100 Notable alumni of
Tel Aviv University
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Tel Aviv University is 64th in the world, 10th in Asia, and 2nd in Israel by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Tel Aviv University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Ariel Sharon
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- politicianmilitary officer
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Ariel Sharon was an Israeli general and politician who served as the 11th prime minister of Israel from March 2001 until April 2006.
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Benny Gantz
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- military personnelpolitician
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Benjamin "Benny" Gantz is an Israeli politician and retired army general. He served as a minister without portfolio from 2023 to 2024, as the minister of defense between 2020 and 2022, and as deputy prime minister between 2021 and 2022. From 2020 to 2021, he was the alternate prime minister.
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Isaac Herzog
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- politicianadvocatelawyer
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Isaac "Bougie" Herzog is an Israeli politician who has been serving since 2021 as the 11th president of Israel. He is the first president to have been born in Israel after its Declaration of Independence.
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Yossi Ghinsberg
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- travelermotivational speakerwriterpatron of the arts
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Yosseph "Yossi" Ghinsberg is an Israeli adventurer, author, entrepreneur, humanitarian, and motivational speaker, now based in Byron Bay, Australia. Ghinsberg is most known for his survival story in an uncharted part of the Bolivian Amazon jungle for three weeks in 1981. Ghinsberg's survival story was enacted in the 2017 psychological thriller Jungle, starring Daniel Radcliffe as Yossi Ghinsberg. Ghinsberg's story was also featured in the documentary series I Shouldn't Be Alive on Discovery Channel.
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Yotam Ottolenghi
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- reality television participantcookauthorcookbook writer
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Yotam Assaf Ottolenghi is an Israeli-born British chef, restaurateur, and food writer. Alongside Sami Tamimi, he is the co-owner of nine delis and restaurants in London and Bicester Village and the author of several bestselling cookbooks, including Ottolenghi: The Cookbook (2008), Plenty (2010), Jerusalem (2012) and Simple (2018).
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Ilan Ramon
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- aircraft pilotastronautmilitary personnelmilitary officer
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Ilan Ramon was an Israeli fighter pilot and later the first Israeli astronaut. He served as a Space Shuttle payload specialist on STS-107, the fatal mission of Columbia, in which he and the six other crew members were killed when the spacecraft disintegrated during re-entry. At 48, Ramon was the oldest member of the crew. He is the only foreign recipient of the United States Congressional Space Medal of Honor, which was awarded posthumously.
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Sara Netanyahu
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- educational psychologist
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Sara Netanyahu is married to the prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu. By profession, she is an educational and career psychologist. She is the spouse of the prime minister of Israel holding the role for her third time.
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Dan Ariely
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- psychologisteconomistuniversity teacherwriterpedagogue
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Dan Ariely is an Israeli-American professor and author. He serves as a James B. Duke Professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University. He is the co-founder of several companies implementing insights from behavioral science. Ariely wrote an advice column called "Ask Ariely" in The Wall Street Journal from June 2012 until September 2022. He is the author of the three New York Times best selling books Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, and The Honest Truth about Dishonesty. He co-produced the 2015 documentary (Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies.
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Ayelet Shaked
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- engineerpoliticiancomputer scientist
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Ayelet Shaked is an Israeli former politician, activist, and software engineer. She served as Minister of Interior from 2021 to 2022 and as Minister of Justice from 2015 to 2019. Between 2013 and 2021, she was a representative in the Knesset as a member of The Jewish Home from 2013 to 2018, and then as a founding member of the New Right from 2018 to 2019 and again from 2019 to 2020. Shaked also served as the leader of the defunct right-wing electoral alliance Yamina. Despite her tenure in The Jewish Home, a religious political party, she has identified as a secularist.
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Miriam Adelson
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- publisherphysician
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Miriam Adelson is an Israeli-American physician, businesswoman, and political donor.
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Maxim Katz
- Enrolled in Tel Aviv University
- In 2024 graduated with master's degree in management
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Maxim Yevgenyevich Katz is a Russian political opposition figure, urban planning activist, election campaign strategist, and popular YouTuber hosting his own daily political show.
