Avi Melamed
Founder and Executive Director of IDAN
Avi Melamed is the Founder and executive director of "IDAN" a non-profit grassroots initiative comprised of educators and students confronting the leadership crisis Israeli society experiencing.
Avi was born in Jerusalem in 1960 and is a son to an old Sepharadi Jerusalemite family. Avi has a B.A. in History and Middle Eastern Studies from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and is a graduate of the International Program for Conflict Resolution at The Leonard Davies Institute and George Mason University. In addition he is a graduate of the Program for Outstanding Leadership of the Carmel Institute for Military Research and a graduate of the Israeli Forum a lay leadership program sponsored by the Jewish Agency for Israel.
Mr. Melamed began in the intelligence and counterterrorism arena which led to him being appointed, by the age of 30, as the youngest-ever Senior Advisor on Jerusalemite Arab Affairs to Mayor Teddy Kollek and to his successor, Mayor Ehud Olmert.
After leaving the government, Avi entered the private sector where he founded Mikdam, a strategic consulting company on Arab affairs. Believing he was an educator at heart, Avi then left the private sector to go teach High School, where he taught Arabic, Middle Eastern Studies and History, among other subjects for seven years.
During his tenure as a teacher, Avi began to believe that educators, once the moral compass for the State of Israel, were the ones to lead the country through the difficult times it was facing and counter the ever-growing leadership crisis which was threatening the fabric of Israeli society. This passion and commitment led him to found IDAN a group of educators and students committed, through local, national, and international activities to leading the country out of the cloud of corruption and lethargy towards a future of accountability and integrity.
Avi's is a sought-after lecturer in Israel and abroad and his broad and varied experience from intelligence to counterterrorism to Arab and Palestinian affairs to entrepreneurship, education, leadership development and social action, coupled with his charisma and intelligence make every encounter fascinating and his geo-strategic analysis captivating.
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Topics:
- Israeli Society in the Era of Lunatic Reality
An in-depth analysis of Israeli society today. What are the “below the surface” factors that are shaping Israeli society politically and socially today? What are the challenges facing Israeli society and what are the possible outcomes? What does the Disengagement and the 2nd Lebanon War really mean to Israelis and how is it reshaping Israeli society and the political system? - Democracy and Terror
A multi-dimensional analysis of the effects of terror in recent years - how do intimidations and terror impact Israeli society and culture? The Anti-Terror Fence - background, statistics and impact. An up-dated strategic analysis of the region. The educational dilemmas and implications of the Fence. The challenges of Democracies in a polarizing world and in the shadow of increasing terror intimidations. - The Jerusalem Conflict: Perspectives from Behind the Scenes
What is "East Jerusalem"? What is the geo-political structure of the city today? What is the impact pf the Anti-Terror Fence on everyday life in the city? What is the deep meaning of the Temple Mount in the context of the conflict? The concept of co-existence in Jerusalem - a retrospective analysis. The conflict and its relationship with Israeli cultural and political identity. Is there a solution for the conflict? - "Islam is the Solution:” From the Streets of Gaza to the Caves of Afghanistan
The ideological and spiritual sources of contemporary radical Islam and its possible impact on the regional and global political system. (Hammas, Islamic Jihad, Al-Kaeda, Hezbollah) - Geo strategic analysis of the Middle East (including Iran and Central Asia)
- Updates and Perspectives on The Israeli - Palestinian conflict
- Fundamental Islam (Hammas, Al Qaeda, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad)
- The Educator's Role in Forming the Future of Israel and the Future Leadership in Israel
- Israel's Inner Challenges
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