The Board of Trustees is responsible for policy and implementation of the Unity Council Institutions’ mission and goals, as well as taking responsibility for all matters pertaining to financial management and accountability. The Board takes upon itself management of the three arms of the Council, one of which is the Citizens' Accord Forum. All members are volunteers.

Mr. Ahmad Balaha (Co-Chair)

Advisor on Jaffa Affairs to the Head of the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality; Member of the Muslim Council in Jaffa; Former Manager of the Sharia'a Courts in Israel.

Rabbi Zion Cohen (Co-Chair)

The regional Rabbi of “Shaar HaNegev”in the south of Israel.

Ms. Adina Bar-Shalom

Head of the first and only college for ultra-orthodox women in Israel.

Mr. Micha Rosenthaler

Educator and member of Kibbutz Sa’ad.

Ms. Tova Ilan

President of the Yaacov Hertzog Center for Jewish Studies.

Dr. Zvi Zameret

Director of the Yad Izhak Ben Tzvi Institute.

Prof. Yedidia Stern

Professor of Law, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan; Senior Fellow of The Israel Democracy Institute.

Dr. Avigail Yinon

Head of the Ayala Center: Research for the Promotion of Education in Israel, Bar Ilan University.

Ms. Ruth Bar Shalev

Business and organizational trainer.

Mr. Somer Krantingi

Coordinator of the Unit for Continuing Treatment and Home Convalescence; Supervisor of the Unit's Arab section; Qualified nurse and an MA graduate in the field of Health Management Systems.

Mr. Aviad Friedman

CEO of Most Propertie

The egalitarian leadership of the Citizens' Accord Forum is responsible for organizational and financial guidance in specific and defined areas of the Forum’s activities. All members are volunteers.

 

Dr. Younis Abu Rabia

Doctor at Soroka Hospital, Beer Sheva, specializing in the field of diabetes; Director of Clalit Health Clinic in Rahat; Activist in the field of co-existence; Member of the executive committee and board of trustees of Ben Gurion University in the Negev.

 

Mr. Somer Krantingi

Coordinator of the Unit for Continuing Treatment and Home Convalescence; Supervisor of the Unit's Arab section; Qualified nurse and an MA graduate in the field of Health Management Systems.

 

Mr. Yaron Friedman

Graphic designer; Member of the Peace Now panel and the Jewish-Arab Press Club.

 

Mr. Walter Dreifuss

High-tech marketing consultant and representative.

 

Ms. Wafa Zuabi Fahum

Attorney in the field of criminal law, land and family assets; Activist in the field of co-existence in northern Israel; Member of the Northern Constitution Committee on behalf of "Agreed Constitution,” headed by the Honorable Judge Dan Bayn.

 

Mr. Shmuel Merhav

Advisor to the Steering Committee; Director of Merhav Efsharoyot Ltd Company; Leads activities that promote Jewish-Arab co-existence in Israel and the Middle East.

 

Ms. Rachelle Schilo

Director of the Jewish Agency Allocations Program; Former Executive Director of the Abraham Fund Initiatives.

 

Mr. Ream Shamshoum

Manager of member relations in "Maala" (Business Obligation to Society); Active in the advancement of the Arab community in Israel.

 

Dr. Oded Avissar

Director of Bet Yatziv - the National Jewish Studies Center for Teachers' In-Service Training.

Ahmad Balaha
 
Advisor on Jaffa Affairs to the Head of the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality; Member of the Muslim Council in Jaffa; Former Manager of the Sharia'a Courts in Israel.