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Lucy Ayoub
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- presentertelevision actorpoetsocial activisttelevision presenter
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Lucy Ayoub is an Israeli television presenter, poet and radio host, formerly of the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC) and currently working for Keshet Media Group. Ayoub co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 alongside Assi Azar, Bar Refaeli and Erez Tal.
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Gideon Sa'ar
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- politicianjournalistlawyer
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Gideon Moshe Sa'ar is an Israeli politician currently serving as Israel's Foreign Minister and member of the Knesset for the party New Hope.
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Merav Michaeli
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Merav Michaeli is an Israeli politician, journalist, TV anchor, radio broadcaster, feminist, and activist currently serving as a member of the Knesset for the Democrats, which was formed in 2024 by a merger of the Labor and Meretz. She served as the Labor Party's leader from 2021 until 2024, and as Minister of Transport in the thirty-sixth government of Israel.
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Gadi Eisenkot
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- military officer
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Gadi Eisenkot, also spelt Eizenkot, is an Israeli general and politician from the Israeli National Unity party. He served as the 21st Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces from 2015 to 2019 and from 2023 to 2024, as a minister without portfolio in Israel's unity government. Eisenkot, who grew up in Eilat, pursued maritime studies and later served in the IDF's Golani Brigade. He holds a B.A. in History from Tel Aviv University and a post-graduate degree in Political Science from Haifa University. Married with five children, he resides in Herzliya. One of his sons, Gal, was killed in action during the Israel-Hamas war.
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Meir Dagan
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- spymilitary officer
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Aluf Meir Dagan was an Israel Defense Forces Major General (reserve) and Director of the Mossad.
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Amir Hetsroni
- Enrolled in Tel Aviv University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in psychology
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Amir Hetsroni is an Israeli professor of communication science, novelist, comedian and social media personality. Commonly described as an internet troll, Hetsroni is known for his extremely divisive views and frequent employment of shock humor.
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Daniel Hagari
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- naval officer
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Daniel Hagari is an Israel Defense Forces Rear Admiral (Tat-Aluf) who currently serves as the head of the IDF Spokesperson's Unit. Previously he has served as the commander of the Israeli Navy's operations directorate, the Chief of Staff's assistant, Commander of the Shayetet 13 marine commando unit and the office of the Chief of Staff.
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Etgar Keret
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Etgar Keret is an Israeli writer known for his short stories, graphic novels, and scriptwriting for film and television.
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Luiz Felipe Pondé
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- writerphilosopher
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Luiz Felipe de Cerqueira e Silva Pondé is a Brazilian writer and professor of philosophy.
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Yair Golan
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- Knesset membercombatantmilitary officerpolitician
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Yair Golan is an Israeli politician and leader of the Democrats party and a senior military officer. He served as the Deputy Minister of Economy in the Thirty-sixth Israeli government, and served as a Member of the Knesset representing Meretz from 2019–2022. He is a reserve major general (Aluf) in the Israel Defense Forces. During his military service he served, among other roles, as the IDF Deputy Chief of Staff, Commander of the Home Front Command and Commander of the Northern Command. In May 2024, Golan was elected leader of the Israeli Labor Party on a platform of merging the party with the rival left-wing party, Meretz. On 30 June 2024, the two parties announced an agreement to form a new party, The Democrats. The agreement, which designates Golan leader of the new party, was approved by both parties' congresses on 12 July 2024.
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Kazuya SHIMBA
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- politician
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Kazuya Shimba is a Japanese politician, the general-secretary of the Democratic Party for the People (DPFP). He is serving as a member of the House of Councillors.
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Yonit Levi
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Yonit Levi is an Israeli news anchor, television presenter, podcaster, and journalist.
