Rachel Broyde heads the English campaign and immigrant outreach for Likud. She is the Press and Government Relations Coordinator at the Kohelet Policy Forum and previously worked as a public relations specialist for Israeli start-ups. She is an advocate for Olim and has testified numerous times before Knesset committees regarding the many challenges Olim face. She is a Masters of Public Policy and Government Candidate at Hebrew University.
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.