Delegations

Yossi Abravanel

Deputy Executive Director, ELNET-Israel
Yossi Abravanel is a former entrepreneur in the fields of telecom and homeland security in Israel and beyond, with extensive experience in work vis-à-vis governments in West Africa and Israel, and as a Jewish Agency’s Aliyah representative in Paris. He holds an MBA from the University of Sorbonne and a BA from Jerusalem College of Technology.

Jill Wyler

Delegations Program Manager, ELNET-Israel
Jill Wyler held various professional positions in Israel and her last position prior to joining ELNET was as the Israel representative of a Washington based independent academic organization which focused on enhancing knowledge about modern Israel at universities in the United States and around the world. At ELNET she is a Program manager within the Delegations department, which deals with dozens of ELNET parliamentarian delegations visiting Israel each year. Jill has a master's degree in International Relations, with a focus on diplomacy and foreign policy, from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Bachelor's degree in International Relations and German Literature.

Mission

ELNET’s delegations have brought thousands of European policymakers and influential leaders to Israel over the last decade. While 80% of the U.S. Congress has visited Israel, only 10% of European counterparts have done so. The premise for establishing ELNET was in fact to turn this challenge into an opportunity, which ELNET has successfully done.

Our Participants

ELNET hosts top European parliamentarians and opinion makers, many of them visiting Israel for the first time ever. As a non-governmental, nonpartisan organization with offices in multiple countries, we are uniquely positioned to bring members of parliament to Israel from across the political spectrum. Our delegations feature top-level decisionmakers, including former prime ministers, sitting ministers and deputy ministers, high-ranking members of EU bodies, heads of key parliamentary committees, speakers of parliament, as well as other important influential leaders.

Impact

ELNET’s delegations are carefully planned and aim to provide participants with a powerful and motivating eye-opening experience helping shape an independent and well-informed view of Israel. ELNET accomplishes this by developing programs that include meetings with Israel’s most senior government officials and influential politicians, strategic tours and visits to sensitive security sites, briefings with independent policy experts, IDF personnel, and startups in the Israeli hi-tech ecosystem, tours of national infrastructure, meetings with minority groups that embody Israel’s commitment to democracy, visits to leading NGOs, and trips to places of historical significance.

Contribution

Each delegation is tailormade to fit the needs and interests of the participants. ELNET has curated delegations focusing on topics ranging from aerial defense, to cyber security, climate change, crisis management, innovation, war trauma prevention, and more. Whether by helicopter or by naval boat, ELNET takes delegations to sites and meetings where no other delegation has gone before. Participants have met with Israeli prime ministers, presidents, senior ranks of the IDF, top ministers, and innovators. These programs contribute to fostering strong relationships between top Israeli officials and leading opinionmakers across Europe.

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