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Former Justice Minister Tzipi Livni joins the Institute for National Security Studies as a director. Retired Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch will also hold a similar position.
Livni has held a number of key positions in Israeli governments: acting prime minister, foreign minister, justice minister and absorption minister, and has been the head of the Palestinian peace negotiating team. She also served as a Member of Knesset and as leader of the opposition in a number of Knessets.
Tzipi Livni. Archive (Photo: The Movement)
As Foreign Minister during the Second Lebanon War, Livni succeeded in bringing about Security Council Resolution 1701, which established arrangements that would allow the war to end. She was elected in 2007 by Time Magazine as one of the twenty most influential leaders in the world.
Dorit Beinisch served as President of the Supreme Court from 2006-2012, and since then she has served as Governor of the Open University. Beinisch served as State Attorney from 1989–1995, then as a Supreme Court justice.
Beinisch was awarded honorary doctorates by the Hebrew University, the Weizmann Institute, Ben-Gurion University and Hebrew Union College, and also holds the title of Officer of the French Legion of Honor, and the “Dear Jerusalem” decoration.
In addition, four new researchers and colleagues, experts and experienced in a variety of fields, have recently joined. it’s aboutMeir Ben Shabbat, Mark Regev, Hagai Etkes and Esteban Klor.
Prof. Manuel Trachtenberg, Head of the Institute for National Security Studies, INSS, said: “The Institute for National Security Studies is proud and happy to expand its line of researchers with highly senior personalities, who bring with them vast knowledge and expertise in critical areas of Israel’s national security.” .
“The joining of Tzipi Livni and Dorit Beinisch to the institute’s board of directors will greatly contribute to the improvement of the institute, and is a milestone in strengthening the institute’s status as a key factor in both public discourse on national security and decision-makers.”
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