Yossi Klein Halevi is an American-born Israeli, a religious Jew whose work has included journalism and Interfaith Dialogue initiatives. He is the author of several books, including At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden (2001), in which he recounts his experiences of undertaking a devotional pilgrimage into the richness of Christian and Muslim spirituality in Israel. He also mentions this journey at several points in Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor. He is the author of a National Jewish Book Award Winner, Like Dreamers (2013), which tells the story of the Israeli paratroopers who took East Jerusalem during the Six-Day War of 1967. In addition to being an author, he works with the Muslim Leadership Initiative at Duke University and the Shalom Hartman Institute, which brings American Muslim leaders to Israel to offer them an exposure to the Israeli viewpoint on the ongoing Israel/Palestine conflict.

Halevi approaches the issue of the Israel/Palestine conflict from the unusual position of an observer who represents one side, but whose sympathies encompass a very broad range of positions on both sides of the issue. On the one hand, he is a religious Jew who presents a positive view of Zionism and the Israeli settler movement.