Ron Pundak
Ron Pundak (born 1955) is an Israeli historian and journalist. He played an important role in starting the Oslo peace process in 1993, and was part of the core group behind the Geneva Initiative. He is the former executive director of the Peres Center for Peace in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, acts as co-chairman of its Palestinian-Israeli Peace NGO Forum, and sits on the board of directors of the Aix Group.
Pundak was born in Tel Aviv, the son of Herbert Pundik, a Danish-Israeli journalist and author. In 1991 Pundak graduated from the University of London with a PhD in Middle Eastern Political History. After his return to Israel, he worked as a journalist at the Israeli daily newspaper Ha'aretz for one year.[1] Together with fellow academic Yair Hirschfeld, he founded an NGO called the Economic Cooperation Foundation (ECF), through which they established relationships with Palestinian leaders, which eventually lead to the Oslo peace process. In 2001 Pundak became director general of the Peres Center for Peace in Tel Aviv-Jaffa,[2] a position he held until 2011.[3]
References
- ^ "Interview with Dr. Ron Pundak". Justvision. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ^ "Ron Pundak - The Ambassadors". Beyond Sport. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ^ Jonathan Lis (9 December 2011). "Peres Center told: Choose between Gaza health project and tax break". Haaretz. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
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