Michal Cotler-Wunsh

Michal Cotler-Wunsh was born in 1970 in Jerusalem

Cotler-Wunsh was born in Jerusalem in 1970. Her mother, Ariela Ze'evi, was secretary of Gahal and later Likud under Menachem Begin. At age 8 she moved with her family to Montreal after her mother married Canadian lawyer and politician Irwin Cotler.

At 17 she came to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for a preparatory year, then joined the IDF. She completed a law degree at the Hebrew University in 1996 and worked at the Ministry of Justice. From 2002 to 2006 she studied for a master's degree in law at McGill University, where she also taught.

In 2010 she returned to Israel with her family. From 2013 to 2016 she directed international relations at IDC Herzliya. She was also a research fellow at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism and a board member of Tzav Pius.

She joined Moshe Ya'alon's Telem party in 2019 and entered the Knesset on 19 June 2020, replacing Alon Schuster. She chaired the committee on drug and alcohol use and later left Blue and White. She was not elected to the 24th Knesset.

In 2023 the Foreign Ministry appointed her special envoy for combating antisemitism. She heads the International Legal Forum and lives in Ra'anana with her husband and 4 children.