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Raanan Gissin is an Israeli analyst and consultant specializing in the Arab-Israeli conflict .1 He was senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and a frequent spokesman for the Israeli government on CNN , MSNBC , and Fox . He is featured as an authority in the documentary Relentless: The Struggle for Peace in the Middle East . (Res.) Raanan Gissin, PhD., has in recent years become one of Israel’s leading spokesmen to the international press on security and strategic issues, and the peace process. Until recently (2001-2006), he served as Foreign Press & Public Adviser to the Prime Minister of Israel. In 1996, Gissin was appointed Spokesperson for the newly formed Ministry of National Infrastructure headed by Minister Ariel Sharon. He also served as Mr. Sharon’s personal Adviser of Public and Media Affairs. He currently serves as a strategic consultant, commentator and lecturer on a variety of topics related to the Middle East, Israel, the war against terror, and media and government relations. In 1998, he became Senior Public Affairs and Media Adviser to Minister of Foreign Affairs Ariel Sharon. He participated in the conference and negotiations which led to the signing of the Wye Memorandum in October 1998 in Washington D.C. In 1999, following the change of government, he continued to serve as a special consultant to Ariel Sharon. In 2003, he received the prestigious Louis D. Brandeis Award of outstanding contribution to Zionism and for dedication to the cause of attaining peace and security for the State of Israel. During the period 2001-2006, he has served as Foreign Press & Public Affairs Adviser and reported directly to the Prime Ministers Ariel Sharon and Ehud Olmert. Gissin was born in Kibbutz Hasolelim in 1949.2
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Raanan Gissin is an Israeli political scientist, analyst and consultant specializing in the Arab-Israeli conflict . He was senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and a frequent spokesman for the Israeli government on CNN , MSNBC , and Fox .
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Raanan Gissin is an Israeli political scientist, analyst and consultant specializing in the Arab–Israeli conflict . He was senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and a frequent spokesman for the Israeli government on CNN , MSNBC , and Fox .
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Israeli political scientist (1949–2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Raanan Gissin ( ; 28 February 1949 – 26 June 2023) was an Israeli political scientist, analyst and consultant specializing in the Arab–Israeli conflict . He was senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and a frequent spokesman for the Israeli government on CNN , MSNBC , and Fox .
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Israeli political scientist (1949–2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Briefing of senators from the US, 1986, from left to right: IDF Spokesman Brigadier General Ephraim Lapid, Chief of Staff Major General Moshe Levi , Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Dan Shomron , Head of the International Communications Branch of the IDF Spokesperson's Unit, Lt.Ra'anan Gissin Raanan Gissin ( Hebrew : רענן גיסין ; 28 February 1949 – 26 June 2023) was an Israeli political scientist, analyst and consultant specializing in the Arab–Israeli conflict . He was senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and a frequent spokesman for the Israeli government on CNN , MSNBC , and Fox .
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israeli analyst and consultant specializing in the arab-israeli conflict
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israeli political scientist
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