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The last year was a challenging one for many. Every business, organization, andcommunity felt the impact of the pandemic. Nonetheless, we managed to continue ourwork.

While the pandemic limited the number of internships, and required nearly all of them -and our additional programming - to be conducted remotely, PIP held 2 successfulcycles in 2020, placing interns in software development, marketing, engineering, andfinance positions. Our Alumni Network grew to 76, and we new companies joined thePIP Host Company Network.

And, in the midst of the pandemic (July 2020) we were able to launch a new initiative, The Palestinian Mentorship Program (PMP). PMP matches Palestinian tech business leadersand entrepreneurs with international volunteer mentors. In PMP's Cycle 1, 12 Menteesmet with their Mentors bi-weekly to work on defined business and career goals.

We're especially pleased to see several of our PIP alumni already starting their ownventures. The program is developing a good reputation among young Palestinians,leading to strong demand for our internships. We hope to engage more multinationaland Israeli companies as hosts for interns in the years ahead so that we can furtherincrease PIP's impact.

Thanks for your interest and support - and here's to a better year ahead!

Yadin KaufmannFounder & Chairman

The Palestinian Internship Program (PIP) is a professional development non-profit, with two key goals: in the short term, we are focused onempowering Palestinian professionals in developing and building theircareers and establishing themselves as leaders in the Palestinianecosystem. In the long term, we aim to assist in the growth of thePalestinian ecosystem, stimulating innovation, investment, andopportunity. PIP was founded in 2014 by venture capitalist Yadin Kaufmann,In Summer 2020, PIP launched its sister project, the Palestinian MentorshipProgram (PMP).

Over the last seven years, the organization has positioned itself to be the“natural next step” for post-university Palestinians interested in techentrepreneurship. The Internship and Mentorship Programs have impactedthe lives of hundreds of Palestinian young professionals, including freshgraduates, budding entrepreneurs and CEOs, and senior executives atstart-ups. Our partners include Palestinian, Israeli, European, and NorthAmerican business and tech leaders, emphasizing our global approach toeconomic cooperation, equal opportunity, economic diversity, andcoexistence efforts between Palestinians and Israelis.

OUR MISSION is to provide young Palestinian professionals withhigh-level internships and mentorships so that they canbetter contribute to the development of the Palestiniantech sector.

37%YOUTH

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2000+ ICT GRADUATES

50% WOMEN W/DEGREES UNEMPLOYED

6% FEMALE LEADERSHIP

At the more senior levels, Palestine's isolation from the international businesscommunity limits partnerships, growth, and investment, and has contributedto a painful ‘brain drain’ from the tech sector. Our Internship and MentorshipPrograms counteract this loss of talent by offering fresh graduates andbusiness leaders high-tech employment opportunities, skills training andprofessional development workshops, and strategic partnerships withmentors from around the world. Participants have gone on to find gainfulemployment in their fields, start their own companies in Palestine, andestablish fruitful partnerships with mentors from around the world, bringinginvestment and new opportunities to Palestine.

The need for PIP & PMP stems from the challenges facing the Palestiniantech ecosystem. More than 2000 West Bank students graduate withtech-related degrees each year. Fewer than half find employment intheir fields. Others leave Palestine for opportunities elsewhere or foregothe tech sector for lower value-added jobs.

1. Technical knowledge and field experience2. Critical thinking and problem-solving3. Business and entrepreneurship skills4. Professionalism and responsibility5. English language6. Professional networking

PIP Interns develop skills in six areas thatare key to building up a knowledge-basedPalestinian economy, including:

We receive approximately 300 applications each cycle from recentuniversity graduates, via Palestinian universities, alumni referrals, and socialmedia engagement.

40 Finalists45+ Host Companies3-to-6 Month Paid Internships

every 6 months

including MNCs and Startups.

PIP provides recent Palestinian graduates with paid internshipopportunities at leading multinational and Israeli tech and financecompanies in Israel. PIP provides professional development opportunitiesfor graduates, thereby empowering young Palestinian men and women, andcontributing to Palestinian economic development while also buildingbridges between Palestinians and Israelis.

