Israel VIP Leadership Gathering Nov. 23rd Dec.

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Speakers:
Ayoob Kara, MK Deputy Minister of the Development of the Negev and the Galilee Ayoob Kara was born in the Israeli Druze town of Daliat el-Carmel in 1955. He completed his army service with the rank of major and studied business administration. Kara was a Member of Knesset from 1999 until 2006, serving as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Workers and of the Committee on Drug Abuse. He was also a member of the Internal Affairs & Environment, Labor, Welfare & Health, Finance, Economic Affairs, and Education, Culture & Sports Committees, and an Observer on the Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee. He served as Deputy Speaker of the 15th Knesset. He was re-elected to the 18th Knesset in February 2009. In April 2009 he was appointed Deputy Minister of the Development of the Negev and the Galilee. He is married and the father of five children. Colonel Moshe Leshem Colonel Moshe Leshen served 26 years in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). During his tenure in the IDF, he participated in numerous operations behind enemy lines, fought in the "SIX DAY WAR" (1967) as a Company commander in Combat Engineers Battalion. He served as a battalion commander (1973)of a bridging battalion who bridged the Suez Canal. Promoted to colonel he acted as Head of Combat and Doctrine department in the General Staff, whose responsible for planning of field exercises and maneuvers. He also helped in compiling the Doctrine of modern battle field and integration of new weapon systems and tactics. Colonel Leshem carried out "Think-Tanks" in which Army and Air Force officers cooperated with civilian scientists in brain storming. He serves as senior instructor in the IDF command and staff college. Today he is a military consultant to various Israeli companies. Joshua S. Reinstein Director of the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus Josh Reinstein has been the Director of the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus since its inception on January 5th 2004. Before assuming his present position, he served as English Language Spokesperson for the Israel Beiteinu-National Union Party, and for Uri Lupliansky, the Mayor of Jerusalem, during his election campaign. Mr. Reinstein also owns and operates JSR International Marketing, an international marketing and public relations firm based in Israel. He is founder of the hit TV show, Israel Now News a half an hour weekly news magazine that is broadcast to 35 million viewers in a 191 countries around the world. He is an honors graduate of the University of Western Ontario, where he earned a degree in Political Science. He served as a tank gunner in the elite 188 unit of the Israel Defense Forces Armored Corps. He currently lives in Jerusalem with his wife, Rebekah and three sons. In 2012 Mr. Reinstein was named one of the 50 most influential Jews in the world by the Jerusalem Post.

Israel VIP Leadership Gathering Nov. 23rd Dec. 3rd Sondra Oster Baras Director of CFOICs Israel Office Sondra Oster Baras was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio in an Orthodox Jewish home. She studied religious studies at the Jerusalem College for Women in Israel and obtained her J.D. at Columbia Universitys School of Law. In 1984, after practicing law in New York for a short time, Sondra moved to Israel and continued her legal career. She now serves as the Director of Christian Friends of Israel Communities Israel Office. She coordinates much of CFOIC Heartlands community support programs world-wide. CFOIC Heartland is the only Christian organization to focus exclusively on the communities in the heartland of Biblical Israel. CFOIC Heartland raises funds for the communities and encourages tourism to biblical sites in these areas as well. They have become a resource in Israel for connecting Christians to the people of Biblical Israel, while working in close cooperation with Christian organizations in the Land and with Jewish organizations interested in linking with Christians from around the world. Sondra currently resides in Karnei Shomron, together with her husband Edward, a computer programmer, and their five Itamar Marcus Founder and Director of Palestinian Media Watch Itamar Marcus is one of the foremost authorities on Palestinian ideology and policy. Mr. Marcus was appointed by the Israel Government [in 1999] to represent Israel in negotiations with the Palestinian Authority on Incitement. He has presented analyses of Palestinian ideologies in academic, cultural and government frameworks, including hearings, lectures and briefings to members of US Congress and Senate, the Canadian, British, French, German, Norwegian, Swiss, Dutch and Australian Parliaments, and members of European Parliament. He has lectured at conferences and at universities and to senior security officials worldwide. He gives analysis on CNN, FOX News, BBC, and a full range of world TV news.