calev myers is the founder of the jerusalem institute of justice jij a human rights group in israel he finished a degree at the hebrew university of jerusalem and joined the israel bar association as a licensed lawyer after having immigrated to israel from the united states in 1992 he founded jij in 2004 as nonprofit organization that takes on cases of religious persecution and advances freedom of conscience and civil justice in israelmyers also owns and manages the jerusalem city center branch as a partner at yehuda raveh co law offices the law firm was established in 1940 by gideon hausner who served as attorneygeneral of israel and member of knesset in 1965 1969 1974 and 1977 myers has been published in the international law review and currently works in the fields of corporate and intellectual property law charity law and civil rights law when christian humanitarian aid organizations were charged a 155 value added tax vat on relief shipments for israeli victims of the 2006 lebanon war myers negotiated a onetime 3090000 vat discount from the ministry of finance on a 20000000 shipment in 2008 myers was asked to act as spokesperson for the family of ami ortiz a 15yearold who was critically wounded by a bomb that had been planted by yaakov teitel in hopes of killing amis father david ortiz after hundreds of new testaments were publicly burned by orthodox jews in israel in 2010 army radio interviewed myers who called for all involved parties to be prosecutedin 2011 myers founded a caucus with likud member of knesset danny danon to combat antisemitism internationally myers described the caucuss goals as being to empower israels friends around the world to fight antisemitism everywhere it existsmyers addressed the european parliament in 2012 challenging europes funding the palestinian authority while overlooking human rights violations and was the keynote speaker at the opening event of palestinian human rights week in toronto canada in april 2013 at the event myers stated we try to look at the issues from a human rights perspective when you put on your human rights lenses you see whats really happening and who the true abusers of human rights of the palestinians are its not primarily soldiers at checkpoints the israeli government or jewish settlers in the disputed territories its the palestinian authority itself and the nations surrounding israelmyers has been published in the justice magazine of the international association of jewish lawyers and jurists and serves as a member of its board of governors as well as one of their representatives before the un in geneva and new york he frequently contributes opeds to the times of israel website the walla news website and appears on israeli television programs in english and hebrew as a current events analyst from a human rights perspective