PIP’s program runs in 6-month cycles. Accepted Finalists commit toparticipating in the 3 key pillars that make up the PIP experience: theinternship matching process, skills-building workshops, and networkingevents.

CV Writing & Interview SkillsEntrepreneurship & Innovation

Public Speaking & Presentation Skills

PIP runs several intensive experiential workshops throughout the year — atleast 4 per Cycle. These workshops focus on soft-skills professionaldevelopment training to support Finalists and Interns in their careerdevelopment. Workshop topics include:

Graduated interns join PIP's Alumni Network, and continue to utilize PIP'sprofessional network for job opportunities, networking, and skills building.

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Workshops are led by skilled mentors, coaches, and tech leaders from Israeland Palestine, to encourage skills sharing and strengthen professionalnetworks.

PIP hosts at least two networking events each year, providing opportunitiesfor Finalists, Interns, and Alumni to interact with Israeli and Palestinianbusiness and high-tech leaders: PIP host companies, community partners,supporters, and others in the Israeli and Palestinian technology andbusiness communities. Our events have been hosted in Jerusalem and TelAviv by participating Host Companies, co-working spaces, and high-techhubs.

PIP targets recent universitygraduates, and engages in extensiveefforts to facilitate participation fromacross the West Bank and EastJerusalem – notwithstanding thechallenges involved. To ensureaccessibility for all applicants, PIPprovides support with permitapplications, lodging in Israel, andother logistical and administrativeissues. With women constituting less than

20% of Palestinian private sectoremployees, PIP encourages femaleprofessional empowerment. Nearly50% of PIP Alumni are female. PIPstaff are attentive to the needs of itsfemale participants, ensuringindividuals and their familiesunderstand the scope of theprogram.

PIP’s internships focus on the tech sector. Our interns come from a varietyof professional fields, including software development, marketing, business,and finance. Most PIP interns have had little to no prior work experience inthese fields. Post- internship, however, PIP interns have become key assetsto their companies’ technical teams.

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The mentorship relationship forms the core of PMP's programming.Potential Mentees - many of whom are referred by others in the PIP/PMPcommunity - register for the program by outlining their professionalchallenges, and indicate what they seek to gain through a mentorrelationship. Mentees participate in a matching process with our Mentorpool to identify the best mentor-mentee relationships.

PMP empowers exceptional Palestinian tech entrepreneurs by connectingthem to a network of experienced mentors in Israel, Europe, and the UnitedStates. Launched in Summer 2020, PMP was founded with theunderstanding that Palestinian tech entrepreneurs, executives, andstartups in Palestine lack vital access to foreign partners, mentors, andcompanies that have had success in similar endeavors. PMP aims to fill thisneeded market gap and to build bridges between Palestine’s developingstartup ecosystem and markets abroad. These close, one-on-onementorships build lasting connections between exceptional businesspeoplein the Palestinian tech sector and their international counterparts.

Through mentor-mentee matching and high-level workshops, we engagePalestinian tech leadership in economic cooperation, further opening upPalestine’s tech eco-system.

27 Mentees50+ Mentors

PMP's personalized matching process allows participants to connect toMentors who can speak specifically to their circumstances and open upnew opportunities in relevant professional fields.

PMP facilitates professional development workshops to provide moreavenues for professional development and networking to our participants.PMP workshops are conducted quarterly and focus on the areas ofimprovement identified by Mentees and Mentors. This allows ourparticipants to gain skills that are tailored to their specific contexts andneeds.

Step 2: The PMP Director invites all Mentees and selected Mentors toparticipate in an online “speed matching” event, during which each Menteeand Mentor has the opportunity to meet and see how they connect on apersonal level.

Step 3: The PMP Director collects feedback from Mentors and Menteesand finalizes matches before orientation begins.

Step 1: Mentees select their top three choices based on a PMP “Bio book”of our Mentor pool.

