State and Local Government

“GILEE has established itself as one of the premier community outreach programs at Georgia State University. GILEE has been successful because this program has reached extensive community partnerships.”

“I learned first-hand on my visit to Israel the strength of redundancy and cooperation in public safety and protection. It is important that we support efforts like that of Dr. Friedmann because without people in the leading edge of public safety in a world of danger at every turn we will not be safe and the world will not be safe.”

“The Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange is very important to security and public safety both in Georgia and beyond.”

“GILEE, with its peer-to-peer training partnerships, has improved law enforcement in Georgia by encouraging camaraderie and the exchange of meaningful information.”

“In these troubled times of global strife and the War on Terrorism, the United States and Israel stand side by side, as friends and allies.  We share a common cause against terror and tyranny and for the mutual protection of our citizens.  Here in Georgia, dozens of law enforcement personnel have participated in the GILEE law enforcement exchange program with Israel.  Israelis have long lived with the daily reality of terrorism that most Americans only awakened to after 9/11.   Learning from expertise of Israel’s law enforcement community in combating terror will help Georgia’s law enforcement better protect our citizens-and we are grateful.”

“I was fortunate to be introduced to GILEE at the very beginning of my posting in Atlanta, in the summer of 2010. From that moment until I returned to Israel in 2015, I chose to support this program, the best I could, and in every occasion. As the Consul General of Israel to the Southeast US, in Atlanta, (2010-2015), and as a retired Israeli Ambassador who has frequently dealt with issues of National Security, I can attest with confidence, that the GILEE program, founded and led, since inception, by Prof. Robert Friedmann from Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, has been one of the best, if not the best, program, in the US, which has immensely enhanced the National Security and Homeland Security of the US and Israel, and which has effectively consolidated the strategic alliance amongst democratic and like-minded nations, such as the US, Israel, Canada and the UK.”