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 *[[Nava Edelstein]] - Edelstein is described as the program director as the Concert-Together for Israel from March 2019. <ref> Nava Edelstein, LinkedIn, archived on 15 December 2020 at https://archive.vn/rv2Ed Accessed on 15 December 2020 </ref> Previously she was: Director Of Project Development, Israel Public Diplomacy Forum, 2018 – 2019; Director of Foreign Relations, National Union of Israeli Students, 2016 – 2018 <ref> Nava Edelstein, LinkedIn, archived on 15 December 2020 at https://archive.vn/rv2Ed Accessed on 15 December 2020 </ref>
 *[[Tzvika Einbinder]] - Einbinder is based within the FOIA Department of the Ministry of Strategic Affairs <ref> Eitay Mack Advocate, FOIR, 19 August 2018, archived on 15 December 2020 at https://web.archive.org/web/20200326110137/https://electronicintifada.net/sites/default/files/2018-08/eitay-mack-labour-foi.pdf  Accessed on 15 December 2020 </ref>
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 *[[Ministry of Diaspora Affairs]]
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 *[[Kela Shlomo]]/[[Concert]]/[[Voices of Israel]]

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 == Activities ==
-Under Gildad Erdan's leadership, the Ministry attempted to keep its activities secret. Erdan and Vaknin-Gil even tried, unsuccessfully, to exempt the Ministry from the Israeli [[Freedom of Information Law]].{{sfn|Landau|2020}} In 2016, Vaknin-Gil refused to divulge details of the Ministry's activities to a committee of Israeli parliamentarians. "A lot of what we do is under the radar," she told them.{{sfn|White|2020|p=70}} However, the Ministry came under a new leadership in 2018; Orit Farkash-Hacohen became the new Strategic Affairs Minister and Ronen Manelis his director general. They announced that they intended to increase the Ministry's transparency which allowed previously secret documents to be published.<ref>{{harvnb|Landau|2020|ps=: the new leadership of the ministry ... have announced that they intend on increasing the ministry's transparency.}}</ref>
+Under [[Gilad Erdan]]'s leadership, the Ministry attempted to keep its activities secret. Erdan and Vaknin-Gil even tried, unsuccessfully, to exempt the Ministry from the Israeli [[Freedom of Information Law]].{{sfn|Landau|2020}} In 2016, Vaknin-Gil refused to divulge details of the Ministry's activities to a committee of Israeli parliamentarians. "A lot of what we do is under the radar," she told them.{{sfn|White|2020|p=70}} However, the Ministry came under a new leadership in 2018; Orit Farkash-Hacohen became the new Strategic Affairs Minister and Ronen Manelis his director general. They announced that they intended to increase the Ministry's transparency which allowed previously secret documents to be published.<ref>{{harvnb|Landau|2020|ps=: the new leadership of the ministry ... have announced that they intend on increasing the ministry's transparency.}}</ref>
 The Ministry believes that state propaganda is less effective in persuading the public than institutions and individuals perceived as acting independently. The Ministry has therefore created a "network" of domestic and international organizations to advance the state's "message."{{sfn|''The Seventh Eye''|2019}}

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	The '''Ministry of Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy''' (''HaMisrad LeNos'im Astrategi'im'') was an Israeli government ministry responsible for leading the campaign against the [[BDS movement]].<ref>{{harvnb\|Nathan-Kazis\|2018\|ps=: Israeli agency tasked with opposing the BDS movement}}; {{harvnb\|Cobain\|MacAskill\|2017\|ps=: Israel’s strategic affairs ministry has been handed the task of countering the worldwide campaign to use boycotts, divestment and sanctions to target Israel – the so-called BDS movement.}}; {{harvnb\|''GOV.IL''\|ps=: Leading the campaign against the actions of anti-Israel delegitimization and boycott campaigns The formation, inclusion and coordination of government efforts to deal with the phenomenon in all its aspects. These include diplomacy, consciousness, academic, economic, cultural and legal activity.}}</ref> The ministry was closed down in 2021 by the [[Thirty-sixth government of Israel\|36th government]] and merged into the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel)\|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]].<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Harkov\|first=Lahav\|date=2021-06-24\|title=Has the Strategic Affairs Ministry achieved its goals?\|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/has-the-strategic-affairs-ministry-achieved-its-goals-671902\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-07-01\|website=The Jerusalem Post\|language=en-US}}</ref> Some of its functions were transferred to the [[Ministry of Diaspora Affairs]].		The '''Ministry of Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy''' (''HaMisrad LeNos'im Astrategi'im'') was an Israeli government ministry responsible for leading the campaign against the [[BDS movement]].<ref>{{harvnb\|Nathan-Kazis\|2018\|ps=: Israeli agency tasked with opposing the BDS movement}}; {{harvnb\|Cobain\|MacAskill\|2017\|ps=: Israel’s strategic affairs ministry has been handed the task of countering the worldwide campaign to use boycotts, divestment and sanctions to target Israel – the so-called BDS movement.}}; {{harvnb\|''GOV.IL''\|ps=: Leading the campaign against the actions of anti-Israel delegitimization and boycott campaigns The formation, inclusion and coordination of government efforts to deal with the phenomenon in all its aspects. These include diplomacy, consciousness, academic, economic, cultural and legal activity.}}</ref> The ministry was closed down in 2021 by the [[Thirty-sixth government of Israel\|36th government]] and merged into the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel)\|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]].<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Harkov\|first=Lahav\|date=2021-06-24\|title=Has the Strategic Affairs Ministry achieved its goals?\|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/has-the-strategic-affairs-ministry-achieved-its-goals-671902\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-07-01\|website=The Jerusalem Post\|language=en-US}}</ref> Some of its functions were transferred to the [[Ministry of Diaspora Affairs]].

