With over 35 years of experience in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Grisha Yakubovitch specializes in strategizing, mediating, and facilitating collaborations between Palestinians, Israelis, and key stakeholders in the region. He has a distinguished background in the IDF, where he served as the head of the civilian department in COGAT and was the last Israeli mayor of Gaza. As a consultant, he advises private companies, governments, and NGOs on security and infrastructure projects, and he is a senior analyst at the MirYam Institute. He is an experienced lecturer and media commentator on Israeli security and Middle East affairs.