Ruth Wasserman Lande is a former member of Knesset and founder and co-chair of the Knesset Caucus for the promotion of the Abraham Accords; In this context, she is currently a board member in the official Israeli-Gulf chamber of commerce.
She also served as Deputy Director General for International Affairs in the Federation of all Local Governments in Israel and as advisor to President Shimon Peres for Foreign and Jewish Affairs. As a career diplomat in the Israeli Foreign Ministry, she served for three years as Deputy Ambassador in Israel’s embassy in Cairo.
Ms. Wasserman Lande graduated Magna Cum laude from her BA in International Relations at the Bar Ilan University, Cum Laude from her MA in International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is a Wexner Fellow, having also graduated (MA) from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
She has a weekly column in the Jerusalem Post and the Hebrew daily “Maariv” and is a regular commentator on the English language I24News as well as various Israeli TV and radio channels.
She is currently the founder and CEO of “Ruth- Global Strategic Consulting”.