Einat Wilf

Einat Wilf was born in 1970 in Jerusalem

Einat Wilf was born in Jerusalem in 1970 and grew up in the Beit HaKerem neighborhood. Her mother Miri taught history, civics and film, and her father Yaakov researched physical chemistry at the Hebrew University. She attended the Hebrew University High School in Jerusalem.

She served in the IDF as an intelligence officer in Unit 8200. She earned a BA from Harvard University, an MBA from INSEAD in France and a PhD in political science from Cambridge.

She was a foreign policy adviser to Shimon Peres, a consultant at McKinsey and a partner in the venture capital fund of Koor. She later worked at the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute and wrote books on Israeli society and education.

She entered the Knesset in January 2010 for Labor, replacing Ophir Pines-Paz. In 2011 she left Labor with Ehud Barak to found Independence, and in 2012 she became chair of the Education, Culture and Sports Committee. She left the Knesset in 2013 when the party did not run.

From 2015 to 2025 she was a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. In 2025 she founded the Oz party, and in September 2026 she joined The Reservists and was placed third on its joint list.