Amit Arad

In his youth Amit Arad trained and competed in various martial art styles. Following his military service, Amit became a martial arts trainer and advanced to a Black Belt Dan 3 rank. Amit graduated from Tel Aviv University with an MBA and bachelor's degrees in law and economics. In 1998 he established a startup company with Ilan Twig, and together they invented a method to send maps online and present layers of information on them, which they called WhiteMaps. In 2010 Amit decided to take a time out and devote himself to research and write the historical novel "Lions of Judea." The novel was published in 2014 in Hebrew in Israel, accompanied by movies in both Hebrew and English online. Amit currently runs a law office and lectures on his books and the Maccabee period.