
Dr Yossi Beilin was a member of the Israeli Knesset from 1988 to 2008. In 1995, Beilin was Minister of Economics and Planning, from 1999 to 2001 Minister of Justice and from 2000 to 2001 Minister of Religious Affairs. Beilin was one of the initiators of the Geneva Initiative. He founded the Economic Cooperation Foundation, which aims to improve relations in the Middle East.