Israel

Mediators of Israel

Pnina Sharvit Baruch

Categories: Conflict resolution, English, French, Hebrew, International law, Middle East
Location: Israel
Geographical expertise: Middle East
Topical expertise: Conflict Resolution, Peace Negotiations, International law
Languages: English, Hebrew, basic knowledge of French

Pnina Sharvit Baruch is a senior research fellow and the head of the program on law and national security at the Israel Institute for National Security Studies (INSS). She retired from the Israel Defense Forces in 2009 with the rank of Colonel after twenty years in the International Law Department, heading the Department from 2003. In this capacity she was responsible for advising the government on issues relating to international law. During the years 1993-2006, Pnina served as a legal advisor and senior member of Israel’s delegations to the negotiations with the Palestinians. In 2000, she also participated in the negotiations with Syria as the legal advisor of the security committee. After 2009 Pnina taught courses on public international law and on the legal aspects of the Israel – Arab conflict in the law faculty of the Tel-Aviv University. In recent years she has participated in several track II negotiations with Palestinian counterparts. Pnina is an active member of Forum Dvorah – Women in Foreign Policy and National Security and represents the Forum in NATO’s Civil Society Advisory Panel on Women, Peace and Security (WPS). She is vice president of the international association of Jewish lawyers and jurists (IJL) and a member of the managing board of the Israeli section of the International Women Forum (IWF). She joined the Mediterranean Women Mediators Network to work together towards the wider inclusion of women in negotiations in the region.

Pnina Sharvit Baruch

Pnina Sharvit Baruch is a senior research fellow and the...

Eynat Shlein

Categories: Israel
Location: Israel

Ambassador  Eynat  Shlein  is  an  Israeli  diplomat  and  a  senior  analyst.  Born  and  raised  in  Israel,  she  joined  the  Foreign  Service  as  a  career  diplomat  in  1992,  specializing  in  the  Middle  East  region, the Israeli-Arab  relations  and  American  affairs, and promoting  dialog  and  understanding  in  the  region.  She  was  posted in Jordan (twice), in Washington DC, in Boston, and in the Israeli Foreign Ministry  holding several senior positions, including ambassador  (2015-2017), and deputy  head  of  the  Policy  Research  Center  and  director  of  Maghreb,  Syria  and  Lebanon  affairs  department.  She  holds  a  Master’s degree  in  Public Administration (2000) from the Kennedy  School  of  Government at Harvard  University, with a major in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution. She also holds a Bachelor  degree  in  Middle  Eastern  History,  magna  cum  laude  (1991) from the Tel  Aviv  University, Israel.

Eynat Shlein

Ambassador  Eynat  Shlein  is  an  Israeli  diplomat  and  a  senior ...