AREAS OF SUCCESSMentees connect with one another, forging businesspartnerships within the Palestinian ecosystem

Mentors open doors to new markets for Mentees,helping them tap new business opportunities

Mentees receive guidance for fundraisng, investmentmeetings, and how to best navigate everythingfinance!

Mentees gain access to PMP's entire 50+ pool ofMentors, where they can tap legal expertise,business advice, and more.

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Mentors must demonstrate commitment to the program and theability to help Mentees as required. Current Mentors are located in theUnited States, Israel, Europe, Asia, and the Gulf, and are mid-and-senior-level professionals working at venture capital firms, high tech andsoftware companies, successful startups, law firms, and more.Mentors have diverse subject-matter expertise and knowhow, includingmarketing, business development, product positioning anddevelopment, and sales backgrounds.

PMP has already built a network of 50+ Mentors, all of whom are excited toinvest their time in PMP participants. Mentors are continuously being addedto the pool, whether through word-of-mouth, personal relationships, orthrough companies.

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PMP participants are among the more established young professionals inthe West Bank and East Jerusalem: senior people at Palestinian companiesand entrepreneurs. While they typically have experienced some success,they find themselves facing obstacles to their continued professional andbusiness growth. To be selected for PMP, applicants must demonstrate howthey will not only benefit from the program themselves, but also supportthe Palestinian high-tech ecosystem as alumni. They are communityleaders, founders of startups, and/or work for larger Palestinian high-techcompanies where they will become future C-level executives. PMPparticipants are selected because they have the potential to influence andeventually lead the sectors in which they function and to have a significantimpact on the Palestinian private sector and startup ecosystem.

I’ve been a mentor and indirectly sponsored othermentorship programs….Of all experiences I’ve hadso far, this is the best.- PMP Mentor, C2

PIP’s long term goal is to stimulate the growthof the Palestinian tech sector. The best way todo so is to inject talent, leadership, andinnovation. Upon completing the program,PIP Alumni who return home, bring with themthe skills, experience, and networks gained.As of end 2020, 40% of PIP’s Alumni fromCycles 1 through 10 have, returned to thePalestinian market.

Nearly two thirds of PIP Alumni have beenasked to stay on at host companies followingthe initial 3-month internship period, and 45%have been extended past the 6-month mark.PIP Interns have proven to be invaluablemembers of their host company teams.

Those Alumni who have gone down the pathof entrepreneurship tend to apply to PMP,and continue on in the PIP & PMP pipeline ofsuccess.

We were privileged to work with Nataly through PIP. Nataly ispassionate about venture capital and impact investing and cameto us with energy and passion that is contagious. Natalyimmediately started working on impact projects and graduallyworked with our whole team in reviewing investmentopportunities and value creation. The match done by PIPbetween Nataly and us was perfect, and indeed after a fewmonths Nataly accepted an offer to join our team on a full timebasis. This is the best proof of finding the right person for theright job. She is hard-working, motivated, smart and dedicatedand we couldn’t be more happy to have had the chance toaccept her as one of our team. She is also the living proof thatdiversity works and is so important for companies. Thanks PIPfor this perfect match.

Chemi PeresManaging General Partner & Co-Founder

Pitango Venture Capital

“... frankly from this day untilnow every day I think aboutwhat we learned in theworkshop... because of whatI’m learning in PMP I will reachmy goals! So I just wanted tothank you for all of yourefforts. You change people”- Mentee, C2

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ANNA GOL is the Executive Director of PIP,responsible for the day-to-day running of theorganization. Born in New York City and raised inToronto, she holds a B.A. in Peace, Conflict, andJustice Studies from the University of Toronto’s MunkSchool and an M.A. in Conflict Resolution from TelAviv University in 2016. Prior to joining PIP in January2018, Anna worked with boutique recruitment firmVenture Talent as an Executive Recruiter for startupand high tech companies in Toronto. Anna specializesin mediation, conflict resolution, and negotiation.

