Our Team

The SHIFT team is made up of a diverse group of Palestinians and Israelis, from Gaza, Israel, the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Palestinian and Jewish diasporas.

We are teachers, tech professionals, journalists, artists, dialogue facilitators, business owners, government affairs officers, former special forces combat soldiers, volunteer ambulance drivers, civil engineers, youth workers, and more.

Our lives and family histories have been directly impacted by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. With the most recent round of violence bringing more death and destruction, unprecedented in its scale, even compared to our already painfully bloody history.

We recognize that we have a shared destiny - so we’re working together to SHIFT the status quo.