Reda Mansour (Arabic: رضا منصور, Hebrew: רדא מנצור) is an Israeli Druze poet, historian and diplomat.
He has published three books of Hebrew poetry and received the University of Haifa Miller Award as well as the State President Scholarship for young writers.
He has a Ph.D from the University of Haifa's Middle East History Department and a graduate of Harvard Kennedy School where he was a Wexner Israel Fellow.
His field of research is the Changes in the Perception of Identity and Social Environment as Evident in the Intellectual Discourse in Syria During the Third Decade of the "Corrective Movement" 1988-2003.
During that time he was involved in many youth organizations which develop cross-cultural understanding around the world, by encouraging respect for cultural difference.
During the first years of his university studies in Haifa, Mansour was involved in a Variety of social projects among them: Perach: Coordination of student assistance to young primary school students in two villages in the Galilee, and Bridging the Gap: Promotion of Higher education in Minority communities Mansour is the first non-Jewish poet in Israel to write exclusively in Hebrew.
This collection of Hebrew poems was written in various places around the world starting from 1998 during the author's studies in the KSG and ending in Portugal four years later.
They blend together Arab and Jewish traditions and the multiethnic history of the Iberian Peninsula with some images of the modern American literature.
In January 2007, the Georgia Senate passed a resolution honoring Mansour and others for efforts to promote peace and grow business, cultural, and educational ties between the U.S. and Israel.
Mansour served on the board of many civic organizations: Jewish Healthcare International - Provide Humanitarian Aid Worldwide.
Morehouse College - Member of the Martin Luther King Jr. international Board of sponsors - Atlanta Reda Mansour courted moderate Muslim leaders in Europe to counteract the sway of Islamists hostile to the state of Israel (2005–2006).
Ambassador Mansour organized a relief effort that included the delivery of medical equipment and aid to small communities.
Following the establishment of ODENOR the Ecuadorian Authority for stabilization of the border areas with Colombia (2003), Ambassador Mansour facilitated the participation of Israel in the International donor countries conference in Brussels.