Dr. Josef Olmert is a former peace negotiator, author and journalist. He is currently an adjunct professor at the University of South Carolina. Formally the director of the Government Press Office and advisor to former Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir during the first Gulf War and the International peace conference in Madrid, he represented the Prime Minister in numerous conferences and appearances in the United States, Great Britain, Australia, China, Russia, Japan, Ireland and South Africa, among others.