Calev Ben-Dor has worked in the Israeli policy and national security world – both inside and outside government – for 20 years. A former analyst at the respected Reut Institute and subsequently in the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s policy planning division, Calev studied History and International Relations at both Leeds and the London School of Economics. He is an Alumnus of Negotiations Strategies Institute, a platform for equipping senior leadership in the Middle East with innovative negotiation frameworks and tools, and has published widely in Haaretz, YNET, Times of Israel, London Jewish News, Jewish Chronicle, and Algemeiner. Calev is Editor of the ‘Fathom Journal – for a deeper understanding of Israel and the region’ and has many years of experience in lecturing about Israel and the Middle East to different groups. He is the author of After the Dust and Ashes: October 7, the Book of Job, and Journeys from Grief to Hope.