Yossi Alpher

Yossi Alpher

Yossi (Joseph) Alpher is an Israeli political consultant and writer. He was a senior advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak during the Camp David summit. [http://www.chicagopeacenow.org/biographies.html]

Biography

Alpher served in the Israel Defense Force as an intelligence officer, followed by 12 years of service in the Mossad. In 1981-1995, he was assistant director and director of the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University. In 1995-2000, he was director of the American Jewish Committee's Israel/Middle East office in Jerusalem. At the Jaffee Centre, Alpher coordinated a research project seeking solutions to the conflict with the Palestinians and developed a plan for an Israeli-Palestinian territorial settlement. [http://www.chicagopeacenow.org/biographies.html] In collaboration with Ghassan Khatib, labor minister of the Palestinian Authority, Alpher created an Israeli-Palestinian political dialogue site, "www.bitterlemons.org". He also writes "Hard Questions, Tough Answers," [http://www.peacenow.org peacenow.org] and a monthly column for Forward, called the Strategic Interest. Since 1992, Alpher has coordinated several dialogues between Israelis and Arabs.

In 2002, Alpher published "And the Wolf Shall Dwell with the Wolf: The Settlers and the Palestinians" (HaKibbutz Hameuchad, Hebrew).

Alpher is married to Irene Tamar Alpher. They have three children and four grandchildren. They live in Ramat HaSharon, north of Tel Aviv.

In April 2008, Alpher signed a letter of support for the recently created J Street American pro-peace lobby group.cite news
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title= New Kid on the Block
publisher= "Guardian"
date=2008-04-15
accessdate=2008-04-30]

In July 2008, Alpher agreed to be interviewed for what he was told would be a documentary on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but turned out to be a gag interview by comedian Sasha Baron Cohen. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,376847,00.html]

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