1. Yael "Yuli" Tamir is an Israeli academic and former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party between 2003 and 2010, and as Minister of Immigrant Absorption and Education, as well as the deputy speaker of the Knesset and a member of the Finance committee, the Education committee and the Security and Foreign Affairs committee.
From 2010 to 2020, Tamir was President of Shenkar College of Engineering and Design.
Yuli Tamir received a BA in Biology and an MA in political science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Yuli Tamir received a PhD in political philosophy from the University of Oxford.
Yuli Tamir was one of the founders of Peace Now in 1978, and between 1980 and 1985, she was an activist for Ratz.
Yuli Tamir was elected to the Knesset in the following 2003 election, and served on the finance, constitutional, law and order, public input, and culture and sport committees.
Yuli Tamir served on the investigatory parliamentary committee into government corruption.
Yuli Tamir was elected to the Knesset again in the 2006 elections and served as the Education Minister in Ehud Olmert's Kadima-led coalition government from 2006 till 2009.
Yuli Tamir's tenure was tainted by ubiquitous and lengthy strikes by Teacher's unions in elementary, middle and high schools, and at universities and colleges.
Yuli Tamir served as acting Science, Culture and Sport minister following Ophir Pines-Paz's resignation in November 2006 until March 2007 when Raleb Majadele was appointed.
Yuli Tamir wrote her PhD under the supervision of Isaiah Berlin.
Yuli Tamir suggest that liberals should not surrender the power of nationalism to right wing extremists but rather try to harness it to recreated a cross-class coalition that can promote social solidarity and social justice.