Uri Bank
Uri Bank is the co-founder of the Israel Allies Foundation and serves on the Board of Directors.[1] [2] Though he was educated in Israel Bank was born in the United States.[1]
Education
Bank holds a BA in Political Science and Interdisciplinary Studies from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. [2]
Political Career
Bank has run as a candidate for the Knesset in every election from 2003. He initially ran for the Moledet party (Bank was Chairman of the party from 2002 to 2009) which was later subsumed into the National Union. He has been the Secretary General of the Jewish Home faction from 2013 - 2015. From 2009 to 2013 he was the Director of the National Union faction. Between 1996 and 2002 he was advisor to Ministry of Tourism Benny Elon. In 2014, Bank ran in the primaries of the radical Jewish Home party. Bank was endorsed by Naftali Bennett, the leader of the Jewish Home.[1] [2]
Affiliations
- Israel Allies Foundation - Founding Member, Board of Directors (2007 - present)
- The Israeli Initiative - The Right Road to Peace - Executive Director/Spokesman (2005 - present)
- Bayit Yehudi Knesset Faction - Secretary General (2013 - 2015)
- National Union Halchud HaLeumi Knesset Faction - Director (2009 - 2013)
- Jewish National Fund - Member, Board of Directors (2006 - 2012)
- Moledet - Chairman (2002 - 2009)
- Magen Shaul pre-Army Preparatory Yeshiva in Nokdim - CEO (2004 - 2005)
- Advisor to Knesset Member and Ministry of Tourism Benny Elon (1996 - 2002)
- National Union-Yisrael Beiteinu Knesset Faction - Director (2000 - 2001)
- Israel Studies Institute - Technical Coordinator (1994 -1996)[2]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lahav Harkov, Bennett endorses US-born primary candidate Uri Bank, Jerusalem Post, 26 December 2014, accessed 12 October 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 LinkedIn Uri Y. Bank. Accessed 12 October 2015.
