Dana Olmert, born 26 December 1972, is an Israel

Israel

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i left wing activist, literary theorist

Literary theory

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 and editor

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, and is a daughter of Israel's former Prime Minister

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 Ehud Olmert

Ehud Olmert

Ehud Olmert is an Israeli politician and lawyer. He served as Prime Minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009, as a Cabinet Minister from 1988 to 1992 and from 2003 to 2006, and as Mayor of Jerusalem from 1993 to 2003....

.

Olmert graduated with a PhD

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 in literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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 on "The Growth of Hebrew Poetry by Women During the Twenties: Psychoanalytical and Feminist Perspectives." She teaches literature at Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University

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 and lately teaches creative writing workshops. She is the editor of a poetry series and was invited to several juries of literary prizes.

She was active in the Jerusalem branch of the Israeli left-wing

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 human rights organization Machsom Watch

Machsom Watch

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. In June 2006 she attended a march in Tel Aviv protesting alleged Israeli complicity in the Gaza beach blast

Gaza beach blast

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 which made her the subject of bitter criticism from right wing personalities.

Olmert is a self-identified lesbian

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 and defends Pride parade in Israel. She lives with her female partner, Dafna Ben-Zvi, in Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

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. The couple raise a daughter birthed by Ben-Zvi.