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Yisrael Medad (Winkelman) Currently, Deputy-Editor, English Edition, The Writings of Ze'ev Jabotinsky; Research Fellow, Menachem Begin Heritage Center, Jerusalem.

Born in New York, USA; 1947. BA in Political Science, Yeshiva University, NY, 1969; MA in Political Science (Democracy & Civic Education Studies), Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 2008. Married to Batya; father of five and now grandfather to many. Immigrated to Israel, 1970. Resides in Shiloh, a community village in the Binyamin Region, north of Jerusalem. Served in the IDF’s Chemical Warfare Unit, 1974-1995, with rank of sergeant as well as the mobile intervention unit of the Benjamin Regional Defense.

2000-2017 Director of Educational Resources and Content, Menachem Begin Heritage Center 1995-2000 Executive Director, Israel’s Media Watch 1982-1994: Parliamentary Aide to Members of Knesset 1990-1991 Senior Assistant to the Deputy Minister for Science 1972-1994 Lecturer at the Academy of National Studies on Israel's pre-state social and political history, especially the Jewish armed underground liberation groups. 1975-1977 Jewish Agency Youth Emissary for Betar in England. 1971-1975 Public Relations Assistant, Shaare Zedek Hospital, Jerusalem 1971 Jerusalem Municipality Torah Culture Department 1969-1970 Zionist Archives & Library, NY

I am an expert on the history and development of Israel's resettlement enterprise, and have briefed government and diplomatic persons. I have been invited by major American Jewish organizations to address their top leadership. I was a member of the independent delegation of Jewish residents of Judea, Samaria & Gaza present at the 1991 Madrid Peace Conference. I have been active, in a volunteer position, as a spokesperson for the Council of Jewish Communities in Judea, Samaria and Gaza, a former Editor of COUNTERPOINT (1983-88) and contributed a bi-weekly column of media criticism to the Jerusalem Post for over 10 years until 2020. I blog extensively and am active on additional social media platiforms.