David Keyes | |
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Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Citizenship | American, Israeli |
Alma mater | UCLA Tel Aviv University |
Occupation | Former foreign media advisor to Benjamin Netanyahu |
Predecessor | Mark Regev |
Successor | Evan Cohen |
David Keyes (/kiːz/) is an Israeli-American public relations representative and human rights activist. Keyes was the executive director[1] of Advancing Human Rights, the co-founder of CyberDissidents.org, and the head of Movements.org, a platform for crowdsourcing human rights.[2] The New York Times called Keyes "a pioneer in online activism."[3]
From 2016 to 2018, Keyes was the foreign media advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In December 2018, Keyes resigned from his role as Netanyahu's spokesperson following allegations of sexual misconduct, which he denied.[4]