Rear Admiral Oded Gour-Lavie (Ret.) is a publishing Expert at The MirYam Institute. He concluded his career in 2014 as the Head of the IDF’s Legal & Strategic Policy Team. Prior to that, he served as Head of Naval Operations and was Commander of a submarine flotilla.
He is a graduate of the Israeli National Defense College and holds a BSc. (Hons.) in Electrical Engineering from the Technion. He also holds an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Rear Admiral Gour-Lavie is a graduate of the Israel Naval Academy.