(1954- ) A Jewish
Israeli political figure and intellectual. Tamir began her career as a professor of political philosophy and still teaches at Tel Aviv University (as of 2015); she also helped start the Israeli Peace Now movement in 1978. As a member of the Labor party, Tamir first entered politics when appointed as Minister of Immigrant Absorption in 1999. She went on to serve in the Israeli
Knesset from 2003-2010. During her time as Minister of Education from 2006-2009, Tamir approved a textbook for use in
Palestinian-Israeli schools that mentioned
Al-Nakba, the Palestinian term for the expulsion and dispossession of Palestinians during and after
Israel's establishment. She resigned her position in parliament in 2010. See "
Education minister under fire for 'nakba' textbook," Or Kashti, Haaretz, July 23, 2007; and "
Peace movement has become powerless, says MK Yuli Tamir," Roi Ben-Yehuda, Haaretz, December 27, 2009.