MARWAN MEQBIL is the Program Coordinator ofPIP, responsible for intern outreach and recruitment.Born and raised in Al-Arroub Refugee Camp in theSouthern West Bank, Marwan holds an IT degreefrom the Palestine Polytechnic University. In 2014, hewas among the first cohort of interns to join PIPwhen he interned at Jerusalem-based VC fundOurCrowd. Marwan is also a Peace-BuildingFacilitator and Project Coordinator at the Center forEmerging Futures.

ARI GORE is the Program Director of PMP,responsible for the operations of the Mentorshipinitiative. Originally from Chicago, Ari spent the lastdecade studying and/or serving as a U.S. Diplomat inDamascus, Amman, Riyadh, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, andWashington, D.C., where he focused on economicpolicy, private sector empowerment, and strategicrelationship development. More recently, Ari hasconsulted for several Tel Aviv-based startups,supporting their operations. A Boren national securityscholar, Ari has an MBA in entrepreneurship from TelAviv University, and undergraduate degrees inGovernment & Politics and Arabic Studies from theUniversity of Maryland.

RONI HEFETZ is a leading venture capitalist in Israelwith over 20 years experience in the field. He co-founded Walden Israel in 1993 and served as its GeneralPartner before becoming a venture Partner of WaldenInternational. In addition to his roles at Walden, Ronimanages his own consulting firm and holds a number ofdirectorships, including of ClearForest Corp, High TechIndustry Association, Amimon, SintecMedia, andColorchip. He has also held lecturing positions inentrepreneurship at Tel Aviv University’s MBA program.

ABED NASHEF is the managing partner at NAS&Co., aboutique business law firm he co-founded, and is an OfCounsel at Pearl Cohen, an international law firm whichoperates from offices in Tel Aviv, NY, Boston, LA andLondon. He focuses his practice on diverse areas ofcorporate and commercial law, with particular focus oncross-boarder transactions, venture capital financingand acquisitions and representing entrepreneurs andventure-backed start-ups. Abed is involved in a numberof non-profit organizations and initiatives focusing onfostering technology and entrepreneurship.

TALLY ZINGHER, an attorney and technologyconsultant, is CEO of Dawsat, a weight loss and wellnesssolution based on the traditional Middle Eastern diet.Previously, she was managing director at Blue Laureland the co-founding managing director of the MENAInvestment Network. Tally also practiced corporate lawat Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, including asecondment with Istithmar, the sovereign wealth fund ofDubai. With expertise in Middle East economicdevelopment, she is a term member of the Council onForeign Relations.

HANI ALAMI is CEO of Coolnet, one of Palestine’sleading providers of broadband and communicationtechnologies. With multiple acquisitions and mergers inthe telecom sector, he leverages his experience andnetwork to mentor and support emergingentrepreneurs. In 2015, Hani established JEST(Jerusalem Entrepreneurs for Society and Technology),the first entrepreneurship center and hub for startups inE. Jerusalem. JEST, which works closely with PIP,promotes technology and the culture of innovation,emphasizing programs for women and youth.

JESSE DIVON is a commercial growthspecialist in the tech sector. He alsoconsults on projects relating toeconomic development andinternational cooperation in the MiddleEast. He served as PIP’s ProgramDirector from 2016 until January 2018. Jesse studied a BA in Middle Eastern &Islamic Studies with Arabic atCambridge University and an MBA atTel Aviv University. Originally from theUK, Jesse lived in Israel for ten yearsbefore moving to the United Stateswhere he now resides.

MAYSA BARANSI, a human rights anda peace activist, co-founded All forPeace radio, the first Palestinian-IsraeliPeace radio station, and served as itsExecutive Director for over ten years.She currently serves on the board of anumber of organizations, including JESTHub in Jerusalem, Alliance for MiddleEast Peace, and Kids 4 Peace. Maysasince worked in the fields of CSR, PRand entrepreneurship at BCI Group, aleading telecommunication company inPalestine, Jordan and the UAE.

