| − | Ilana Mercer was born in [[South Africa]].<ref name="Geoff">http://www.geoffmetcalf.com/qa/26773.html</ref> Her father, a [[rabbi]] and "vocal opponent of [[apartheid]],"<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2015/02/end-south-africa-josh-gelernter</ref><ref>https://www.wnd.com/2018/11/slates-resident-idiot-slanders-jewish-woman-me</ref> was "harassed by the South African security forces"<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2015/02/end-south-africa-josh-gelernter</ref> and, consequently, moved his family to [[Israel]].<ref name="Geoff"/> Later returning to the country of her birth, Mercer earned degrees at the University of South Africa ,<ref name="Geoff"/> before immigrating to [[Canada]] and finally settling in the [[United States]].<ref name="Geoff"/> | + | Ilana Mercer was born in [[South Africa]].<ref name="Geoff">http://www.geoffmetcalf.com/qa/26773.html</ref> Her father, a [[rabbi]] and "vocal opponent of [[apartheid]],"<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2015/02/end-south-africa-josh-gelernter</ref><ref>https://www.wnd.com/2018/11/slates-resident-idiot-slanders-jewish-woman-me</ref> was "harassed by the South African security forces"<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2015/02/end-south-africa-josh-gelernter</ref> and, consequently, moved his family to [[Israel]].<ref name="Geoff"/> Later returning to the country of her birth, Mercer earned degrees at the University of South Africa,<ref name="Geoff"/> before immigrating to [[Canada]] and finally settling in the [[United States]].<ref name="Geoff"/> |