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Yakov Kedmi
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- diplomatbusinessperson
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Yaakov Kedmi, also known as Yasha Kazakov and Yakov Iosifovich Kazakov (Russian: Яков Иосифович Казако́в) is a Russian propagandist, an Israeli politician and diplomat. He was the head of the Nativ liaison bureau from 1992 to 1999, specializing in the repatriation of Eastern European Jews to Israel. On 25 February 2023, the Council of the European Union imposed personal sanctions against Kedmi due to his activities as a spreader of the Russian official propaganda intended to justify the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Gideon Levy
- Enrolled in Tel Aviv University
- Graduated with master's degree in political science
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- journalistwriter
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Gideon Levy is an Israeli journalist and author. Levy writes opinion pieces and a weekly column for the newspaper Haaretz that often focus on the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. Levy has won prizes for his articles on human rights in the Israeli-occupied territories. In 2021, he won Israel's top award for journalism, the Sokolov Award.
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Ron Huldai
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- businesspersoneducatorpoliticianair force officerfighter pilot
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Ron Huldai is an Israeli politician and businessman who has been Mayor of Tel Aviv since 1998. Before taking office as mayor, Huldai served as a fighter pilot and commander in the Israeli Air Force. After leaving the Israel Defense Force as a brigadier general, he entered the business world and was later headmaster of the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium in Tel Aviv.
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Tamir Pardo
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- spymilitary officer
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Tamir Pardo is the former Director of Mossad, taking over the role from Meir Dagan on January 1, 2011. The appointment was announced by Israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on November 29, 2010. He served in the role from 2011 until 2016.
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Yoaz Hendel
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- opinion journalistpoliticianhistorianjournalist
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Yoaz Hendel is an Israeli politician, journalist, author, publicist and public activist. Hendel served as Israel's Minister of Communications, as a member of Israel's Security Cabinet and Ministerial Committee for Legislation, a Member of Knesset and as Chairman of his Party (Derekh Eretz). As of January 2023, Hendel is on a break from politics. He was originally elected as a member of the Blue and White alliance in 2019, before leaving to form Derekh Eretz and serve as its Chairman in March 2020. A military historian by training, Hendel previously worked as a journalist, was the chairman of the Institute for Zionist Strategies (IZS), and taught academic courses at Bar-Ilan University. Between 2011 and 2012 he served as Director of Communications and Public Diplomacy for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He was Minister of Communications from May 2020 to December 2020 and from June 2021 to the end of 2022. Hendel completed a doctorate in history.
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Esther Hayut
- Enrolled in Tel Aviv University
- In 1977 studied law
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- lawyerjudge
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Esther Hayut is an Israeli jurist who served as president of the Supreme Court of Israel from October 2017 to October 2023.
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Adi Shamir
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- cryptologistcomputer scientistmathematician
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Adi Shamir is an Israeli cryptographer and inventor. He is a co-inventor of the Rivest–Shamir–Adleman (RSA) algorithm (along with Ron Rivest and Len Adleman), a co-inventor of the Feige–Fiat–Shamir identification scheme (along with Uriel Feige and Amos Fiat), one of the inventors of differential cryptanalysis and has made numerous contributions to the fields of cryptography and computer science.
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Sasson Gabai
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Sasson Gabai is an Israeli actor. He is the winner of an Ophir Award, Asia Pacific Screen Award (nominated), European Film Awards and Jerusalem Film Festival in 2007 as Best Actor in the highly acclaimed Israeli film The Band's Visit.
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Dan Halutz
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- air force officermilitary aviator
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Dan Halutz is an Israeli Air Force lieutenant general and former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces and commander of the Israeli Air Force. Halutz served as chief of staff in 2005–2007.
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Shlomo Sand
- Enrolled in Tel Aviv University
- In 1975 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
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- university teacherhistorianactivist
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Shlomo Sand is an Austrian-born Israeli post-Zionist historian and socialist. He has served as an emeritus Professor of History at Tel Aviv University since 2014. He is known for his book The Invention of the Jewish People, originally published in Hebrew as Matai ve’eich humtsa ha‘am hayehudi? (מתי ואיך הומצא העם היהודי? When and How Was the Jewish People Invented?) in 2008.
