# Anat Berko > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Anat_Berko > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Anat_Berko.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anat_Berko > Source revision: 1357094956 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Israeli criminologist and politician|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Dr. Anat Berko.jpg | caption = Berko in 2015 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|1|14|df=y}} | birth_place = [Jerusalem](/source/Jerusalem), [Israel](/source/Israel) | death_date = | death_place = | office1 = Faction represented in the [Knesset](/source/Knesset) | suboffice1 = [Likud](/source/Likud) | subterm1 = 2015–2019 }} '''Anat Berko''' ({{langx|he|ענת ברקו}}; born 14 January 1960) is an Israeli [criminologist](/source/criminologist) and politician. An expert in the fields of [counter-terrorism](/source/counter-terrorism), she served as a member of the [Knesset](/source/Knesset) for [Likud](/source/Likud) between 2015 and 2019. ==Biography== Berko was born in [Jerusalem](/source/Jerusalem) to Jewish parents who had [immigrated to Israel](/source/aliyah) from [Iraq](/source/Iraq), and was the second of six children. After completing her [national service](/source/national_service), she remained in the [Israel Defense Forces](/source/Israel_Defense_Forces), serving for a total of 25 years and reaching the rank of [lieutenant colonel](/source/lieutenant_colonel). She studied psychology, sociology and criminology at [Bar-Ilan University](/source/Bar-Ilan_University) and holds a [PhD](/source/PhD) in criminology, her doctorate thesis was about [suicide bombers](/source/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](/source/Interdisciplinary_Center_Herzliya), and served as a visiting professor at [George Washington University](/source/George_Washington_University).[https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=918 Knesset website] Nowadays she is a research fellow at the [International Institute for Counter-Terrorism](/source/International_Institute_for_Counter-Terrorism) (ICT) and lectures at [Israel's National Defense College](/source/Israel's_National_Defense_College).[http://www.timesofisrael.com/after-seeing-hamas-up-close-a-netanyahu-clone-aims-for-the-knesset/ After sitting with terrorists, a Netanyahu stalwart seeks a Knesset seat] The Times of Israel, 11 March 2015 Her research area includes [suicide bombing](/source/suicide_bombing)s, and she interviewed [Hamas](/source/Hamas) leader [Ahmed Yassin](/source/Ahmed_Yassin).[https://www.jpost.com/Israel-Elections/Likud-candidate-Palestinian-state-would-be-like-Syria-390499 Likud candidate Anat Berko: Palestinian state would be like Syria] The Jerusalem Post, 9 February 2015 ==Political career== Prior to the [2015 Knesset elections](/source/2015_Israeli_legislative_election) she was placed 23rd on the [Likud](/source/Likud) list,[http://www.bechirot20.gov.il/election/Candidates/Pages/OneListCandidates.aspx?LPF=Search&WebId=6adadc15-e476-480b-9746-04490aedeb0f&ListID=ba72a662-765c-45af-9d48-fb68080956af&ItemID=56&FieldID=ListNickname_GxS_Text Likud list] Central Elections Committee a slot reserved for a candidate chosen by [Netanyahu](/source/Benjamin_Netanyahu).[https://web.archive.org/web/20150101172515/http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-election-2015/1.634851 Israel election updates / Likud primary results are in: Erdan, Edelstein get top spots] Haaretz, 1 January 2015 She was elected to the Knesset as Likud won 30 seats.[http://bechirot20.gov.il/election/english/kneset20/Pages/results20_eng.aspx Final Unofficial* results of the Elections for the Twentieth Knesset] Central Elections Committee In February 2016, she claimed that the term '[Palestine](/source/Palestine_(region))' is borrowed as [Arabic](/source/Arabic) does not have a 'p' sound.{{Cite web|title=Likud MK: Palestinians can't even pronounce the letter 'P'|url=https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/there-is-no-palestinian-people-because-arabs-cant-say-p-444470|access-date=2020-07-11|website=The Jerusalem Post|date=10 February 2016 }} In August 2018 she proposed a bill to ban displays of the Palestinian flag, with violators facing up to one year in prison.{{Cite news|url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Bill-would-ban-Palestinian-flag-at-events-565565|title=Likud-sponsored bill would ban Palestinian flag at events|work=The Jerusalem Post|access-date=2018-08-24}} Berko was moved down to forty-sixth place on the Likud list for the [April 2019 elections](/source/April_2019_Israeli_legislative_election). Likud won 35 seats, resulting in Berko losing her place in the Knesset. Berko is married to Reuven, an expert on Arab affairs, and has three children. ==Books== * ''The Path to Paradise: The Inner World of Suicide Bombers and their Dispatchers'', 2009, [Praeger Publishers](/source/Praeger_Publishers), 978-1-5979-7364-9 * ''The Smarter Bomb, Women and Children as Suicide Bombers'' 2011, [Rowman & Littlefield](/source/Rowman_%26_Littlefield), 978-1-4422-1952-6 ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{MKlink|id=918}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Berko, Anat}} Category:1960 births Category:Living people Category:Bar-Ilan University alumni Category:George Washington University faculty Category:Academic staff of Reichman University Category:Israeli colonels Category:Israeli criminologists Category:Israeli non-fiction writers Category:Israeli people of Iraqi-Jewish descent Category:Women members of the Knesset Category:Jewish Israeli politicians Category:Likud politicians Category:Members of the 20th Knesset (2015–2019) Category:People from Jerusalem Category:People from Ramat Gan Category:Israeli female military personnel Category:21st-century Israeli women politicians Category:Israeli women criminologists Category:Scholars of terrorism --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Anat Berko](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anat_Berko) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anat_Berko?action=history)). 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