Maya Ilany is a political campaigner and the Head of Public Outreach at Molad, Molad: The Center for the Renewal of Israeli Democracy. She holds an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School and a BSc in Economics and Politics. Her work focuses on democracy, civil society, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Previously, she was Deputy Director of Yachad, the UK’s leading Israel-Palestine peace campaign, and worked for a senior UK MP on political strategy. She has also led communications and media campaigns on workers’ rights as Head of Communications at the trade union Community in the UK. Maya writes about Israeli politics and the conflict in Israeli and international press, with bylines in The Guardian, The Independent, Haaretz, and more.