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Avigdor Kahalani
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- warriorpoliticianmilitary officer
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Tat Aluf Avigdor Kahalani (Hebrew: אביגדור קהלני, born 16 June 1944) is a former Israeli soldier and politician.
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Tamar Zandberg
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Tamar Zandberg is an Israeli politician who served as Minister of Environmental Protection from 2021 to 2022, as a member of the Knesset for Meretz from 2013 to 2021, and as the party's leader between 2018 and 2019.
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Gilad Erdan
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- politician
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Gilad Menashe Erdan is an Israeli politician and diplomat who served as Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations from 2020 through 2024.
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Avi Dichter
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- politiciansoldier
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Abraham Moshe "Avi" Dichter is an Israeli politician currently serving as the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. A former Minister of Internal Security and Shin Bet director, he resigned from the Knesset and left Kadima in August 2012 in order to become Minister of Home Front Defense, a position he vacated in March 2013.
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Gideon Raff
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- film directorscreenwriter
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Gideon "Gidi" Raff is an Israeli film and television director, screenwriter, and writer. He is best known for his creation of the Channel 2 thriller drama series Prisoners of War, from which he later co-developed the American version of the series, Homeland.
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Tzipi Hotovely
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- politicianwriteropinion journalistadvocatejournalist
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Tzipura "Tzipi" Hotovely is an Israeli diplomat and former politician who serves as the current Ambassador of Israel to the United Kingdom. She served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Diaspora Affairs, Minister of Settlement Affairs, and as a member of the Knesset for the Likud party.
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Hila Korach
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Dr. Hila Korach is an Israeli journalist, television hostess, radio presenter, and physician.
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Galit Distel Atbaryan
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Galit Distel-Atbaryan is an Israeli writer and politician currently serving as a member of the Knesset for Likud. She was Minister of Information from 2022 to 2023.
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Mohammad Bakri
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Mohammad Bakri is a Palestinian actor and film director.
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Moni Moshonov
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- actorscreenwritertelevision presenterstage actortelevision actor
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Shlomo "Moni" Moshonov is an Israeli actor, comedian, and theater director.
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Tommy Lapid
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- opinion journalisttelevision presenterpoliticianwriterjournalist
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Joseph "Tommy" Lapid was a Yugoslav-born Israeli radio and television presenter, playwright, journalist, politician and government minister known for his sharp tongue and acerbic wit. Lapid headed the secular-liberal Shinui party from 1999 to 2006. He fiercely opposed the ultra-Orthodox political parties and actively sought to exclude any religious observance from the legal structure of the Israeli State. He was the father of Yair Lapid, who served as the 14th Prime Minister of Israel in 2022.
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Ari Folman
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- animatorfilm directorfilm producerscreenwritercomposer
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Ari Folman is an Israeli film director, screenwriter, animator, and film-score composer. He directed the Oscar-nominated animated documentary film Waltz with Bashir (2008) and the live-action/animated film The Congress. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Omer Bar-Lev
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- politicianmilitary officer
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Omer Bar-Lev is an Israeli politician who formerly served as Minister of Public Security. He was previously a member of the Knesset for the Israeli Labor Party. He was placed seventh on the party's list for the 2013 Israeli legislative election, and serves as the Party's point person on issues of peace and defense. Bar-Lev is an IDF reserve officer with the rank of colonel (Aluf mishne), who was commander of the Sayeret Matkal elite commando unit between 1984 and 1987.
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Nitzan Horowitz
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Nitzan Horowitz is a politician and former journalist who served as Israel's Minister of Health from 2021 to 2022. He is the former leader of Meretz. He previously was the chief U.S. correspondent and commentator for the Israeli News Company, known as Channel 2 News.
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Amichai Chikli
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- politician
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Amichai Chikli is an Israeli politician currently serving as the Minister of Diaspora Affairs. He served in the 24th Knesset as part of the Yamina party slate, and in the 25th Knesset as part of Likud.
