Dr. Lerman is deputy director of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security (JISS). He was deputy director for foreign policy and international affairs at the National Security Council in the Israeli Prime Minister's Office. He held senior posts in IDF Military Intelligence for over 20 years. He also served for eight years as director of the Israel and Middle East office of the American Jewish Committee. He teaches in the Middle East studies program at Shalem College in Jerusalem, and in post-graduate programs at Tel Aviv University and the National Defense College. He is an expert on Israel’s foreign relations, and on the Middle East. A third-generation Sabra, he holds a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics, and a mid-career MPA from Harvard University.

Adv. Yifa Segal was the Chief of Staff of the Ambassador of Israel to the United States. In 2015 Segal established the International Legal Forum (ILF) and was Chair and CEO of the organization until leaving for Washington DC. The ILF is a nonprofit organization fighting against terror, antisemitism, and the de-legitimization of Israel and the Jewish people. In 2013-2014, Segal was the Joint Director of (TPS), an Israeli news agency disseminating news reports and footage in real-time from Israel to media outlets across the world. Before 2013, Mrs. Segal was a Shurat Hadin – Israel Law Center's legal team member. Ms. Segal has a BA in Law from the University of Haifa and an MA in International Relations from Tel Aviv University.

Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak is an expert on contemporary Turkish politics and foreign policy, Turkish-Israeli relations, and the Kurds. He is co-editor of Turkeyscope, a publication of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies at Tel Aviv University.