Ora Peled Nakash

Ora Peled Nakash was born in 1979 in Ramat David

Ora Peled Nakash was born on November 5, 1979, in Kibbutz Ramat David, the second of 4 children. As a girl she played drums and basketball, and in high school she was a counselor in the Bnei HaMoshavim youth movement. She finished Emek HaMaaravi High School in Kibbutz Yifat in 1997 and then did a year of service with the movement.

After a court petition opened the naval officers course to women, she passed the first selection for women and enlisted in 1998. In August 2000 she became the first woman to complete the course. She served in the missile boat flotilla and later commanded courses for naval officers, staying in the army until 2005.

She earned a bachelor's degree in information systems engineering from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in 2010. In 2017 she completed a master's degree in industrial design at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem.

She works in user experience. She worked at Matrix from 2010 to 2014 and held several roles at IBM from 2014 to 2023.

In January 2023 she joined the Brothers in Arms reservist protest against the planned judicial changes, speaking at rallies across the country. In 2024 she was among the founders of the Israeli Camp association. She lives in Ramat David, is married to Uri and has 2 daughters.