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Stav Shaffir
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- activistpoliticianwriterjournalist
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Stav Shaffir is an Israeli politician and former member of Knesset. She is the leader of the Green Party and was a member of the Knesset for the Democratic Union alliance. She came to national prominence as one of the leaders of the 2011 Israeli social justice protests, focusing on housing, public services, income inequality and democracy, and later became spokeswoman of the movement. She was subsequently elected to the Knesset as a member of the Labor Party in 2013. The party contested the 2015 elections as part of the Zionist Union alliance, with Shaffir retaining her seat. She was re-elected again in the April 2019 elections, in which Labor ran alone. However, after losing a Labor leadership election to Amir Peretz in June 2019, she left the party and resigned from the Knesset and became head of the Green Movement. Her new party formed the Democratic Union alongside Meretz and the Israel Democratic Party. Shaffir lost her Knesset seat in the 2020 election.
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Gal Hirsch
- Enrolled in Tel Aviv University
- Graduated with master's degree
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- military officer
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Gal Hirsch is an Israeli former military commander and author. As Brigadier General, he commanded the 91st Division of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during the 2006 Lebanon War. Currently coordinates the negotiations for the captives and missing of the October 7 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel.
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Esther Benbassa
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Esther Benbassa-Dudonney is a Turkish-Israeli-French historian and politician. She specializes in the history of Jews and other minorities. Between 2011 and 2023, Benbassa served as a French senator, representing Paris (2017–2023) and Val-de-Marne (2011–2017).
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Lior Schleien
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- television producerwriterjournalisttelevision presenter
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Lior Schleien is an Israeli television producer and host.
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Michael Wolffsohn
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- university teacherhistorianopinion journalistnon-fiction writer
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Michael Wolffsohn is a German historian.
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Mazi Melesa Pilip
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- politician
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Mazi Melesa Pilip is an American politician in the Nassau County Legislature representing the 10th district. A Republican, she is an Ethiopian Jew who immigrated to Israel when she was 12 years old, and later served as a gunsmith in the Israel Defense Forces. After her IDF service, she attended college at the University of Haifa and graduate school at Tel Aviv University. She immigrated to the United States in 2005.
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Avi Issacharoff
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- screenwriterwriterdocumentarianjournalist
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Avi Issacharoff is an Israeli journalist, known for his focus on Palestinian affairs. He is a Middle East commentator for The Times of Israel and its sister news outlet Walla!, and the Palestinian and Arab Affairs Correspondent for Haaretz. Issacharoff is known as one of the creators of the TV-series Fauda.
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Ronen Bar
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- intelligence officer
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Ronen Bar is an Israeli intelligence officer and the director of the Israeli Security Agency (commonly referred to as Shin Bet, Shabak, or ISA) since 13 October 2021. He replaced Nadav Argaman, after having served as his deputy since 2018. Bar was appointed by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his nomination was approved by Israel's cabinet on 11 October 2021. He assumed office on 13 October 2021.
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Tzachi Hanegbi
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- trade unionistpolitician
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Tzachi Hanegbi is an Israeli politician and national security expert serving as Israel's National Security Advisor. A member of Likud, Hanegbi previously served as Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Minister of Regional Cooperation and Minister of Community Affairs.
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Eshkol Nevo
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- writeruniversity teacherpsychologist
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Eshkol Nevo is an Israeli writer who has published a collection of short stories, five novels and a work of non-fiction. One of his novels, Homesick, was awarded the Book Publishers Association Gold Prize (2005) and the FFI-Raymond Wallier Prize at the Salon du Livre (Paris, 2008). In 2008, Eshkol was awarded membership in the Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation (IcExcellence), one of the country's highest recognitions for excellence in the arts.
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Israel Finkelstein
- Enrolled in Tel Aviv University
- 1970-1974 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- 1974-1978 graduated with Master of Arts
- In 1983 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
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- pedagogueanthropologistprofessorarchaeologist
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Israel Finkelstein is an Israeli archaeologist, professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University and the head of the School of Archaeology and Maritime Cultures at the University of Haifa. Finkelstein is active in the archaeology of the Levant and is an applicant of archaeological data in reconstructing biblical history. Finkelstein is the current excavator of Megiddo, a key site for the study of the Bronze and Iron Ages in the Levant.
