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Anat Berko, an internationally recognized expert on terrorism who specializes in studying the motivations of suicide terrorists, was elected to..
Anat Berko
Israeli criminologist and politician
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Anat Berko (Hebrew: ענת ברקו; born 14 January ) is an Israeli criminologist and politician.
An expert in the fields of counter-terrorism, she served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between and
Biography
Berko was born in Jerusalem to Jewish parents who had immigrated to Israel from Iraq, and was the second of six children.[1] After completing her national service, she remained in the Israel Defense Forces, serving for a total of 25 years and reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel.[1] She studied psychology, sociology and criminology at Bar-Ilan University and holds a PhD in criminology, her doctorate thesis was about suicide bombers with emphasis on female and child Palestinian suicide bombers.
She became a lecturer at the Lauder School of Government of the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, and