Yadin B. Kaufmann (Hebrew: ידין קאופמן; born July 31, 1959) is an Israeli-American technology investor, social entrepreneur and writer.
[11][12] In 2017, Foreign Policy magazine named Kaufmann one of its “Global Thinkers”, a list of "the world's pre-eminent thought leaders and public intellectuals.
[26] Kaufmann initiated an effort to provide financing from the US Government for Palestinian economic development, with a focus on Israeli-Palestinian cooperation; this helped lead to the Nita M. Lowey Middle East Partnership for Peace Act (MEPPA).
In December 2020, the US Congress allocated $250M of funding over 5 years for MEPPA, which supports economic partnerships and people-to-people exchanges between Israelis and Palestinians.
[7][8][9] As of June 2022, PIP has enabled more than 90 young Palestinian professionals to work at 50 Israel-based companies including Google, Intel, HP Indigo and Cisco, as well as a number of Israeli startups and venture funds.
[38] Kaufmann has written op-ed articles about his professional activities, especially relating to the role Israel can play in promoting Palestinian private sector technology-related enterprise.
[44][12] He has spoken at forums including TEDx Rome,[45] StartupGrind Ramallah,[46] Seeds of Peace,[47] American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)[48] and DLD Tel Aviv.