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For over two decades, Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center has been at the forefront of fighting terrorism and protecting Jewish rights worldwide. We use courts and legal systems around the world to target terror financing and pursue justice for victims, combat antisemitism and boycotts, and defend Israel against lawfare and delegitimization.
Our team includes experienced attorneys, legal researchers, and international advocates with backgrounds in litigation, public policy, and human rights law. Together, we work across borders and legal systems to advance justice and accountability.
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner
President
Shlomit Metz-Poolat, Esq.
Chief Operations Officer
Rachel May Weiser, Esq.
CDO & Senior Attorney
Leah Klein
Legal Project Manager
Philip Blank
Project Manager
Leah Milch
Development Manager
David Abbou
Content and Social Media
Or Hikry
Senior Strategic Consultant
President
Israeli attorney and activist Nitsana Darshan-Leitner has been at the forefront of the legal fight to defend Israel and combat terrorism for more than two decades. As President of Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center, a Tel Aviv-based civil rights organization, she has pioneered the use of offensive litigation to challenge terrorist organizations, their financial networks, and campaigns aimed at delegitimizing the Jewish state, including the BDS movement.
Ms. Darshan-Leitner has led numerous legal campaigns to hold governments, financial institutions, organizations, and individuals accountable for supporting terrorism and other hostile actions against Israel. She has also taken legal action against efforts to discriminate against Israelis and Jewish communities. In one notable case, she won a significant victory against Airbnb over its decision to remove listings of Jewish-owned homes in Judea and Samaria.
Ms. Darshan-Leitner has also led efforts to confront the use of social media by extremist and terrorist groups to incite violence, spread antisemitism, and promote hatred online. Her initiatives have challenged major platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok, and YouTube, for hosting these groups and their content and enabling their activities online.
She is the co-author of HARPOON (Hachette Publishers), a bestselling book chronicling the collaboration between Israel’s Mossad, government agencies, and outside campaigners to financially weaken terrorist organizations. She has been recognized for her contributions to global legal activism, named one of the 50 most influential Jews by The Jerusalem Post in both 2016 and 2018, and included in TheMarker’s list of the 50 most influential Israeli women.
A mother of six, including triplets, Ms. Darshan-Leitner holds a law degree from Bar-Ilan University and an MBA from Manchester University.
Chief Operations Officer
Shlomit graduated from Brooklyn College with a B.A. in Judaic Studies and earned her J.D. from Hofstra Law School. For over twenty-one years she was a career prosecutor at the Queens County District Attorney’s Office, working in several bureaus, including Narcotics Trials and the Career Criminal Major Crimes Bureau. She was promoted into management as a Criminal Court Supervisor and finally as a Unit Chief in the Intake Bureau, where she trained the next generation of prosecutors.
Over her career, Shlomit handled thousands of cases and tried 50 felony cases, including several high-profile ones. She was honored by the N.Y.P.D. Holy Name Society for her successful prosecution of a defendant who attempted to murder an N.Y.P.D. Sergeant and who was sentenced to 54 years to life.
Shlomit made Aliyah with her partner, Sally, in 2020, following their daughter, who came in 2019 as a Lone Soldier. After the events of October 7, she joined Shurat HaDin to once again help fight the good fight, this time on behalf of her fellow Jews.
CDO & Senior Attorney
Rachel was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She graduated summa cum laude from University of Pittsburgh and earned her law degree from Case Western Reserve University Law School. She was named a “Rising Star” by Law and Politics Magazine multiple years and was awarded Case Law School’s Distinguished Recent Graduate Award in 2007. Rachel’s trial practice in the U.S. included both criminal and civil litigation. After moving to Israel in 2010, Rachel joined Shurat HaDin, where she works on the Law Center’s activist campaigns and petitions, runs educational programming, and heads the development team. She also manages the network of volunteer attorneys who organized a “Legal War Room” in the wake of Oct. 7. Rachel’s work history also includes three years as VP Business Development for a U.S. legal services company. Rachel is married to Jeff Weiser of Cleveland, is the mother of 5 and grandmother of 3.
