Talia Dekel-Fleissig is a media advisor with expertise in the foreign press covering Israel and the Middle East. She is the CEO of the Jerusalem Press Club.

Previously, she was head of International Press & a Senior Fellow at The Israel Project. Prior to this, she worked for several Jewish-American and Israeli NGOs, and was an editor for The Jerusalem Post.

Dekel-Fleissig served as an officer in the IDF’s Liaison & Foreign Relations Division, in positions on the Gaza border and at HQ.

She holds an MA in Conflict Resolution from Tel Aviv University and a BA in Political Science and Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

She also lecturers to audiences on Israeli society and politics.