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Anat Biletzki

Israeli activist

Anat Biletzki (Hebrew: ענת בילצקי, born 1952) is a professor of philosophy at Tel Aviv University and Quinnipiac University in Hamden, CT.^[1]^[2]

Biletzki was born in Jerusalem. She was a member of B'tselem,^[3] an Israeli human rights NGO, acting as chairperson from 2001 to 2006, and has served as a B'tselem Board member since 1995.

Biletzki is a member of the executive board of FFIPP-I (Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian Peace International),^[4] which describes itself as "a network of Palestinian, Israeli, and International faculty, and students, working in solidarity for a complete end of the occupation and just peace."^[5]

Biletzki distinguishes between "Jewish Israel" and Israel as a nation. In a New York Times opinion piece^[6] she writes that "[the 2015 minority government bloc] holds a Jewish, nationalistic agenda," and "norms of exclusive Jewish rights and exclusion of Arab citizens" are inherent to Zionism. She says the same for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's assertion that a two-state solution would never be implemented during his tenure and his concern over large numbers of Israeli Arabs going to the voting booths.

References

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^ Fox, Maggie (2010) "Study shows Israelis and Palestinians both retaliate", Reuters, 4 October 2010, retrieved 2011-07-08
^ "Diplomacy can work, Rice proves", Lincoln Journal Star, 16 November 2005, retrieved 2011-07-08
^ "FFIPP International". FFIPP-I. Archived from the original on 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
^ "Who is FFIPP?". FFIPP-I. Archived from the original on 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
^ Biletzki, Anat (May 11, 2015). "Making It Explicit in Israel". Opinionator.