Yuli Novak


Yuli Novak is an Israeli human rights activist. From 2012 to 2017, she was the executive director of Breaking the [Silence |Breaking the Silence]. In 2022, she fled Israel after receiving death threats and being called a traitor by Israeli politicians. She published a memoir, Who Do You Think You Are. Since 2023, she has led B'Tselem after returning to Israel, replacing Hagai El-Ad as the executive director.
In 2025 she authored a couple of op-eds accusing Israel of committing a genocide in Gaza.