Ilana Cohen
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Ilana Cohen is a former Israel
i politician who served as a member of the Knesset for One Nation and the Labor Party from 2003 until 2006.
, Cohen made aliyah
in 1949. She worked as a nurse, and chaired the Nurses' Union.
In 2003 she was elected to the Knesset on the One Nation list. In 2005 the party merged into the Labor Party. She lost her seat in the 2006 elections, having decided to retire from politics.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i politician who served as a member of the Knesset for One Nation and the Labor Party from 2003 until 2006.
Biography
Born in IraqIraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, Cohen made aliyah
Aliyah
Aliyah is the immigration of Jews to the Land of Israel . It is a basic tenet of Zionist ideology. The opposite action, emigration from Israel, is referred to as yerida . The return to the Holy Land has been a Jewish aspiration since the Babylonian exile...
in 1949. She worked as a nurse, and chaired the Nurses' Union.
In 2003 she was elected to the Knesset on the One Nation list. In 2005 the party merged into the Labor Party. She lost her seat in the 2006 elections, having decided to retire from politics.