Ronen Shoval ( , born 1980 in Ramat Hasharon ) is an Israeli writer and Zionist-activist . He is the founder of the extra-parliamentary movement Im Tirtzu , and presided as its first chairman ( 2007 – 2013 ) . Ronen is the author of the book '' Herzl 's Vision 2.0 , a manifest for the rejuvenating Zionism '' ( '' Im Tirtzu , Kochav M'Israel '' ) . He is a columnist in the Israeli newspaper '' Maariv '' and previously wrote in '' Haaretz '' and '' Makor Rishon '' . He was a lecturer at Bar-Ilan University , at a pre-army mechina ( a preparatory program ) , and at other colleges in Israel . He was also a research associate at the Institute for Zionist Strategies . He was elected a board member of the World Zionist Organization , the Jewish Agency and Keren Hayesod . In 2013 , Ronen was named by the '' Algemeiner Journal '' as one of the 100 people who had the biggest positive impact on Jewish life in 2012 . In January 2015 , Shoval , running as a candidate in Habayit Hayehudi 's primary , called for an investigation into editors at '' Haaretz '' , accusing them of " defeatist propaganda " prohibited under Statute 103 of Israel 's penal code . In response to Shoval 's accusations on Facebook , multiple death threats against '' Haaretz '' editors were posted , which Shoval promised to remove . The '' Haaretz '' cartoon that sparked the death threats said " 10 journalists killed in attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris , about 13 journalists killed last summer in attack on Gaza " and " JeSuisGaza " below JeSuisCharlie
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Ronen Shoval