Ilana is part of Jacob's masterplan focusing on the Candidates. While it is somewhat unknown as to how much the Oceanic Six are manipulated by the Man in Black and/or his associates to return to the island, Jacob interferes directly with Hurley (leaving him the guitar case) and Ilana by recruiting her for the mission to capture and bring Sayid. Quite obviously, Ilana receives various information by Jacob prior to her trip to the island, which also demonstrates some ability of Jacob to foretell the future. From what we have seen we can conclude