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MK Ruth Wasserman Lande, Israel’s Force for Economic Equality Felice Friedson 02/04/2021 Ruth Wasserman Lande was born in Israel and raised in Cape Town, South Africa. She joined Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, on Jan. 8, 2021, and was forced out four days later when a government minister from her Blue and White party resigned and returned to the Knesset under the Norwegian law. Three weeks later she returned to Knesset when a party lawmaker left to join another party. She currently serves as a member of eight Knesset committees: House; Finance; Economic Affairs; Constitution, Law and Justice; State Control; Labor, Welfare and Health; the Special Committee on the Novel Coronavirus and for Examining the State’s Preparations for Epidemics and Earthquakes; and the Special Committee on Eradicating Crime in Arab Society. In addition, she is an alternate member of the prestigious Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. ....