Dana Olmert 

Dana Olmert is an Israeli left wing activist, literary theorist and editor, and is a daughter of Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

Olmert studied graduated with a PhD in literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She taught literature at Tel Aviv University and now teaches creative writing workshops. She is the editor of a poetry series and was invited to several juries of literary prizes.

She was active in the Jerusalem branch of the Israeli left-wing organization Machsom Watch. In June 2006 she attended a march in Tel Aviv protesting alleged Israeli complicity in the Gaza beach blast.1

Olmert is a self-identified lesbian. She lives with her female partner, Dafna Ben-Zvi, in Tel Aviv.2 The couple raise Ben-Zvi's daughter.

References

  1. ^ Cohen, Avi (2006-06-10), "PM's daughter protests Gaza killings", Israel News, http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3261125,00.html, retrieved on 2007-08-27 
  2. ^ Mirza, Hassan (2006-11-14), "Lesbian daughter of Israeli PM speaks out", UK Gay.com, http://uk.gay.com/headlines/10654, retrieved on 2007-08-27 
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