Ami Dror Explained

Ami Dror
Birth Name:עמי דרור
Birth Date:5 March 1973
Birth Place:Ashkelon, Israel
Occupation:[1]
Known For:Social activism

Ami Dror (Hebrew: עמי דרור; born 5 March 1973) is an Israeli businessman, educator, activist, and a leader of the protests against the judicial reform[2] [3] being promoted by the thirty-seventh government of Israel headed by Benjamin Netanyahu.[4] [5] [6] [7] May 2024.

Early life and education

Ami Dror was born and raised in Ashkelon, on 5 March 1973, to Aviva (Laskov) and Arie Dror. His father was a Holocaust survivor[8] from Romania, and his mother was born in Israel. As a member of a religious family, he was educated at the Sinai School in Ashkelon and was active in the Bnei Akiva movement.[9]

Career

IDF and Shin Bet service

He served as a tank commander in the Armored Corps.[10] After his release from the IDF, he attended an aircraft security course and the day after the assassination Yitzhak Rabin, he joined Shin Bet's Personal Security Unit,[11] in which he was in charge of securing Shimon Peres and was the commander of the security squad for Benjamin Netanyahu[12] and Ehud Barak. After completing his service in the unit in 2000, he joined the Foreign Ministry and served in Dublin and Marseille, until 2003.

Entrepreneurship

In 2005, Dror founded the XpanD 3D company with Maria Costira, which developed technology for showing 3D movies, and served as its strategic manager. Film director James Cameron presented the film Avatar using the company's technology in 2009.[13] As part of the company, Dror in collaboration with Panasonic, Samsung and Sony led the development of a unified standard for 3D televisions.[14]

In 2014, Dror founded the investment company Zaitoun Ventures with Forsan Hossein.[15] The company supported high-tech companies and required them to reach within three years a situation where at least 30% of their employees belong to one of the populations suffering from underrepresentation in the labor market.[16] [17] That same year, Dror served as a judge in the innovation category of the Cannes Lions Festival.[18]

In 2016, Dror moved with his family to Shanghai to found LeapLearner with his Chinese partners Aaron Tien and Lao Zho.[19] [20] [21] [22] LeapLearner developed programming-learning software for children.[23] [24] In 2018, Dror was selected as one of the ten most brilliant entrepreneurs in China and won an award on behalf of Shanghai Media Group, the largest media corporation in China.[25] In 2019, as part of his work at LeapLearner, he initiated and was a partner in promoting technological education in African countries. In part, he helped establish programming schools for youth in Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and Kenya.[26]

In 2022, Dror founded BriBooks[27] company, which allows children to write, publish, and sell books.[28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] The idea to establish the company arose when Dror published a children's book and realized how complicated and expensive the process of publishing and selling a book is, and dedicated himself to making it accessible to every child. The company won the Red Herring Award as one of the 100 most promising technology companies in the world.[35]

Speaking engagements, philanthropy, and book

In 2014, Dror was accepted as a fellow in the Henry Crown Fellowship of the Aspen Institute.[36] In 2018, he became a facilitator in the program and since then he has been conducting leadership programs in Aspen and Harvard University. He also gives lectures and other leadership workshops around the world.[37] [38]

In 2019, Dror published a book in partnership with Jordan Huang, an expert in Chinese education, which deals with successful practices for educating children for innovation, based on the Jewish and Chinese cultures. The book was published in an English edition[39] and a Chinese edition.[40]

Dror is a board member of the American philanthropic organization Space for Humanity, which flies social entrepreneurs into space on private flights.[41]

Activism

In January 2023, after Justice Minister Yariv Levin announced the planned legislative measures, Dror Became one of the protest movement's leaders[42] leading activists, and being interviewed by the media[43] [44] [45] [46] and speaking at demonstrations across the country.[47] [48] [49]

On 18 July 2023, together with 3 other protest leaders (Shikma Bressler, Moshe Radman and Ran Harnevo), he initiated a mass foot march from Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem as an act of protest against the coalition's intentions to approve in the second and third reading the law to reduce the reasonableness clause.[50] [51]

On 6 June, Knesset member Zvi Sukkot threatened Dror that he would sue him for sharing truncated parts of his interview.[52] On 3 August, Dror together with other protest leaders filed a lawsuit against Likud activist Ronit Levy claiming that she published their phone numbers and called for harassment.[53]

On 1 August 2023, Dror was detained by the police in a demonstration in front of the Salme police in Tel Aviv, due to the use of a stun gun.[54]

Following the Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent outbreak of war between Hamas and Israel in October of 2023, Dror, along with other protest activists, repurposed his protest activity towards war-time aid and relief by joining the efforts led by organizations such as Brothers and Sisters for Israel and Women Building an Alternative. In an interview, Dror stated that at times such as these people are looking for a calming figure in leadership and one whom they can rely on. In that sense, Dror claimed that the current government is "non-existent".

