Michael Dickson

Michael Dickson is Executive Director of the StandWithUs Israel office. From Jerusalem, Michael leads an international team at StandWithUs, a respected provider of Israel educational material and programs, and oversees, from Jerusalem, the international work of the non-profit educational and outreach organization.

This includes pioneering innovative Israel educational initiatives and hosting delegations of politicians, diplomats, academics and other people of influence in Israel.

Michael has been intimately involved in establishing the StandWithUs Israel Fellowship, which has become the go-to public diplomacy program on Israeli campuses and has graduated over 1,500 of the country's future diplomats and leaders – a highly influential network.

Michael holds a Bachelor’s degree from University College London (UCL) and diplomas in Management and Project Management. Born in the UK, Michael made Aliyah to Israel in 2006 from London as the Second Lebanon War ended, together with his wife and two young children – they now have five children and live in central Israel.

Michael regularly addresses audiences and broadcasts on issues pertaining to Israel and public diplomacy. He is an accomplished writer and some of his articles and TV interviews can be seen here.

Michael has led diplomatic, academic and journalist missions to Israel and has advocated for Israel in different forums, including at the UN “Durban II” conference, in the Knesset, in Europe, the US and in the Far East.

StandWithUs was formed in 2001 in Los Angeles, where the Head Office is based. Under Michael’s leadership, StandWithUs’s operation in Israel has grown exponentially, empowering people in Israel and internationally to be active advocates for Israel and countering efforts to impose commercial, academic and cultural boycotts on Israel. Michael oversaw the construction of the new StandWithUs Educational Center in Jerusalem, opposite the King David Hotel. The site hosts 20,000 students and tourists a year, participating in educational programs.

Michael is a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Communication (CIC) of Bar Ilan University, is an Honorary member of Alpha Epsilon Pi, and was appointed to the Spectrum Forum of leading Executive Directors in Israel under the age of 40.In 2016, he was named as the 14th most influential Jew on Twitter and also one of the “30 Israelis Making a Difference” by Channel 10 TV’s “Hazinur” at a ceremony at the President of Israel’s Residence.