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Dr. Einat Wilf was the chair of the Education Committee and a member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in the 18th Knesset. She is the author of three books that explore key issues in Israeli society.
![Left-wing Israeli activists take part in a rally in Jerusalem in this May 15, 2010 file photo. The weekend rally in Jerusalem by Israelis demanding an end to their country's settlement and occupation of the West Bank was hailed by its left-wing sponsors as the start of a major push that could help U.S. peace efforts. Photo taken May 15, 2010. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/Files (JERUSALEM - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) - RTR2DYLU](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/03/RTR2DYLU.jpg/RTR2DYLU.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=9EjavU41)
![The sandals of a Palestinian bedouin lie in a tent south of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Mishor Adumim in the Judean Desert August 19, 2009. Many bedouins living in Israel and the occupied West Bank retain a traditional and nomadic way of life, raising livestock and farming arid land. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK POLITICS SOCIETY) - RTR26VZK](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/12/RTR26VZK.jpg/RTR26VZK.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=tlvxopWg)
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![An Israeli flag is seen in the background as a man casts his ballot for the parliamentary election at a polling in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ofra, north of Ramallah January 22, 2013. Israelis voted on Tuesday in an election that is expected to see Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu win a third term in office, pushing the Jewish state further to the right, away from peace with the Palestinians and towards a showdown with Iran. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS TPX IMAGES OF THE](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/09/Israel%20flag.jpg/Israel%20flag.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=8VW9e6-0)
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![A Palestinian boy burns an Israeli flag as he performs a scene simulating clashes with Israeli soldiers, in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, in Gaza City April 14, 2013. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTXYL66](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/08/RTXYL66.jpg/RTXYL66.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=KteJijHo)
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![Israeli parliament employees set up a Palestinian flag (L) next to an Israeli one as they prepare ahead of a meeting between Israeli parliament members and a delegation of Palestinian politicians and businessmen, aimed at encouraging Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem July 31, 2013. Israeli and Palestinian negotiators on Tuesday gave themselves about nine months to try reach an agreement on ending their conflict of more than six decades in U.S.-brokered pe](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/07/RTX125RP.jpg/RTX125RP.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=VJmV8njS)
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![An Israeli soldier sits atop a tank near the Quneitra border crossing between Israel and Syria, on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights July 3, 2013. Israel is bolstering its forces on the once-quiet frontier with Syria where it believes Lebanese Hezbollah militants are preparing for the day when they could fight Israel. Picture taken July 3, 2013. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (MILITARY POLITICS) - RTX11IMD](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/07/RTX11IMD.jpg/RTX11IMD.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=SHJCBqn3)
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![U.S. President Barack Obama holds a souvenir book presented to him by Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate Avner Shalev during Obama's visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, March 22, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3FBHE](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/04/1-RTR3FBHE-001.jpg/1-RTR3FBHE-001.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=SgBpTDFf)
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![Israel's President Shimon Peres (C, seated) sits between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L, seated) and Labour party lawmaker Binyamin Ben-Eliezer (R, seated) as party leaders of the 19th Knesset, the new Israeli parliament, pose for a group photo at a reception following their swearing-in ceremony in Jerusalem February 5, 2013. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3DE0A](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/02/RTR3DE0A.jpg/RTR3DE0A.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=gI269DFg)
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