Personal life

Dror is a divorced father of three children and lives in Tel Aviv.[55]

Awards and recognition

Books

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ming . Cheang . This Chinese-Israeli start-up wants to change the way kids learn to code . . 10 August 2023 . 24 April 2017.
  2. Web site: Arel . Segal . Wertheim . David . Douek . Amitay . Ami Dror, one of the leaders of the protest against the government, and a former member of the Shin Bet spoke with Arel Segal and David Wertheim on 103FM and told about the decision to go out and demonstrate last night, a demonstration under the slogan "impeach now" . . 28 December 2023 . he . 24 December 2023.
  3. Web site: Meyer . Amit . In war, Israel protest movement morphs high-tech expertise into relief effort . . 9 May 2024 . 16 October 2023.
  4. Web site: Kaplan Sommer . Allison . 'We Are the Only Thing Stopping Netanyahu's Coup': These Are the Leaders of the Israeli Pro-democracy Protests . . 11 September 2023 . 8 September 2023.
  5. Web site: Everytime they reach the red line, the protest will escalate . Radio Haifa 107.5 FM . 25 August 2023 . he . 30 June 2023.
  6. Web site: Breiner . Josh . Tel Aviv Police Chief to Pro-democracy Protest Leaders: Some Measures Used Against Protesters Were 'Unnecessary' . . 25 August 2023 . 2 August 2023.
  7. Web site: Menle . Mayan . "Leadership at this time is knowing how to channel the destruction, the feeling of helplessness and sorrow into a place of action" . . 13 November 2023 . he . 13 October 2023.
  8. Web site: "In recent years, Netanyahu has been acting for his own benefit" . 104.5FM . 10 August 2023 . he . 8 August 2023.
  9. Web site: Hason . Ayala . Ami Dror, a former religious, and the initiators of the attack - There were signs that read "traitorous leftists". Barashi: there was no such sign . . 10 August 2023 . he . 21 May 2023.
  10. Web site: Dror . Ami . "The Man In The Tank Will Win" . . 10 August 2023 . 25 May 2023.
  11. Web site: Grimland . Guy . הרבה יותר מאווטאר . Much More Than Avatar . . 10 August 2023 . he . 18 August 2010.
  12. Web site: Keller-Lynn . Carrie . Rallying against looming budget, anti-overhaul protesters may be overreaching . . 25 August 2023 . 21 May 2023.
  13. Web site: "A High-Tech Movie Battle: Which 3-D Glasses Are Best? . . 10 August 2023 . 28 December 2009.
  14. Web site: Reisinger . Don . Panasonic, Samsung focus on 3D glasses standard . . 10 August 2023 . 8 August 2011.
  15. Web site: WEINGLASS . SIMONA . Why Jewish and Arab cofounders are good for business . . 25 August 2023 . 31 January 2016.
  16. Web site: Kilian . Gil . We're Always Asked If We Know Any Arab Programmers . . 10 August 2023 . he . 1 June 2016.
  17. Web site: Press . Viva Sarah . AN INVESTMENT FIRM WITH A JEWISH-ARAB SOUL . . 10 August 2023 . 5 May 2016.
  18. Web site: Ben-Israel . Dori . Israeli entrepreneur Ami Dror will judge in the innovation category of the 2014 Cannes Festival . mizbala.com . 10 August 2023 . he . 19 April 2014.
  19. Web site: Sullivan . Jay . Three Steps To Developing An Innovative Instinct -- And The Questions To Ask Yourself To Get There . . 4 September 2023 . 8 February 2018.
  20. Web site: Uncomfortable Learning - Educational technology entrepreneur Ami Dror on humans integrating into the world of machines . . 25 August 2023 . 11 November 2021.
  21. Web site: Yang . Xia . Analytic entrepreneur relishes a problem . Shine News . 10 August 2023 . 12 July 2019.
  22. Web site: Dor . Ofir . The Israeli high-tech entrepreneur who teaches the Chinese children to think outside of the box . . 10 August 2023 . he . 20 October 2017.
  23. Web site: Robotish, Language of the Future - Ami Dror - TEDxCaohejingParkSalon . . 10 August 2023 . 31 May 2017.
  24. Web site: Klein Leichman . Abigail . CHINESE-ISRAELI ED-TECH STARTUP TEACHES KIDS TO CODE . . 4 September 2023 . 2 August 2017.
  25. Web site: JIAYAN . NING . Yicai Announces 2018 Brilliant 10 Award Winners . Yicai Global . 10 August 2023 . 18 May 2018.
  26. Web site: How every African child can learn to code . Africa In The World . 10 August 2023 . 2019.
  27. Web site: Butcher . Mike . Israel's political crisis has activated its apolitical tech industry — and there's no turning back . . 9 May 2024 . 4 April 2023.
