Yechiel Leiter served as the Deputy Director General of Israel

Israel

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's Ministry of Education

Ministry of Education (Israel)

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 and was Chief of Staff to Benjamin Netanyahu

Benjamin Netanyahu

Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu is the current Prime Minister of Israel. He serves also as the Chairman of the Likud Party, as a Knesset member, as the Health Minister of Israel, as the Pensioner Affairs Minister of Israel and as the Economic Strategy Minister of Israel.Netanyahu is the first and, to...

 at Israel's Ministry of Finance, while also serving as spokesman for the Yesha Council

Yesha Council

The Yesha Council is an umbrella organization of municipal councils of Jewish settlements in the West Bank , known by the Hebrew acronym Yesha.The Chairman of the Yesha Council is Dani Dayan, elected in July 2007...

. He earlier served as a political assistant to Ariel Sharon

Ariel Sharon

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 in the Israeli Knesset

Knesset

The Knesset is the unicameral legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem.-Role in Israeli Government :The legislative branch of the Israeli government, the Knesset passes all laws, elects the President and Prime Minister , approves the cabinet, and supervises the work of the government...

. One of the founding families of the Jewish return to Hebron

Hebron

Hebron , is located in the southern West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judean Mountains, it lies 930 meters above sea level. It is the largest city in the West Bank and home to around 165,000 Palestinians, and over 500 Jewish settlers concentrated in and around the old quarter...

, he holds a degree in law, an MA in international relations

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, and wrote his doctoral thesis at the University of Haifa

University of Haifa

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, as well as being an ordained rabbi

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. He has written 3 books as well as many essays concerning politics in the region.