Or Avi-Guy

Or Avi-Guy is a policy analyst at Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council, and a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne, researching post-ethnic conflict political reconciliation.

In 2010 Or graduated from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where she studied international relations and history. In 2011 she completed an Honours year in international relations at the University of Melbourne.

She served as a military correspondent at the Israeli Defense Force Media and Communication Division (spokesperson unit). During her service she covered both the disengagement from the Gaza Strip in 2005 and the second Lebanon war in 2006.

Her articles have been published by the Australian, the Age, the Jerusalem Post and Australia/Israel Review, as well as on websites such as Jwire and The Conversation. She also appeared on Sky News' NewsNight.