  28. Web site: Maltz . Judy . Meet the Hard-core Protesters Putting Their Lives on Pause to Defend Democracy . . 5 September 2023 . 8 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230608125529/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-06-08/ty-article-magazine/.premium/meet-the-hard-core-protesters-putting-their-lives-on-pause-to-defend-democracy/00000188-9090-d920-a1f8-f399fe240000 . 2023-06-08 . live.
  29. Web site: BriBooks completes USD 1.5M in pre-seed funding to launch the first AI Powered writing platform for children . . 10 August 2023 . 15 July 2022.
  30. Web site: BriBooks and Education World Partner to Launch World's Largest Book Writing Summer Camp With Top Global Authors And 10,000+ Participating Schools . . 10 August 2023 . 2 May 2023.
  31. Web site: Parakala . Vangmayi . Thinking big and fast: Ami Dror, CEO of BriBooks . . 4 September 2023 . 21 August 2023.
  32. Web site: BriBooks and Education World host National Young Authors Fair to give young writers a platform to showcase their creativity . . 4 September 2023 . 27 March 2023.
  33. Web site: BriBooks and Gulf News partner to launch the UAE National Young Authors Fair . . 5 September 2023 . 23 May 2023.
  34. Web site: Bribooks And Education World Host National Young Authors Fair To Give Young Writers A Platform To Showcase Their Creativity . . 5 September 2023 . 27 March 2023.
  35. Web site: BriBooks wins the 2022 Red Herring Top 100 Global Award . . 10 August 2023 . 3 November 2022.
  36. Web site: Ami Dror - Aspen Institute . . 10 August 2023.
  37. Web site: Ami Dror - Africa In The World . 21 March 2020 . Africa In The World . 10 August 2023.
  38. Web site: Ami Dror - College of Management . . 10 August 2023.
  39. Book: Raising Future Innovators: Leveraging Jewish & Chinese Best Practices in Education. en. 17 March 2019. Ami Dror and Jordan Huang. 978-1-7337811-0-7.
  40. Book: 犹太教育叩启中国大门 《养育下一代创新者》新书发布会在沪举行. zh. 9 August 2023. Ami Dror and Jordan Huang. 978-1-7337811-0-7.
  41. Web site: Ami Dror - Space for Humanity . . 10 August 2023.
  42. Web site: "Ridiculous situation": the arrested anti-reform protester recreates and criticizes the police . . 10 August 2023 . he . 1 August 2023.
  43. Web site: "There are unusual cases of violence that need to be investigated" . 103FM . 10 August 2023 . 1 August 2023.
  44. Web site: The truth behind the photo of the baby on the road is revealed: "Don't fall for the spin" . ICE . 10 August 2023 . he . 11 July 2023.
  45. News: Koriel . Ilana . "Democracy march" from Be'er Sheva to Ben Gurion's tomb: "In the Negev the people of Israel will be tested" . . 10 August 2023 . he . 8 August 2023.
  46. Web site: Hason . Ayala . The Looting Protest . . 10 August 2023 . 19 May 2023.
  47. Web site: Week 27 at "Democracy Crossroads" - a report from the growing Ness Ziona protest . nessziona.net . 10 August 2023 . 8 July 2023.
  48. Web site: Ami Dror, one of the leaders of the protest, in a speech in Rishon Lezion . molapa j - davy . 10 August 2023 . 1 August 2023.
  49. Web site: Shin Bet officer in Horev: "We stopped being polite, we will obliterate the Kahanist racists" . 1075FM Haifa Radio . 10 August 2023 . he . 5 August 2023.
  50. Web site: Sela . Ori . Hundreds of protesters march on foot from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem: "We will rebuild the nation" . . 10 August 2023 . he . 18 July 2023.
  51. Web site: The journey to the Knesset continues - a special broadcast to cover the great protest campaign against the coup d'état . DemocraTV . 10 August 2023 . 19 July 2023.
  52. Web site: Gotlieb . Jonathan . Zvi Sukkot to a left-wing activist: "Zero from zero, get ready for a lawsuit" . . 10 August 2023 . he . 6 June 2023.
  53. Web site: The protest leaders are suing for libel . the7eye.org.il . 10 August 2023 . he . 3 August 2023.
  54. Web site: Ami Dror from the high-tech protest was arrested . . 10 August 2023 . he . 1 August 2023.
  55. Web site: Kra Oz . Geva . Ami Dror - Restart Israel . May 2023 . restart-israel.co.il . 10 August 2023 . he.

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