Ofir Dayan
Israeli INSS researcher on antisemitism and delegitimisation; former IDF spokesperson officer
| Ofir Dayan
| |
|---|---|
| Image |  Dayan (INSS) |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Occupation | Researcher, Institute for National Security Studies |
| Known for | Intifada on the Hudson; co-author of the INSS plan to "rehabilitate" Israel's public diplomacy |
| Education | BA and MIA, Columbia University |
Ofir Dayan is a researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) specialising in antisemitism and delegitimisation, and the author of Intifada on the Hudson (Yedioth Books; in English, Gefen).[1] INSS says she has a BA and an MIA from Columbia University, where she was president of Students Supporting Israel, and that she writes a column for Makor Rishon. She served as an officer in the IDF Spokesperson's Unit, including as spokesperson of the 188th Armored Brigade during the 2014 Gaza war ("Protective Edge"), and was active in the Betar youth movement.[1]
INSS public diplomacy plan
With Akiva Tor, Dayan wrote INSS's analysis of Israeli public diplomacy. In the Jerusalem Post in March 2026 they argued that "Israel's public self-defense has been badly mismanaged". They called for an "apolitical" head of the National Information Directorate to take up "the budgetary and leadership reins of Israel's hasbara apparatus".[2] INSS published the plan as a policy paper.[3] According to leaked INSS emails released by the hacking group Handala, which is believed to have ties to Iranian intelligence, and published by Distributed Denial of Secrets, Tor and Dayan presented the plan at an INSS research forum on 23 November 2025. The material has not been independently verified.[4]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Institute for National Security Studies, Ofir Dayan INSS, accessed 22 October 2026. INSS-side.
- ↑ Akiva Tor and Ofir Dayan, Israel's public image is in shambles, can it be saved? The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem Report), 4 March 2026, accessed 22 October 2026.
- ↑ Institute for National Security Studies, Israel's Deteriorating Image as a Threat to National Security: A Plan to Rehabilitate Israel's Public Diplomacy INSS, 2026, accessed 22 October 2026. INSS-side.
- ↑ Distributed Denial of Secrets, Raz Zimmt emails DDoSecrets, 13 March 2026, Handala files 15954 and 14025, accessed 22 October 2026.