Barak Swarttz

I know the slang.

I know the culture.

I should be speaking and deploying information, storytelling, to the Boston, Massachusetts community as an Israeli.

Because the Israelis don't know it the way I do.

And this goes for any state.

This goes for anywhere.

So my concept for advocacy is not what Israel does, which is...

Come to Israel, we show you the truth.

It's like, it doesn't work because you're inviting somebody to a dinner that doesn't have an appetite to begin with.

It's not gonna work.

I'm bringing Israel to the people.

So when I go and I travel and I go to Spain and Morocco and South Africa and Canada and the United States, I'm going to Australia in October.

I'm trying to, you have to humanize the conversation that is very, very polarizing right now.

And it starts, in my opinion, I'm not a genius or this isn't like my background.

It just seems like the right psychology is to try to find a safe space to talk about the complexities of the Middle East.

That's what you have to do.

You have to create a safe space with somebody.

And my way of doing that is basketball or going to travel.

Because when I travel, I like to really think about myself as just like a really good dude, a really good person who came from like a house with really good values and morals.

And my life and my friend group and who I've spent time with, given the fact that they're from all parts of the world, has built that in me.