’s degree in music, bachelor’s and master’s degrees in philosophy, and a doctorate in law.

Eli co-hosts the daily radio show “Mendy-Bitan” on Kan Moreshet with Mendy Gruzman — the most popular morning show in the religious and ultra-Orthodox sectors, with tens of thousands of daily listeners. He is also a regular panelist on programs combining current events and satire, including “Mah SheTagidu” and “The Evening Show with Shay Stern” (Kan 11). Eli is a commentator on ultra-Orthodox affairs in the general media and a political commentator in ultra-Orthodox media. He is a regular panelist on a current events program on Kol Chai radio and on the Hidabrut television channel, a commentator on ultra-Orthodox news hotlines, and was a frequent guest on the “London et Kirschenbaum” news show on Channel 10. He presents and comments on the daily “Bein HaSdarim” newscast on news hotline HaScoopim and other news hotlines, providing updates on internal ultra-Orthodox issues. Prior to this, he hosted the program “Dosim” on online television channel HaHalalit, which dealt with ultra-Orthodox topics, primarily targeting the “new ultra-Orthodox” public. Since 2008, Eli has written for various newspapers and magazines, particularly on issues related to the ultra-Orthodox sector. He has written for the Makor Rishon newspaper, news website Sicha Mekomit, ultra-Orthodox magazine BaKehila, and HaDerech, the official mouthpiece of religious party Shas. Additionally, Eli served as an ultra-Orthodox affairs consultant for the series “Our Boys” and the feature film “The Wanderer.” Eli grew up in Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh. Today, he lives in Ramat Gan with his wife and son.

Nisreen is the director of the Clinic for Multiculturalism and Diversity at the Clinical Legal Education Center in the Faculty of Law at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The clinic provides legal representation and promotes policy to support individuals and groups facing discrimination, including Palestinians, ultra-Orthodox Jews, immigrants from Ethiopia and transgender people. Nisreen holds workshops, training sessions and guided tours in her field. She also runs “Identity” (هويه) Hebrew University Diversity Unit’s program for deepening the discourse on identity for Palestinian students. Nisreen has a master’s degree in public law from Tel Aviv University and Northwestern University, a bachelor’s degree in law from The College of Law and Business, and a general bachelor’s degree from the Open University, specializing in media studies. In 2008, she joined The Association for Civil Rights in Israel as an attorney and did fieldwork as part of the Civil Rights Project in East Jerusalem. Over the years, she also ran the East Jerusalem Department and joined the Unit for Arab Minority Rights, where she focused on equality in resource allocation and access to public services. Nisreen was the Arabic spokesperson of non-profit organization B’Tselem, and later worked as a parliamentary aide in the Knesset. Since joining Hebrew University’s staff in 2016, Nisreen has been working on the East Jerusalem Project at the Clinic for the Representation of Marginalized Population Groups. Her work touches on the scale of poverty and its effects on people in their interactions with the National Insurance Institute, the Employment Service, the Enforcement and Collection Authority (Hotza’a LaPo’al) and the Jerusalem Municipality.

Aziz began engaging in organized labor action when he worked as a laborer and project manager at the Haifa Oil Refinery. He was part of the leadership of the national institutions of Hadash and the Israeli Communist Party (“Maki”) and served as a parliamentary advisor to MK Dr. Afu Agbaria. He holds an MBA and a multidisciplinary bachelor’s degree from the University of Haifa and a practical mechanical engineering diploma from the Technion. Aziz is a social and political activist for ending the occupation and promoting equality, justice, workers’ rights and unionization. He was a leading figure in the fight against violence and crime in Nazareth in the 2019 Popular Committee Against Crime. Born in Nazareth in 1987, Aziz is married to Ruba and father to Issam and Eden. “My vision is to promote equality and partnership and to ensure a better future for all of us in this homeland — Arabs and Jews alike. Every person has the right to liberty, dignity and equality.”

Avishai is the CEO of HeChalutz, a Zionist, social-democratic educational movement founded by HaMidrasha at Oranim. Born and raised in Kibbutz Rosh HaNikra, he currently lives in a mission-oriented urban community in northern Israel. The youngest of seven brothers, Avishai is a father of three. Formerly a career officer and a company commander in the IDF’s Armored Corps, he has a longstanding family legacy of ideological, political and educational leadership. He is an educational entrepreneur and manager. In the past decade, he has developed and led numerous educational programs for young adults from diverse backgrounds. His programs focus on shaping young people’s socio-political identity. Avishai sees himself as a youth movement man through and through, and believes that good political education is humanity’s best hope.

Brit a grant manager in the NIF, the former director of religious freedom and gender at Shatil. Brit leads the Forum Against the Exclusion of Women, a directors’ forum of 17 civil society groups fighting the exclusion of women from public spaces in Israel; works with the haredi public; develops civil society organizational strategies and projects; and builds capacities of social change organizations.

Brit is also an activist, together with other religious activists she initiated the “Faithful Left”- a movement of Haredi, Masorti and religious that grew as a response to increasing racism, inequality, and militancy in our communities.

Brit has an MA in Jewish philosophy and Gender, a BA in Talmud from Tel Aviv University, and teaches in as an Adjunct Lecturer in Ben- Gurion University.

Prior to joining Shatil in 2018, Brit was the director of the Masorti movement’s Jewish Pluralism Watch, an NIF grantee. Brit is a social entrepreneur in the field of Jewish culture. She founded and directs Free Space, which brings culture and art to abandoned synagogues in Tel Aviv.

Ilan has been developing, managing, and leading community planning and development programs promoting a joint Arab-Jewish society for two decades. Ilan has worked with the Arab-Bedouin society in the Negev and within the Israeli-Palestinian space while simultaneously doing academic work – researching, writing, and publishing academic papers related to his fieldwork. In his work in civil society, Ilan laid the foundations for programs narrowing gaps in health, environmental development programs, and education for a shared society. In the academic world, Ilan lectured at the Ben-Gurion University, the University of Amsterdam, the Open University, and the Amsterdam University College – in academic courses and programs focused on the Middle East and civil society.

Eyad Barghuthy was born in Nazareth in 1980 and lives in Acre. He is a writer, translator, and editor. At the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute he is the deputy editor of the Maktoob series of translations from Arabic literature into Hebrew. A collection of his short stories titled Bayn Albuyut was published in 2011 by Dar Malamih, Cairo. His first novel, Bardakana, was published in 2014 by Dar Al Adab, Beirut, and in 2021 it was published in Hebrew, titled An Acre-esque Tale. Barghuthy has written, translated, and edited children’s books.