Ofer Lifschitz
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Ofer Lifschitz, (born in kibbutz
Masada, Israel
in 1958) is an Israeli politician and head of Brit Olam
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Lifschitz left Israel to travel in 1984, before settling in the United States in 1988. There, he set up an electrical contracting firm, and co-founded Global Peace Solution, a charity focussing on international conflict resolution.
In 2004 Lifschitz returned to Israel and founded Brit Olam.
Kibbutz
A kibbutz is a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economic branches, including industrial plants and high-tech enterprises. Kibbutzim began as utopian communities, a combination of socialism and Zionism...
Masada, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
in 1958) is an Israeli politician and head of Brit Olam
Brit Olam
Brit Olam is a political party in Israel-Background and ideology:Brit Olam is joint Jewish-Arab party founded by Ofer Lifschitz in 2005. It stands for the foundation of a Palestinan state, separation of church and state, raising the minimum wage and improving the education system...
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Lifschitz left Israel to travel in 1984, before settling in the United States in 1988. There, he set up an electrical contracting firm, and co-founded Global Peace Solution, a charity focussing on international conflict resolution.
In 2004 Lifschitz returned to Israel and founded Brit Olam.