YADIN KAUFMANN (Chairman of the Board) foundedthe Palestinian Internship Program in 2014. Yadin hasbeen involved in venture capital since 1987. He is thefounder of Veritas Venture Partners, an early-stageIsraeli venture fund management company, and ofSadara Ventures, the first fund investing in early-stagePalestinian technology companies. Yadin founded and isChairman of Tmura, a leading non-profit organization inthe Israeli high-tech sector. In 2017, Foreign Policynamed Yadin one of its 50 “Global Thinkers”.

Adam M. Kleinbaum is a professor at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.He teaches leadership and organizational behavior, social networks, and aninternational learning expedition to Israel. He also consults to organizations aboutissues of the design of formal and informal organization. His research has beenpublished in leading journals from Nature Communications to the HarvardBusiness Review and has been covered by media outlets ranging from the NewYork Times and Wall Street Journal to Teen Vogue and Cosmo. He enjoyscommuting to campus on his vintage 3-speed bicycle.

Dori Sella is an international business speaker & facilitator (60 countries, 5continents), and author. Her book, Business Meetings that Work;6 Steps to IncreaseProductivity, is a result of facilitating and participating in thousands of meetings aroundthe world. Over the last 30+ years, she has helped coach & educate thousands ofstudents to focus and achieve the business goals they desire. In addition to holdingpositions in both Sales & Marketing, Dori has formal education in Business, SocialWork, NLP Trainer, Coaching, SPIN, TAS, and TOC. Recently Dori has qualified as aCertified Lifeline Practitioner and is devoting her time to helping people lead abalanced and satisfied life.

Mary Abu Ghattas is the Talent Acquisition Specialist at Freightos where she's beenhiring locally and internationally for a couple of years. Mary has facilitated severalsessions for PIP Finalists on job search skills, including CV writing and interviewpreparation."We all are very familiar with the view from the candidate's side of the table, so it is a joy to beable to share some insights from the experience of the hiring team's side, and most of all,share tips and pointers that can help candidates bring their best to the interviewing table. ThePIP team & participants are a fun crowd to work with, so I always look forward to partneringwith PIP!"

PIP & PMP have amazing partners and volunteers who donate their time tosupport our programming. Business leaders, coaches, and educators runworkshop and act as mentors for PIP Finalists and PMP Mentees. Thank you for being a part of the PIP & PMP community!

Zev Kleinhaus is an entrepreneur with broad experience in multiple industries. Early inhis career, he practiced corporate law with a focus on VC, startups and publiccompanies. Following his graduation from Kellogg School of Management, he worked forDell Services in operational and strategic roles, consulted for the Office of the PrimeMinister of Israel and then worked as director of portfolio management at OurCrowd, anequity crowd funding VC. He co-founded a startup in the mental health space and hasbeen responsible for US business development for a startup in the fitness and wellnessindustry. Zev is currently involved in the establishment of a new accelerator for women-led startups in the MENA region.

Donations: PIP is currently supported by private foundations, including theCharles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation and the Jacob and HildaBlaustein Foundation. PMP is supported by the Palestinian Affairs Unit(PAU) of the US Embassy. As PIP continues to expand its operations, weseek new funding sources. Donations from both organizations andindividuals are key to helping fund PIP’s activities, including training, financialsupport, and events for PIP Interns.

As a non-profit working in a challenging environment, we depend on thegenerous backing of its supporters. In particular, PIP seeks support in thefollowing areas:

Mentors & Workshop Leaders: PMP seeks Mentors who can help ourMentees with specific business challenges and with navigating their careerdevelopment. PIP also seeks workshop leaders, many of whom haveprovided important value to our interns.

Referrals: Each Cycle, PIP looks for new intern candidates and new hostcompanies. Personal referrals have played a key role in expanding PIP’snetwork. PR opportunities help us spread the word about PIP/PMP's work.

Pro-Bono Support: To keep our spending to a minimum. we seek outsupporters willing to provide pro bono services such as websitedevelopment, printing, video production, and other technical assistance. Ifyou are interested and able to donate your services, please be in touch!

If you are able to support PIP in these or any other areas, please contactExecutive Director Anna Gol at anna@palinternship.com or via the website,www.palinternship.com.

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