Rick Doblin met in New York City with Israeli psychiatrist Dr. Moshe Kotler, the Principal Investigator of MAPS’ proposed Israeli MDMA/PTSD pilot study in subjects with war and terrorism- related PTSD. Now that the US study is fully approved, Dr. Kotler feels the time is right to move forward with the protocol design and approval process for the Israeli pilot study. Dr. Kotler used to be the chief psychiatrist for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).