Alon Tal

Alon Tal
Alon Tal
	Alon Tal in 2021
Member of the Knesset
2021–2022	Blue and White
Personal details
Born	Albert Rosenthal; 12 July 1960; Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Member of Knesset, Professor
Spouse	Robyn Klein Tal
Academic background
Education	Sc.D. Environmental Health Policy
Alma mater	Harvard University
Thesis	Agriculture and Water Quality: An Evaluation of State Environmental Programs (1989)
Doctoral advisor	John D. Graham
Academic work
Discipline	Environmental science; Public policy;
Institutions	Tel Aviv University; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev;
Notable works	Pollution in a Promised Land: An Environmental History of Israel (2002); The Land Is Full: Addressing Overpopulation in Israel (2016);
Website	www.alontal.org.il

Alon Tal (Hebrew: אלון טל, born 12 July 1960) is an Israeli environmental politician, academic and activist. He was a member of the 24th Knesset between 2021 and 2022, representing the Blue and White political party; founder of the Israel Union for Environmental Defense and the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies; and co-founder of Ecopeace: Friends of the Earth–Middle East, This Is My Earth, the Israel Forum for Demography, Environment and Society, Aytzim: Ecological Judaism, and the Green Movement. Tal was appointed chair of the department of Public Policy at Tel Aviv University in 2017.

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