Efrat Machikawa

Efrat Machikawa is an Israeli activist and former diplomat. She served as the Culture, Science and Innovation Attaché at the Israeli Embassy in Japan. Following the October 7 attacks, she began working on advocacy for Israeli hostages in Gaza. This work started after several of her own family members were taken during the attacks.[1]

Career

During her time in Japan, Machikawa handled cultural and scientific initiatives for the Israeli embassy.[2]

Currently, she is a doctoral student at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in the Medical Sciences department.[3] Her research paper from 2022 looked at how nursing students use simulation training.[4]

Activism

Machikawa began campaigning for the release of the hostages after several of her family members were taken, including her uncle Gadi Moses, in the Kidnapping of Gadi Moses. She acts as a spokesperson for the Hostages and Missing Families Forum and has spoken at various public events.[5] She was involved in efforts to get medicine to hostages and Palestinian children with cancer.[6]

Her comments on the crisis have appeared in the BBC,[7] Time,[8] and The New York Times.[9] She has also been interviewed by Deutsche Welle,[10] ABC Radio National,[11]CNN,[12]PBS NewsHour,[13] Haaretz,[14] as well as a profile piece in The Japan Times.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "7 ottobre, Efrat Machikawa: «Mio zio ostaggio di Hamas, Israele deve trovare la pace»". Open (in Italian). 2024-10-07.
  2. ↑ "Israeli diplomat promotes cultural exchange in Japan". The Jerusalem Post. 2023.
  3. ↑ "Efrat Machikawa". Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
  4. ↑ Machikawa, Efrat (2022). "Enhancing the Structural Competency of Nurses Through Standardized Patient Simulation". Clinical Simulation in Nursing.
  5. ↑ "Together for humanity" (PDF). Women Wage Peace. 2023.
  6. 1 2 "The terror, the protests and the reunion: Efrat Machikawa's life since the Israel-Hamas war". The Japan Times. 2025-02-24.
  7. ↑ "I don't know how he survived, says freed Israeli hostage's niece". BBC News. 2025-02-02.
  8. ↑ "Families of hostages push for ceasefire deal". Time. 2025.
  9. ↑ "Israeli hostages ordeal". The New York Times. 2025.
  10. ↑ "Hostage relative: Israeli and Palestinian suffering must end". Deutsche Welle.
  11. ↑ "Hamas hands over first Israeli hostages". ABC Radio National.
  12. ↑ "Relative of hostage Gadi Moses describes captivity conditions". CNN. 2025-01-26.
  13. ↑ "Frustrations rise in Israel as war endures and hostages remain in Gaza". PBS NewsHour. 2024.
  14. ↑ "If we could stand against Iran, we can naturally stand against the threat from Gaza". Haaretz. 2025-07-06.
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