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Anat Berko

Does the WSJ op-ed on Dr. Jill Biden show the 'chutzpah' of modern sexism?

The Knesset houses 11 members who hold doctorates, two of whom are women; very few are medical doctors by profession.

|ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI
Incoming first lady Dr. Jill Biden talks to press as she assembles holiday care packages for deployed troops, at the DC National Guard Armory in Washington, US, December 10, 2020.
Likud MK Avi Dichter poses as a Palestinian in a video for his Likud primary campaign

Candidates battling for Likud’s top tough-guy title

The top contenders for party’s top security figure are MK Avi Dichter and Immigration and Absorption Minister Yoav Gallant.

|ByLAHAV HARKOV
Likud lawmaker Anat Berko at a meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

Bill prevents terrorists from being lawmakers

The law applies to those who have been sentenced to at least 7 years in prison

|ByGIL HOFFMAN
A general view shows the plenum during the swearing-in ceremony of the 20th Knesset, the new Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem March 31, 2015.

Knesset passes bill preventing terrorists from being MKs

The goal of the legislation is to prevent those who have taken action against the state and its citizens for ideological reasons from being fielded as a candidate by a political party.

|ByGIL HOFFMAN