Yair Zivan
Jewish Book Week: The Centre Must Hold with Carly Maisel
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In an era of complex global challenges, extremism and populism may offer the public simple but ultimately dangerous solutions. Yair Zivan, a longtime adviser to Yair Lapid—Israel’s opposition leader and former prime minister—proposes a different path: centrism. Zivan argues that centrism is the key to overcoming polarisation and a proven strategy for effective leadership. As editor of The Centre Must Hold, he has gathered insights from leaders including Tony Blair, Kathryn Murdoch, and Michael Bloomberg. In conversation with Carly Maisel, global CEO of The Kirsh Foundation. Learn more
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Yair Zivan
Yair Zivan is a committed centrist. He has served as foreign policy advisor to Yair Lapid, leader of Israel’s largest centrist political party since 2014 throughout his tenures as finance minister, leader of the opposition, foreign minister and prime minister of Israel. Before working for Mr. Lapid he was international media spokesperson for President Shimon Peres. His work has been published in media outlets across the world.