SPEAKER BIO:  Mr. Levy was a member of Israel's delegation to the Taba negotiations with the Palestinians in 2001, and the Oslo B Agreements in 1995 under Prime Minister Rabin.  During the Barak government, he worked in the Israeli Prime Minister's Office as Special Adviser/Head of Jerusalem Affairs, later serving as senior policy adviser to then Israeli minister of justice, Yossi Beilin.  Mr. Levy was the lead Israeli drafter of the Geneva Initiative (2003) and an analyst for the International Crisis Group. In the early 1990s he held the elected office of the World Union of Jewish Students Chairperson in Jerusalem.  Mr. Levy is a member of J Street's advisory council.  He writes regularly for Haaretz, Guardian Online, Huffington Post, and Foreign Policy, among other publications.

BACKGROUND READING:

"So, did Netanyahu really win?," Daniel Levy, Haaretz, October 4, 2009.

"More than just a photo-op," Daniel Levy, Foreign Policy, September 23, 2009.