Forging Stronger Connections to Israel for Genuine, Transformative Impact.
The Heartland Initiative builds bridges and relationships through public diplomacy, EDUCATION, and SOCIAL IMPACT PROJECTS on a grassroots level between international mayors, philanthropists, business people, and other professionals to their counterparts within all the regions of Israel. Real impact comes when identifying mutual interests between these two parties and building lasting cooperation. Our mission is to both strengthen Israel and the connections to it.
THE HEARTLAND INITIATIVE BUILDS BRIDGES AND RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH PUBLIC DIPLOMACY, EDUCATION, AND SOCIAL IMPACT PROJECTS ON A GRASSROOTS LEVEL BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL MAYORS, PHILANTHROPISTS, BUSINESS PEOPLE, AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS TO THEIR COUNTERPARTS WITHIN ALL THE REGIONS OF ISRAEL. REAL IMPACT COMES WHEN IDENTIFYING MUTUAL INTERESTS BETWEEN THESE TWO PARTIES AND BUILDING LASTING COOPERATION. OUR MISSION IS TO BOTH STRENGTHEN ISRAEL AND THE CONNECTIONS TO IT.
leadership.
gedaliah blum
SENIOR ADVISORS.
LT. Col. IDF (RES.)
Dr. Mordechai Kedar
researcher at the Begin Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Bar Ilan University
Pedram Bral, MD
Mayor of the Village of Great Neck, NY
Fleur Hassan-Nahoum
Deputy Mayor of Israel’s Capital of Jerusalem
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner
Lawyer, President of Israel Law Center
Brigadier General IDF (Ret.) Amir Avivi
Founder and CEO of IDSF – Israel Defense And Security Forum
Wael Mugrabi
mayor of Ein Qiniyya, Druze town in the golan heights
Eric Rubin
Executive Director of Project Max