Geri Palast is the Managing Director of the Israel Action Network (IAN). IAN is the joint initiative of

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and the

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to defend Israel's legitimacy, change the conversation about Israel and work towards the

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. She is the sister of investigative journalist

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Early life, education, and family

Palast is a graduate of

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with honors, and graduated as a Root Tilden Public Service Law scholar from

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.Geri Palast

Career

Palast has also served as the national Legislative and Political Director of

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(SEIU) and established and ran the Washington office of the National Employment Law Project (NELP). She has consulted with and served on numerous boards of NGOs, currently

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and CFE. From 1993-2000, she served as the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs under President

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. In 2000, she became the founder and executive director of two nonprofit organizations, Justice at Stake, a national judicial reform advocacy organization, and the

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(CFE).

Israel Action Network

Geri Palast currently works as the Managing Director for the Israel Action Network. The IAN was created by the

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, an American Jewish umbrella organization, to "mobilize communities to counter the Assault on Israel’s Legitimacy". It is a strategic initiative that defends Israel's right to exist as a democratic Jewish state within the North American Jewish community. It advocates, "security for two states for two peoples."

References

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Early life, education, and family

Career

Israel Action Network

See also

References