Dr. Melody Sucharewicz runs an international communication and strategy consultancy catering to governments and multinationals, with a focus on regional affairs emerging from the Abraham Accords. She is a former foreign affairs advisor and spokesperson to Lt Gen (ret.) Benny Gantz and a former international relations advisor to the Shimon Peres Center for Peace. Since October 7th, Dr. Sucharewicz accompanies families of the hostages, leading their solidarity campaign in Germany with the goal to maintain political pressure and public awareness in the quest to release the hostages. She holds a PhD from King's College, London in terrorism studies. Her dissertation focused on deradicalization processes undergone by former Islamist extremists and terrorists.