Anat Berko

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Anat Berko
ד"ר ענת ברקו.jpg
Date of birth (1960-01-14) 14 January 1960 (age 55)
Place of birth Jerusalem, Israel
Knessets 20
Faction represented in Knesset
2015– Likud

Dr Anat Berko (Hebrew: ענת ברקו‎, born 14 January 1960) is an Israeli academic and politician.

Biography[edit]

Berko was born in Jerusalem to Jewish parents who had immigrated to Israel from Iraq, and was the second of six children.[1] After completing her national service, she remained in the Israel Defense Forces, serving for a total of 25 years and reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel.[1] She became a lecturer at the Lauder School of Government at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, and serves as a visiting professor at George Washington University. Her research area includes suicide bombings, and she has interviewed Hamas leader Ahmed Yassin.[1]

Prior to the 2015 Knesset elections she was placed 23rd on the Likud list,[2] a slot reserved for a candidate chosen by Binyamin Netanyahu.[3] She was elected to the Knesset as Likud won 30 seats.[4]

Berko is married to Reuven, an expert on Arab affairs, and has three children.[5]

Books[edit]

  • The Smarter Bomb, Women and Children as Suicide Bombers 2011, Rowman & Littlefield, 978-1-4422-1952-6

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