Orni Petruschka is a a high tech entrepreneur operating in the alternative energy field. He co-founded Pythagoras Solar and Coriolis Wind, where he serves as co-CEO. He is a co-founder of Blue White Future and serves as the Israeli Chairman of the Abraham Fund Initiatives.
Gilead Sher is a lawyer, former brigade commander in the IDF, co-founder of Blue White Future and former Chief of Staff and Policy Coordinator for Prime Minister Ehud Barak. He was co-chief negotiator 1999-2001 at the Camp David summit and the Taba talks. His works include The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Negotiations, 1999-2001: Within Reach (2006).
Our Voice of the Fortnight is from the Times of Israel's 'Wartime Diaries' podcast. In the immediate aftermath of October 7th, Shai Davidai – an Assistant Professor at Columbia University – became an unlikely public defender of Israel. And truthfully, even he was surprised by this turn of events: As a committed left-wing Israeli, he had spent years criticizing the government, and often took to the streets to demonstrate against its policies. But the atmosphere he witnessed on college campuses (and specifically on his own campus at Columbia), compelled him to speak up and speak out.