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Avichai Mandelblit
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- military personnelmilitary officer
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Avichai Mandelblit is an Israeli jurist who served as the Attorney General of Israel from 2016 to 2022. Mandelblit had a long career in the Israel Defense Forces legal system, eventually serving as the Chief Military Advocate General between 2004 and 2011. In April 2013, he was appointed Cabinet Secretary. In February 2016, he was appointed Attorney General. In November 2019, following a three-year investigation, Mandelblit formally indicted Israel's sitting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on three charges of fraud and breach of trust, and one charge of bribery.
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Tal Russo
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- military officer
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Tal Rousso is a general of the Israel Defense Forces, serving in the reserves. He heads the IDF's Depth Corps. He also served as an MK for the Labor Party.
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Ehud Yaari
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- writerjournalistorientalist
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Ehud Yaari is an Israeli journalist, author, television personality and political commentator.
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Adam Bakri
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Adam Bakri is a Palestinian actor. He made his feature film debut by starring in Oscar-nominated film Omar (2013), directed by Hany Abu-Assad.
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Hanoch Levin
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- theatrical directorwriterplaywrightpoet
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Hanoch Levin was an Israeli dramatist, theater director, author and poet, best known for his plays. His absurdist style is often compared to the work of Harold Pinter and Samuel Beckett.
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Asaf Zamir
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Asaf Zamir is an Israeli politician and diplomat. He served as Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv from 2008 until 2013 and Acting Mayor in charge of education from 2013 to 2018. He was elected to the Knesset in 2019, serving in two spells until 2021. He also held the post of Minister of Tourism from May to October 2020. He was Consul General in New York from October 2021 until his resignation in March 2023, in protest at Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's decision to fire Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
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Isaac Mordechai
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- politicianmilitary personnelmilitary officer
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Yitzhak "Itzik" Mordechai is an Israeli former general and politician. He served as a member of the Knesset between 1996 and 2001, and as Minister of Defense and Minister of Transport. He retired from political life after being indicted for sexual assaults during his military service and later periods.
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Amnon Lipkin-Shahak
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Amnon Lipkin-Shahak was an Israeli military officer and politician. He served as Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, as a Member of the Knesset, and as Minister of Transportation and Minister of Tourism.
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Zvika Hadar
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- actortelevision presenterstage actorstand-up comediantelevision actor
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Zvika Hadar is an Israeli actor, comedian and television host.
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Yuval Steinitz
- Enrolled in Tel Aviv University
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in philosophy of science
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- university teacherpoliticianpedagoguephilosopher
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Yuval Steinitz is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Likud party. He also held several ministerial posts, including Minister of Finance, Minister of Intelligence, Minister of Strategic Affairs and Minister of Energy. Steinitz holds a PhD in philosophy and has been a senior lecturer at the University of Haifa. His book "Invitation to Philosophy", was published in 74 editions and printings and considered the best-selling philosophy book in the history of the State of Israel.
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Eli Cohen
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- politicianaccountanteconomist
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Eli Cohen (Hebrew: אֵלִי כֹּהֵן; born 3 October 1972) is an Israeli politician serving as the Minister of Energy and Infrastructure for the Likud party and a member of the Security Cabinet. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Economy and Industry, Minister of Intelligence, and Chair of the Reforms Committee. Cohen is a certified public accountant and has held senior positions in the private sector.
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Ilana Dayan
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- journalisttelevision presenter
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Ilana Dayan-Orbach is an Israeli investigative journalist, anchorwoman, and attorney. She is best known as host of the investigative television program Uvda ("Fact") on the Israeli Channel 12. She is married to Harel Orbach; the couple has three children.
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Silvan Shalom
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Zion Silvan Shalom is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 1992 and 2015. He held several prominent ministerial positions, including Vice Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior. He resigned on 24 December 2015 following allegations of sexual harassment. Later on, the Attorney-General closed this investigation and said these claims were unsubstantiated.
