The man described his shock when his young daughter, asked to name her favourite country, chose Japan because she liked sushi, followed by “Palestine, because they're going to destroy all Israelis.” The exchange shocked him enough into joining the academy. Founded by Voice of the People council members Noam Meirov, Alex Dwek and Mikhal Ben Joseph, its first gathering took place in Berlin in May, on the heels of the war with Iran, bringing together 30 participants from nearly a dozen countries, including business leaders from the UAE and Lebanon, academics from Israel and the US, and entrepreneurs from Morocco...