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According to different estimates, the Israeli community in the United States numbers between 200,000 and 800,000 people.4 It is concentrated in the big cities – New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Boston, and Chicago – and is very varied, comprising students, families who have moved from Israel to America, families with Israeli parents and children who were born and raised in the United States, and others. Over the years the Israeli community has developed organizations that are active in different sectors, in particular academia and the business world. In addressing the campaign to delegitimize Israel, the Israeli-American community must cope with five obstacles that may explain their unfulfilled potential as Israel advocates.