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He completed his army service in the Israeli Defense Forces with the rank of major and studied business administration and public policy. He served in the Knesset from 1999 until 2006, and as Deputy Minister of Development of the Negev and the Galilee, Minister at the Prime Minister\u2019s Office for Special Functions, and as Israel\u2019s Minister of Satellite Communications and Cyber.\r\n\r\nIn 2015, Kara recognized an opportunity for bridging diplomatic relations between Israel, the Middle East, the Gulf countries and other Islamic states in the region, and he promoted a regional economic conference between the countries. After the election of President Donald Trump, Kara met with him, which led to the economic conference in Bahrain, which concluded that there is a need for a non political body to initiate and promote the economic initiatives for the region.","link":"https:\/\/savethewest.com\/author\/ayoob\/","slug":"ayoob","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ecf7f17ab798d7f9894e3709f24f00a368915760f5238a4de78db7ea2e384852?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ecf7f17ab798d7f9894e3709f24f00a368915760f5238a4de78db7ea2e384852?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ecf7f17ab798d7f9894e3709f24f00a368915760f5238a4de78db7ea2e384852?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethewest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethewest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}},{"id":9,"name":"Clay","url":"","description":"","link":"https:\/\/savethewest.com\/author\/clay\/","slug":"clay","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/38fba811294fdc63a2dfb12e45efdeb4b2dfb986d1b3898ab462a9659d51a483?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/38fba811294fdc63a2dfb12e45efdeb4b2dfb986d1b3898ab462a9659d51a483?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/38fba811294fdc63a2dfb12e45efdeb4b2dfb986d1b3898ab462a9659d51a483?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethewest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethewest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}},{"id":13,"name":"Dmitry Radyshevsky","url":"","description":"Dr Dmitry Radyshevsky is a Moscow-born Harvard-educated Israeli-American theologian, political analyst and writer. Author of \u201cUniversal Zionism\u201d and \u201cThe New Maccabees\u201d. He\u2019s the founder of Jerusalem Summit \u2013 a think-tank dedicated to uniting the free world around Jerusalem and developing a joint strategy against the twin dangers: \u201cMan without God\u201d of Post-Liberalism and \u201cGod without man\u201d of totalitarian states\u2019 Statism and Islamism.","link":"https:\/\/savethewest.com\/author\/dmitry\/","slug":"dmitry","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/603550a21bc95d9e9bcf5b650eaa951617c51e469ff9e96abb59a815ae95a84f?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/603550a21bc95d9e9bcf5b650eaa951617c51e469ff9e96abb59a815ae95a84f?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/603550a21bc95d9e9bcf5b650eaa951617c51e469ff9e96abb59a815ae95a84f?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethewest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethewest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}},{"id":19,"name":"Douglas Altabef","url":"","description":"","link":"https:\/\/savethewest.com\/author\/douglas\/","slug":"douglas","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f0697807c9d58c10cdac55c9f32d02f823b434e5c1ad91c38a4021317571ea8?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f0697807c9d58c10cdac55c9f32d02f823b434e5c1ad91c38a4021317571ea8?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f0697807c9d58c10cdac55c9f32d02f823b434e5c1ad91c38a4021317571ea8?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethewest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethewest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}},{"id":18,"name":"Erez Winner","url":"","description":"Erez Winner spent 25 years in the Israel Defense Forces, and retired as a colonel.","link":"https:\/\/savethewest.com\/author\/erez\/","slug":"erez","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c13cbb0323ad0bdeb124839a6e69d5ae3d7083b45899b8f5fbc67d1f1f2cadba?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c13cbb0323ad0bdeb124839a6e69d5ae3d7083b45899b8f5fbc67d1f1f2cadba?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c13cbb0323ad0bdeb124839a6e69d5ae3d7083b45899b8f5fbc67d1f1f2cadba?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethewest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethewest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}},{"id":10,"name":"Guest Editorial","url":"http:\/\/Editorial","description":"","link":"https:\/\/savethewest.com\/author\/guest-editorial\/","slug":"guest-editorial","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/46abd0c60a93e1e1ce1045381970b0f49ff76f061fd366c3142c40a91213004d?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/46abd0c60a93e1e1ce1045381970b0f49ff76f061fd366c3142c40a91213004d?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/46abd0c60a93e1e1ce1045381970b0f49ff76f061fd366c3142c40a91213004d?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethewest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethewest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}},{"id":7,"name":"Ilana Freedman","url":"","description":"","link":"https:\/\/savethewest.com\/author\/ilana\/","slug":"ilana","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c5b25c9d1176e304dbafd3242e71b58adcf4d905f3e5bf9d0b4f12c916502737?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c5b25c9d1176e304dbafd3242e71b58adcf4d905f3e5bf9d0b4f12c916502737?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c5b25c9d1176e304dbafd3242e71b58adcf4d905f3e5bf9d0b4f12c916502737?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethewest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethewest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}},{"id":1,"name":"Jon Sutz","url":"","description":"<strong>Jon Sutz<\/strong> was the Consulting Editor &amp; Videographer of SaveTheWest.com from 2014 through August 2020. Jon is a liberty-oriented multimedia graphic designer, writer and creative consultant, based in Charlottesville, VA (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonsutz.com\/\">jonsutz.com<\/a>). Most recently, Jon authored his first book, about the dog that helped to save his life after 9\/11, <a href=\"http:\/\/shaynathemiracledog.com\/book\/about-book\/\"><em>\"Saved By Shayna: Life Lessons From A Miracle Dog,\"<\/em><\/a> and is creating an activism campaign to help prevent dogs from suffering in hot cars: <a href=\"http:\/\/heatkills.org\/\">HeatKills.org<\/a>.","link":"https:\/\/savethewest.com\/author\/jon\/","slug":"jon","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a6c168680ed696dc669885aedc0cbbf505352e15b3d0da8be13bb247b9298210?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a6c168680ed696dc669885aedc0cbbf505352e15b3d0da8be13bb247b9298210?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a6c168680ed696dc669885aedc0cbbf505352e15b3d0da8be13bb247b9298210?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethewest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethewest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}},{"id":2,"name":"Kenneth Abramowitz","url":"https:\/\/www.savethewest.com","description":"Kenneth Abramowitz is the President and founder of SaveTheWest.com. 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