Dr. Avi Beker lectures in International diplomacy and is the head of the project on Jewish policy at the School of Government at Tel Aviv University. He is the former Secretary General of the World Jewish Congress and in this capacity he negotiated with heads of governments on Holocaust restitution agreements, the fight against anti- Semitism and the plight of the Forgotten Exodus-the plight of Jewish refugees from Arab countries. He appeared before the American Congress on the Issues of refugees and UNWRA. He was a member of the Israeli Mission to the United Nations and he published several books and numerous articles on international security and world Jewish affairs. He writes a regular column for Ha'aretz and he is a member of several public and economic boards.