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−	The '''Ministry of Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy''' (''HaMisrad LeNos'im Astrategi'im'') was an Israeli government ministry responsible for leading the campaign against the [[BDS movement]].<ref>{{harvnb\|Nathan-Kazis\|2018\|ps=: Israeli agency tasked with opposing the BDS movement}}; {{harvnb\|Cobain\|MacAskill\|2017\|ps=: Israel’s strategic affairs ministry has been handed the task of countering the worldwide campaign to use boycotts, divestment and sanctions to target Israel – the so-called BDS movement.}}; {{harvnb\|''GOV.IL''\|ps=: Leading the campaign against the actions of anti-Israel delegitimization and boycott campaigns The formation, inclusion and coordination of government efforts to deal with the phenomenon in all its aspects. These include diplomacy, consciousness, academic, economic, cultural and legal activity.}}</ref> The ministry was closed down in 2021 by the [[Thirty-sixth government of Israel\|36th government]] and merged into the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel)\|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]].<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Harkov\|first=Lahav\|date=2021-06-24\|title=Has the Strategic Affairs Ministry achieved its goals?\|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/has-the-strategic-affairs-ministry-achieved-its-goals-671902\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-07-01\|website=The Jerusalem Post\|language=en-US}}</ref>	+	The '''Ministry of Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy''' (''HaMisrad LeNos'im Astrategi'im'') was an Israeli government ministry responsible for leading the campaign against the [[BDS movement]].<ref>{{harvnb\|Nathan-Kazis\|2018\|ps=: Israeli agency tasked with opposing the BDS movement}}; {{harvnb\|Cobain\|MacAskill\|2017\|ps=: Israel’s strategic affairs ministry has been handed the task of countering the worldwide campaign to use boycotts, divestment and sanctions to target Israel – the so-called BDS movement.}}; {{harvnb\|''GOV.IL''\|ps=: Leading the campaign against the actions of anti-Israel delegitimization and boycott campaigns The formation, inclusion and coordination of government efforts to deal with the phenomenon in all its aspects. These include diplomacy, consciousness, academic, economic, cultural and legal activity.}}</ref> The ministry was closed down in 2021 by the [[Thirty-sixth government of Israel\|36th government]] and merged into the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel)\|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]].<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Harkov\|first=Lahav\|date=2021-06-24\|title=Has the Strategic Affairs Ministry achieved its goals?\|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/has-the-strategic-affairs-ministry-achieved-its-goals-671902\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-07-01\|website=The Jerusalem Post\|language=en-US}}</ref> Some of its functions were transferred to the [[Ministry of Diaspora Affairs]].

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 *Ministry of Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy [https://www.gov.il/BlobFolder/generalpage/terrorists_in_suits/en/De-Legitimization%20Brochure.pdf The Ties Between NGOs promoting BDS and Terrorist Organizations], February 2019. Internet Archive version of [https://web.archive.org/web/20200309163242/https://www.gov.il/BlobFolder/generalpage/terrorists_in_suits/en/De-Legitimization%20Brochure.pdf 9 March 2020].
 *Ministry of Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy [https://4il.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/MSA-report-Behind-the-Mask.pdf Behind the Mask: The Antisemitic Nature of BDS Exposed], September 2019.
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