Yossi Klein Halevi

Yossi Klein Halevi is a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, and a Non-Resident Fellow of the Trends think tank in Abu Dhabi. He co-directs the Hartman Institute's Muslim Leadership Initiative (MLI), which teaches young Muslim American leaders about Judaism, Jewish identity and Israel. Over a hundred Muslim leaders have participated in this unique program.His latest of four highly-acclaimed books, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor, is a New York Times bestseller. Yossi writes for leading op-ed pages in North America, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times. He is a former contributing editor to The New Republic. He is frequently quoted on Israeli and Middle Eastern affairs in leading media around the world, and is one of the best-known lecturers on Israeli issues in the American Jewish community.