Mitchell Barak

The author is an American-Israeli pollster and communications professional based in Jerusalem. He served as a speechwriter to president Shimon Peres and prime minister Ariel Sharon, and as an aide to then deputy minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the tenure of prime minister Yitzhak Shamir. He is CEO of KEEVOON Global Research and has polled 5,276,382 million mobile phone users in 135 countries in the past three years. @uberpollster.

Protest against the government's judicial reform, July 24, 2023.

The path to Israeli dictatorship runs through President Isaac Herzog - opinion

Israelis agree that the judicial system needs improvements, but cannot agree on what changes to make or how to implement them.

JULY 25, 2023

A MAN uses a sauna located at the frozen river Spree in Berlin

On being Jewish and naked in a German sauna

The Holocaust is also on the minds of many Germans. Their unwavering support for Israel is deeply rooted in history.

JANUARY 22, 2020

SHIMON PERES smiles during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos in 2013.

Looking back to the future with Shimon Peres

A little known side to Shimon Peres.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

'Hasbara' lessons I learned from Al Jazeera

Since its founding, the governments of Russia and France have launched their own 24-hour English news networks, Russia Today and France24.

JANUARY 10, 2009

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