Michal Cotler-Wunsh is a prominent public speaker, researcher and independent policy and strategy advisor on intersecting issues of law, human rights, Zionism and antisemitism. Informed by political, professional and academic experience, Michal explores topics surrounding international law, human rights and the harm of their weaponization; mutated and mainstreamed rising antisemitism; the threat of disinformation and conspiracy theories to democracies; Zionism as a millennia-old identity integral to the construction of a progressive national liberation movement; the relationship between Israel and global Jewry in collaborative nation-building; and the role of “Olim” as a “live bridge” to build resiliency, address growing internal gaps, and connect Israel to global communities, cultures and countries.

Michal was a Member of Israel’s 23rd Knesset. She served as Chair of the Special Committee on Drug and Alcohol Use, Chair of the Subcommittee on Israel-Diaspora Relations, and as active member of several prestigious committees including the Foreign Affairs and Security committee, Constitution, Law and Justice committee, and the Children’s Rights, Women’s Status, and Immigration and Integration Committees. Michal served as the first Knesset Liaison to the Issue of the International Criminal Court (ICC), was co-chair of the Canada-Israel interparliamentary friendship group, a member of several interparliamentary friendship and working groups, and Chair of the Caucus for Ethiopians in Israel. She initiated and led multiple Knesset hearings on various topics, co-founded the Interparliamentary Bi-Partisan Task Force to Combat Online Antisemitism, and remains at the forefront of initiative committed to identify, expose and combat the mutation and permeation of antisemitism.

A prolific author published on multiple platforms, Michal utilizes her hybrid identity and bi-lingual competencies to transcend, reach across and bridge geographic, cultural, religious, and linguistic divides.

Michal was born in Israel and grew up in Canada. She received her LL.B. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and her LL.M. from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Michal lives in Ra’anana, Israel with her husband and their 4 children.