Notable Women
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Golda Meir, Israel's first and the world's third woman to hold the office of head of state
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Bar Refaeli is an Israeli top model.
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Shahar Pe'er is an Israeli professional tennis player, with the highest ever ranking for an Israeli singles tennis player, World No. 11.
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Tzipi Livni, the former Israeli Opposition Leader and leader of Kadima, the largest party in the Knesset.
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Dorit Beinisch, an Israeli jurist and the first woman to serve as president of the Supreme Court of Israel.
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Mira Awad, an Israeli Arab singer, actress, and songwriter.
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Ada Yonath, a crystallographer, and the first Israeli woman to win the Nobel Prize, for her work on the structure of the ribosome.
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