Yaakov Hagoel (Hebrew: יעקב חגואל; born February 19th 1971), is the Chairman of the Executive of the World Zionist Organization.
[3][4] In this capacity, he has chaired meetings, lectures and conferences in the field of countering Antisemitism, frequently speaking out against incidents.
[8] In August 2020, Hagoel, together with Member of Knesset David Bitan, met with representatives of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to establish a team to handle the rise of Antisemitic content in social media.
[11] He served as chairman of the Council of World Zionist Youth Movements, presidium member of the Zionist Executive Committee, member of the WZO Finance Committee and executive CEO of the World Leadership of the Betar Movement.
Additionally, Hagoel serves as co-chair of the Task Force on Countering Antisemitism of the Jewish Agency's Board of Trustees,[12] a member of the Board of Governors of Keren Hayesod—United Israel Appeal, and a member of the Herzl Council and the Jabostinky's Council of the Israeli Prime Minister's Office.
Hagoel replaced Isaac Herzog who previously served as the chairman until he was elected to be the President of Israel.