Legal Project Manager
Leah was born and raised in New York. She attended NYU, Stern School of Business for her undergraduate studies and then Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Upon graduation, she relocated to Miami, FL to work for the Miami-Dade County State Attorney’s Office. She rose through the ranks during her 21-year career and was Chief of the Domestic Violence Unit as well as the Human Trafficking Unit. In that capacity she oversaw approximately 15,000 new domestic violence and human trafficking cases each year. Leah also specialized in domestic violence homicide cases, both trying them and training younger attorneys to handle these cases. By the time Leah made Aliyah in 2016, with her family, she had been responsible for the prosecution of tens of thousands of cases in Miami Dade County. Leah joined Shurat HaDin in June 2026, as the Legal Project manager, where her responsibilities include creating new legal projects and areas for “attack” for Shurat HaDin as well as working with the other lawyers to ensure monitoring and completion of all ongoing legal projects. In addition, she manages the “Legal War Room”, created in the wake of October 7th, to create a network of volunteer lawyers to help tackle legal issues around the world in which Shurat HaDin is or will become involved. Also, Leah works with Shurat HaDin’s law students serving as interns, is involved in launching Shurat HaDin’s upcoming legal academy and a variety of other projects that Shurat HaDin is currently handling.
Project Manager
Philip was born and raised in Netanya, Israel, and graduated from Netanya Academic College with an LLB in Law. During his studies, he began working as a Paralegal at several prominent law offices in Israel, specializing in Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property.
After completing his law degree, Philip chose to pursue his mandatory internship at Shurat HaDin. Following his internship, Philip transitioned into the role of Project Manager at Shurat HaDin, where he oversees the organization’s missions to Israel, manages internship programs for both Israeli and American students, and coordinates conferences, among other responsibilities.
In addition to his legal career, Philip is a former English Instructor in the Israeli Air Force, where he was honored with a Certificate of Excellence for his outstanding contributions.
Development Manager
Leah was born in the U.S. where she received her B.S in Business and Computer Science at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. Prior to joining the Shurat HaDin Team in 2019, Leah worked as a Systems Analyst, Programmer, Database Manager and Office Manager. Leah works hand in hand with Shurat HaDin’s Chief Development Officer, managing Shurat HaDin’s fundraising back office, maintaining Shurat HaDin’s donor database, and working with fiscal sponsors. Leah is the mother of five married children and grandmother (Nana) to 11 beautiful grandchildren.
Content and Social Media
A seasoned writer and content professional originally from Toronto, Canada, David holds a Bachelor of Journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University. Prior to making Aliyah in 2014, he worked as a news editor and writer in sports media, while also delivering marketing and corporate communications projects in the healthcare and finance sectors. Since moving to Israel, David has developed and led content marketing, brand storytelling, and thought leadership projects across the high-tech and Israel advocacy spaces. Before joining Shurat HaDin, he produced social media content for Israeli Spirit, the largest volunteer-run advocacy organization in the country focused on strengthening support for Israel. As part of his role, David also led advocacy workshops for international youth groups visiting Israel. At Shurat HaDin, David plans and produces content for the organization’s social media accounts, website, digital campaigns, communities, events and special projects.
Senior Strategic Consultant
Or was born and raised in Israel. Or completed his mandatory military service in both the Samson Unit and Brigade 91 during the Second Lebanon War, was honorably discharged from the IDF as a Chief Sergeant. He went on to receive his L.L.B. in law from The Academic Center for Law and Science, and his M.A., in Public Policy and International Relations, from Tel Aviv University. He received his joint L.L.M degree in 2024 from The College of Management, Rishon LeTzion and the International Human Rights Institute, Florence, Italy. He is currently a candidate to receive his teaching license. Or began his legal career interning at the D. Brotfeld Law Offices, where he practiced civil and commercial law. He later served as the Deputy Director of the Israeli Leadership Institute (“ILI”) and worked as the Head of Informal Education for Youth at the Rosh Ha’ayin Municipality. Driven by a sense of service and duty to fight the enemies of Israel and the Jewish people, Hikry joined Shurat HaDin in 2018 as a Legal Project Manager and worked on some of our most important cases. He went on to become our COO in 2021. Since October 7, Or went back into reserves for seven months under Brigadier General Gal Hirsch in the Hostage and Missing Persons Unit of the Prime Minister’s Office. Most recently, in February 2025 he ventured out on his own as President and Founder of his own strategic consulting firm, Amichai, and now serves as a Senior Strategic Consultant to Shurat HaDin. Or is married and the father of three children.
Working with intelligence and law enforcement agencies to target terrorist organizations, their leaders, financiers and supporters.
Combating global efforts by Israel’s enemies to delegitimize the Jewish State through boycotts, lawfare, and other hostile campaigns.
Training the next generation of attorneys and legal advocates to defend Israel and Jewish communities worldwide.
Leading the private sector’s legal war against terrorism and terror financing.
Mobilize our supporters to take an active role in defending Israel and advancing our global legal mission.
