Gidi Grinstein
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Gidi Grinstein is the President and Founder of the Reut Institute, a non-partisan, non-profit strategy group that aims to sustain significant and substantive impact on Israel and the Jewish World under the banner of 21st Century Zionism. Reut catalyzes deep transformations in the underlying values and mindset of different actors to address critical challenges to national-security, socioeconomic development, and the Jewish World. Specifically, Reut specializes in identifying critical gaps, creating new knowledge, offering an innovative and exciting vision, and successfully catalyzing its systemic integration. In March 2010, it was described as "one of the premier Israeli policy research centers" by New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman
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Before founding Reut, Grinstein served as Secretary and Coordinator of the Israeli negotiation team on the Permanent Status Agreement between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization
in the Office and later in the Bureau of Prime Minister Ehud Barak
(1999–2001). He was the youngest member of the Israel delegation at the time. On the night of July 17–18, 2000, at the 2000 Camp David Summit, he used the Heimlich maneuver to dislodge a peanut
from Barak's throat.
In addition, he was the founder of Yesodot Group for reforming Israeli Governance, a member of Kol-Dor Group for global Jewish peoplehood
, a member of "Israel 2025 – Scenarios for Future Developments," and a founding member of a group that worked to realize the vision of the "Birthright Israel" program.
Grinstein is a graduate of Tel-Aviv University in Economics (1991) and Law (1999) and of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government
as a Wexner Israel Fellow (2002). He is a Captain (Res.) in the Israeli Navy and a former volunteer police officer.
More information on articles and speeches by Grinstein can be found on http://www.gidigrinstein.com
Thomas Friedman
Thomas Lauren Friedman is an American journalist, columnist and author. He writes a twice-weekly column for The New York Times. He has written extensively on foreign affairs including global trade, the Middle East, and environmental issues and has won the Pulitzer Prize three times.-Personal...
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Before founding Reut, Grinstein served as Secretary and Coordinator of the Israeli negotiation team on the Permanent Status Agreement between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization
Palestine Liberation Organization
The Palestine Liberation Organization is a political and paramilitary organization which was created in 1964. It is recognized as the "sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people" by the United Nations and over 100 states with which it holds diplomatic relations, and has enjoyed...
in the Office and later in the Bureau of Prime Minister Ehud Barak
Ehud Barak
Ehud Barak is an Israeli politician who served as Prime Minister from 1999 until 2001. He was leader of the Labor Party until January 2011 and holds the posts of Minister of Defense and Deputy Prime Minister in Binyamin Netanyahu's government....
(1999–2001). He was the youngest member of the Israel delegation at the time. On the night of July 17–18, 2000, at the 2000 Camp David Summit, he used the Heimlich maneuver to dislodge a peanut
Peanut
The peanut, or groundnut , is a species in the legume or "bean" family , so it is not a nut. The peanut was probably first cultivated in the valleys of Peru. It is an annual herbaceous plant growing tall...
from Barak's throat.
In addition, he was the founder of Yesodot Group for reforming Israeli Governance, a member of Kol-Dor Group for global Jewish peoplehood
Jewish peoplehood
Jewish peoplehood is the awareness of the underlying unity that makes an individual Jew a part of the Jewish people....
, a member of "Israel 2025 – Scenarios for Future Developments," and a founding member of a group that worked to realize the vision of the "Birthright Israel" program.
Grinstein is a graduate of Tel-Aviv University in Economics (1991) and Law (1999) and of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government
John F. Kennedy School of Government
The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is a public policy and public administration school, and one of Harvard's graduate and professional schools...
as a Wexner Israel Fellow (2002). He is a Captain (Res.) in the Israeli Navy and a former volunteer police officer.
External links
His blog, Blogidi: A Link in the Chain can be found on http://www.blogidi.com/More information on articles and speeches by Grinstein can be found on http://www.gidigrinstein.com