Michael Tsur
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Michael Tsur | |
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| מיכאל צור | |
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| Born | Jerusalem, Israel |
| Occupation(s) | Negotiation expert, academic, coach |
Michael Tsur (Hebrew: מיכאל צור) is an Israeli attorney, negotiator, mediator, and academic. He teaches mediation and negotiation in several institutions worldwide and was involved as a negotiator in a number of events, such as Kidnapping of Alan Johnston, Siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and Israeli disengagement from Gaza.[1]
In 1999, he cofounded The Israeli Chamber of Mediators and was its chairman from 1999 to 2003.[2][3] Also since 1999, he is a member of the Israel Defense Forces Hostage Negotiation Team.[4][5] He served as a mediator of the Supreme Court of Israel, and has developed his own dispute resolution method used by entrepreneurs and managers of multinational companies.[6][7]
In 2003, Tsur edited the Hebrew edition of The New York Times Best Seller Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most.[8] In December 2012 several mediation organizations from France, Italy and Switzerland created European Union of Mediators and named Michael Tsur its honourable president.[9][10][11]