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Ofer Shelah
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- opinion journalistpoliticianwriterjournalist
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Ofer Shelah is an Israeli journalist and politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid from 2013 until 2020.
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Alma Zack
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- actor
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Alma Zack is an Israeli actress.
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Roni Alsheikh
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- police officer
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Roni Alsheikh is an Israeli former intelligence officer and head of the Israel Police. After serving as an officer in the Israel Defense Forces, Alsheikh joined Shin Bet and rose to become its deputy head before being appointed General Commissioner of the Israel Police, serving in the role from 2015 to 2018.
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Irit Linur
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- writerjournalistfilm director
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Irit Linur is an Israeli author.
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Michal Yannai
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- television presenteractorsingerdub actorstage actor
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Michal Yannai-Muskal is an Israeli actress and children's television host.
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Ynon Kreiz
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Ynon Kreiz is an Israeli-American businessman and current chairman and CEO of Mattel. He served as Chairman and CEO of Fox Kids Europe from 1997–2002, Chairman and CEO of television and digital production company Endemol from 2008 to 2011, and as chairman, CEO and president of web video network Maker Studios, Inc. from 2012 to 2016.
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Hagai Levi
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- screenwriterfilm directorfilm producer
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Hagai Levi is an Israeli television creator, writer, director, and producer.
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Ayoob Kara
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- politician
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Ayoob Kara is an Israeli Druze politician. He has served as a member of the Knesset for Likud in four spells between 1999 and 2021, and as Minister of Communications.
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Isaac Florentine
- Occupations
- film director
- Biography
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Isaac Florentine is an Israeli film director. He is best known for his martial arts and action genre films, namely Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006), Undisputed III: Redemption (2010), Ninja (2009), Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013) and Close Range (2015) and for launching the career of British actor Scott Adkins. Florentine completed his degree in Film & Television from Tel Aviv University.
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Rina Mor
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- advocatemodelbeauty pageant contestantlawyer
- Biography
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Rina Mor-Goder is an Israeli lawyer, writer and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1976.
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Avishai Raviv
- Occupations
- spy
- Biography
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Avishai Raviv is a former agent of Israel's Shin Bet (Shabak), Israel's domestic intelligence service, whose mission was to monitor the activities of right-wing extremists. His code name was 'Champagne' (Hebrew: שמפניה, romanized: Shampaniyah).
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Nadav Lapid
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- film directorjournalistscreenwriterliterary criticwriter
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Nadav Lapid is an Israeli screenwriter and film director. Film critics consider him to be among the most internationally acclaimed filmmakers from Israel.
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Gadi Taub
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- screenwriterwritertelevision directorchildren's writerhistorian
- Biography
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Gadi Taub is an Israeli historian, author, screenwriter and political commentator. He is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Public Policy and the Department of Communications at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Taub is also an internationally recognized voice in the discourse on Zionism.
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Sandra Sade
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- stage actoractor
- Biography
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Sandra Sade-Moshonov is an Israeli film, television and theater actress.
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Yoel Strick
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- military personnelmilitary officer
- Biography
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Yoel Strick is an Israeli Major General (Aluf) in the IDF reserves and formerly commanded the Ground Forces Command.
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Ayala Hasson-Nesher
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- journalisttelevision presenter
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Ayala Hasson is an Israeli journalist. She is a television and radio presenter at the Israel Broadcasting Corporation. She spent most of her journalistic career at the Israel Broadcasting Authority, where she served as a reporter and commentator, presented HaKol Diburim ("All Talk") on Kol Israel and the Yoman ("Journal") edition on Channel 1, and was the first woman to become head of the channel's news division, which she occupied until her departure at the end of 2015. For several years she was a senior commentator on News 13, where she presented the editions of Shishi ("Friday") and HaMate HaMerkazi ("The Central Headquarters"), until she joined the corporation in 2023, where she broadcasts the daily program Sheva with Ayala Hasson ("Seven") on Kan 11 and Ha Boker Haze ("This Morning") on Thursdays on Kan 2.
