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Yuval David

Yuval David

Yuval David is an Emmy Award–winning journalist, filmmaker and actor, as well as an internationally recognized advocate for Jewish and LGBTQ rights. He serves as a strategic adviser to diplomatic missions, international NGOs and multilateral organizations, focusing on human rights, pluralism and cultural diplomacy. He also contributes to leading international news outlets and speaks at diplomatic forums, policy conferences and intergovernmental gatherings. See: Instagram.com/Yuval_David_; Twitter.com/YuvalDavid; Linkedin.com/in/yuval-david; YouTube.com/YuvalDavid.

As he has been his whole life, he is willing to be the one person with enough moral clarity in the room to state the obvious thing that everyone else is too nervous to say out loud.
LGBTQ leadership must hold itself to the same standard it asks of everyone else.
Inside the CUFI summit in Washington and the Christian movement Israel’s critics don’t understand.
Answering bad questions is weakening Jewish advocacy. Better questions are our strongest weapon.
Some of the most consequential battles of our time are not being fought militarily, but in the realm of information, perception and influence.
When audiences begin to treat all narratives as equally credible, the distinction between verified reporting and strategic messaging collapses.
The systematic targeting of Christian communities by Islamist actors does not align neatly with prevailing frameworks of oppression and victimhood, and as a result, it is too often deprioritized.
This geopolitical and economic model turns national territory into a forward operating base, while political institutions become bargaining chips in a regional chess match.
It’s not easy declaring that you’re a Zionist. Then again, has it ever been?
There is a lesson here for those in the United States who romanticize socialism or excuse authoritarian alliances.
We are here because our ancestors were unbreakable survivors who refused to accept defeat. That same resilience is our responsibility today.
Those who cling to emotion and propaganda, who parrot slogans without understanding—know this: You are not resisting oppression but enabling it.