Yisrael Medad

Yisrael Medad is responsible for Educational Programming and Information resources at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center. After serving as Director of Israel’s Media Watch 1995-2000, he is now Vice-Chairman of its Executive Board. YM has served as a Parliamentary and Legislative Aide to Members of Knesset; Senior Assistant to the Deputy Minister for Science and an advisor to the Minister for Science; and an Editor of Counterpoint. He is an Op-Ed contributor to the Jerusalem Post, LA Times, International Herald Tribune, Sh’ma, Outpost and other periodicals, and is Founding Editor of the Yesha Report. Medad has been active in promoting Jewish rights on the Temple Mount through the El Har HaShem (To the Mount of the Lord) Society. He blogs at www.myrightword.blogspot.com.