Yasmine Guerin is the Director of Forum 1325. She is also founder and CEO of Negotiatress - a crossborder initiative to provide gender-sensitive negotiation and conflict resolution training. She is a certified Mediator with a background in Gender and Conflict Resolution.

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Reach out:

E-mail address: yasmineguerin@forum1325.org

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Dora Bender is the Associate Executive Director at "Challenge" an organization for conflict transformation. In her role, she is responsible for establishing new partnerships, formulating strategies with external organizations, advancing innovative projects, planning and implementing grassroots social initiatives, and representing the organization’s work at conferences and public events. In addition, Dora is currently founding the Democracy and Federalism HUB, which promotes the concept of federalism as a tool for conflict transformation – both as a potential model for governance in Israel and as a foundation for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Her areas of expertise are project management, decision-making, strategic consulting, research, marketing and advertising, communications and public relations management, community diplomacy, team leadership, conflict resolution, critical thinking, and public speaking.

Her public and community involvement are:

• Founder and Steering committee member of the 1325 Forum for Political Agreement

• Co-founder of the Federal Forum

• Volunteer in projects promoting sustainability, social justice, and increased political engagement

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Reach out:

E-mail: dora@challenge.org.il

Websites: www.challenge.org.il | www.dfh.org.il

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Dr. Elana Sztokman is an author, social activist and feminist, podcaster, and lecturer, focusing on issues of gender, religion, society, and women’s rights. She holds a doctorate in the anthropology, education, and gender studies from Hebrew University, is the author of seven award-winning books, and is the founder of the podcast Women Ending War, which gives a platform to women from all sides of the conflict to share their stories and work for peace. Elana is dedicated to promoting social justice, sustainability, gender equality, and Jewish-Arab partnership, combining writing, research, and grassroots activism to drive deep and meaningful social change.

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Reach out:

E-mail: elana.sztokman@gmail.com

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Ambassador Amira Oron is a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies, specializing in Egypt and Israeli–Egyptian relations. This role follows three decades in the Israeli foreign service, dedicated to diplomatic activity in the Arab world. Throughout her career, Ambassador Oron has held numerous positions. Most recently, she served as Israel’s Ambassador to Egypt (2020–2024), where she established new connections and strengthened existing ones with Egypt’s official institutions and the private sector and initiated several economic projects. Ambassador Oron also headed Israel’s Embassy in Ankara (2015–2017), where she significantly contributed to the development and upgrade of Israel–Turkey relations to ambassadorial-level representation. She also led the Egypt desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the years of the revolution in Egypt (2008–2014) and previously served as spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Israeli government to the Arabic-speaking media (2003–2014). In this role, Ambassador Oron established and advanced Israel’s public diplomacy efforts with the Arabic-speaking world. Ambassador Oron holds a BA and MA in Middle Eastern Studies from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a BA in Arabic Language and Literature.

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Reach out:

E-mail: oronamira@gmail.com

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May Pundak is a feminist lawyer and activist. In her previous role, she worked at the New Israel Fund in the US. May was the director of the Polyphony Foundation, assisted in establishing a legal team to support political struggles in East Jerusalem and Co-founded an educational dialogue group program. May is a graduate of the Mandel School of Educational Leadership and a graduate of Harvard University's Leadership, Community Organization and Activism course. She holds a teaching certificate in civics and a bachelor's and master's degree in law in the field of public and international law, with an emphasis on human rights, including Transitional Justice studies, from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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Reach out:

E-mail: may@alandforall.org

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Shlomit Ben Yon is - by profession - educational consultant and personal and group trainer, a peace activist, focusing on connections between people and organizations.

She is involved in:

• Dialogue with settlers;

• Initiative for a shared life between Arab-Jewish women;

• Initiative of the Women's Cabinet and collaboration with Baskin Sinjlaoui.

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Reach out:

E-mail: savtashlomit76@gmail.com

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Miriam Haib is a Palestinian Muslim Bedouin Arab woman living in the State of Israel.

She has a Master's degree in Public Policy from the University of Haifa and is currently a student in the Faculty of Law.

She completed training in political negotiation from a gender perspective through the Itach Association. 

Today she is a member of the 1325 Forum for Political Agreement, who would define herself as a woman who advocates for peace, security, and equality.

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"Women are important in making decisions to end the war and promote peace through the existence of two states, a Palestinian state and an Israeli state."

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Reach out:

E-mail: miryamhaib@gmail.com

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Wafaa Shaer is a marriage and family counselor, a certified mediator, a social activist, and a peace advocate.

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Reach out:

E-mail: wafaa_shaer1234@hotmail.com

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Eva Dalak is a Palestinian-Israeli peace activator, women’s empowerment coach, speaker, and founder of Peace Activation. With over 30 years of experience as an international gender and conflict expert, she has worked across 22 conflict zones, championing systemic change and inner transformation as essential pathways to peace and justice. Eva’s work centers on advancing gender equality and ending cycles of violence in Israel/Palestine and beyond. Her trauma-informed and culturally rooted approach empowers women to dismantle patriarchal systems, reclaim their voices, and lead with authenticity and strength.

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Reach out:

E-mail: eva@evadalak.me

Website: evadalak.me | peaceactivation.org

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Enas Zbedat has a master's degree in education with a specialization in behavioral problems, a pedagogical and educational occupational counselor and trainer. She is a social entrepreneur and leader of the Arab society field at the After-Youth Movement Leading Change association, established centers for Arab youth and young people, and a youth and young people movement called "Malach El Balad", which is intended to build the next generation of leaders. She writes therapeutic children's literature: "The Drawer of Memories", which mediates children's loss of a loved one; "Pirit Al-Roman", which tells the story of a girl who is forced to separate from her parents while her father is sick. She is also a lecturer in teacher training courses, on a variety of topics. Previously, she:

• Was an occupational counselor at the Be'Eszmi organization, in the Eshet Hayl program, which prepares Arab women to integrate into the world of work;

• Was an occupational counselor at the National Insurance Institute on behalf of the "Gal" College to assist people who are in the process of vocational rehabilitation to return to the workforce;

• Established the Basat Al-Rih Center for personal growth and development for parents, children and professionals in Sakhnin;

• Was among the founders of the Circles of Storytelling project - centers for storytelling for Arab and Jewish women, whose goal is to create connections and tell new stories about life in the Galilee and later also in Israel and the world.

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Reach out:

E-mail: enas.zbedat84@gmail.com

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