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Chaim Ramon
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- politiciantrade unionistlawyer
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Haim Ramon is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1983 and 2009, and as both Vice Prime Minister and Minister in the Prime Minister's Office with responsibility for state policy.
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David Bitan
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- politicianadvocatelawyer
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David Hai Bitan is an Israeli lawyer and politician. He currently serves as a member of the Knesset from the Likud party. During 2016 and 2017 he served as the Chairman of the Coalition and Chairman of the Likud party in the Knesset, and in the 23rd Knesset served as Chairman of the Immigration and Absorption Committee. Israeli attorney general Avichai Mandelblit announced on 26 January 2020 that Bitan would be indicted for "bribery, fraud and breach of trust, as well as money laundering and tax offenses" following a hearing.
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Amnon Shashua
- Occupations
- computer scientistartificial intelligence researcher
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Amnon Shashua is an Israeli computer scientist, businessman and philanthropist. He is the Sachs Professor of Computer Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the autonomous driving and driver-assistance technology company Mobileye, Co-founder of the artificial vision devices company OrCam, Founder and owner of ONE ZERO digital bank, and chairman of artificial intelligence company AI21 Labs.
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Sivan Rahav-Meir
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- opinion journalistjournalistlecturer
- Biography
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Sivan Rahav-Meir is an Israeli journalist and television and radio news reporter.
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Yossi Beilin
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- university teacherpoliticianjournalistopinion journalist
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Joseph "Yossi" Beilin is an Israeli politician who has served in multiple ministerial and leadership positions in the Israeli government. Much of his political career was in the Labour Party. He also served as chairman of the Meretz-Yachad political party. After retiring from political life, Beilin founded 'Beilink', a business consultancy company. He also writes opinion pieces in Israeli papers Haaretz and Israel Hayom.
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Riff Cohen
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- actorsingersongwriter
- Biography
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Riff Cohen is an Israeli singer-songwriter, actress, and musician who performs songs in Hebrew, French and Arabic.
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Idan Roll
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- lawyermodel
- Biography
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Idan Roll is an Israeli politician, model and lawyer who is currently an independent member of the Knesset. Previously a member of Yesh Atid, Roll also served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Bennett-Lapid government.
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Elazar Stern
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- politicianmilitary officer
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Elazar Stern is an Israeli politician and military general. He was a major general (res.) in the Israel Defense Forces, serving as Head of the Manpower Directorate, commander of the IDF Officers Training School, and Chief Education Officer, as well as a combat soldier and commander in the Paratroopers Brigade. He has served as a Member of Knesset for eight years, first, as a member of the Hatnuah party, and then in 2015 he joined the Yesh Atid, and served as the Minister of Intelligence between 2021 and 2022.
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Ghil'ad Zuckermann
- Enrolled in Tel Aviv University
- In 1997 graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- linguisthyperpolyglotlexicographeruniversity teacherlanguage revitalization
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Ghil'ad Zuckermann is an Israeli-born language revivalist and linguist who works in contact linguistics, lexicology and the study of language, culture and identity.
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Jacob Perry
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- politicianmanagerchief executive officer
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Ya'akov Peri is a former head of the Israeli security agency Shin Bet and formerly a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid. He headed Shin Bet between 1988 and 1994. He was the first Shin Bet head born in Israel. After his service with Shin Bet he entered the business world. He became an MK in 2013 and was appointed Minister of Science, Technology and Space, a post he held until resigning on 2 December 2014. He resigned from the Knesset in February 2018.
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Raviv Drucker
- Years
- 1970-.. (age 55)
- Occupations
- writerjournalistopinion journalist
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Raviv Drucker is an Israeli journalist, political commentator and investigative reporter.
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Limor Livnat
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- politician
- Biography
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Limor Livnat is an Israeli former politician. She served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 1992 and 2015, and was Minister of Communications, Minister of Education, and Minister of Culture & Sport.
