Author
Yair Zivan
Yair Zivan is the author and editor of ‘The Centre Must Hold – Why Centrism is the answer to extremism and polarisation’ which was released this summer and makes the case for political centrism through a series of essays from leading politicians, journalists, thinkers and policy-makers. Yair is senior foreign policy advisor to Yair Lapid, the leader of Israel’s largest centrist political party and current Leader of the Opposition. He has been working with Mr. Lapid since 2014 throughout his tenures as Finance Minister, leader of the opposition, Foreign Minister and Prime Minister of Israel. Before working for Mr. Lapid, Yair was international media spokesperson for President Shimon Peres.

