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List Of Members Of The Twenty-third Knesset
The members of the 23rd Knesset were elected on 2 March 2020. Members of the Knesset Replacements See also *Thirty-fifth government of Israel The thirty-fifth government of Israel ( he, מֶמְשֶׁלֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל הַשְׁלוֹשִׁים וְחָמֵשׁ, Mem'shelet Yisra'el HaShloshim VeHamesh), or the Netanyahu–Gantz government, was the government of Israel which w ... References {{Knesset members 23 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gadi Yevarkan
Desta "Gadi" Yevarkan ( he, דֵסְטַה "גָּדִי" יִבַרקָן, born 1 January 1981) is an Israeli politician. He was elected to the Knesset for Likud in 2020, having previously served as a Knesset member for the Blue and White alliance between 2019 and 2020. Biography Yevarkan was born in Ethiopia. His family emigrated to Israel in 1991 as part of Operation Solomon, and initially settled in Tiberias before moving to a caravan site in kibbutz Hulda. He attended the Mikveh Israel boarding school. During his national service in the Israel Defense Forces, he served in the reconnaissance unit of the Givati Brigade, reaching the rank of lieutenant. He subsequently studied for a bachelor's degree in law at the College of Management. Yevarkan ran for a place on the Likud list for the 2009 and 2013 Knesset elections, but was unsuccessful on both occasions. In the 2013 municipal elections he headed the Ethiopian immigrant-dominated Ahdut (''Unity'') list in Rehovot. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tali Ploskov
Tali Ploskov ( he, טלי פלוסקוב, born 30 July 1962) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Likud and Kulanu in three spells between 2015 and 2022. Early life and education Ploskov was born in Bălți, Moldavian SSR in the Soviet Union (today in Moldova). She worked in the school system in the city until immigrating to Israel in 1991. Ploskov obtained a BA in psychology and is studying economics. Career After arriving in Israel she worked as a nurse in a nursing home. She later became a maid at a hotel on the Dead Sea, before starting to work at a bank. A member of Yisrael Beiteinu, she was elected to Arad City Council, was deputy mayor in 2007, and in 2010 won the city's mayoral election, becoming the first female Soviet immigrant to hold a mayoralty. She was re-elected in 2014 with 55% of the vote. Prior to the 2015 elections, Ploskov joined the new Kulanu party, and was placed sixth on its list. She was elected to the Knesset as the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May Golan
May Golan ( he, מַאי גּוֹלָן, born 3 May 1986) is an Israeli politician and political activist. She was elected to the Knesset for Likud in the 2022 elections. She was formerly the CEO of the NGO Hebrew City, and also worked as a campaigner against illegal immigration.Israeli Trump Supporter: 'People Have the Right to Protect Homes, Borders' 21 Jun, Fox News Insider"I stepped over chil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patin Mula
Fateen Mulla ( ar, فطين ملا, he, פַטִין מוּלָא, born 15 June 1960) is an Israeli Druze politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Likud in two spells between 2019 and 2022 and served as Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office. Biography Mulla was born in Yarka and attended school in the village. During his national service in the Israel Defense Forces, he served in the Sword Battalion, receiving an injury that led to him being recognised as a disabled veteran. He remained in the army following the completion of his national service, eventually becoming a lieutenant colonel in the Northern Command.Fateen Mulla: Particulars Knesset In the early 1980s he studied at the |
Keti Shitrit
Katrin "Keti" Shitrit-Peretz ( he, קְטָרִין שִׁטְרִית-פֶּרֶץ, born 22 January 1960) is an Israeli politician. She served as a member of the Knesset for Likud from 2019 to 2022. Biography Katrin Peretz was born in Casablanca, Morocco, to a Sephardic Jewish family. Her family immigrated to Israel in 1962 when she was an eighteen months old baby, initially living in a ma'abara in Lod. She joined the Betar youth movement, and studied for a BA in political science and an MA in public administration at Bar-Ilan University, also gaining a teacher training certificate at Beit Berl Academic College. She worked in schools in Beit Shemesh and Dimona and established a school for modern dance in Kfar Saba. She also headed the office of Beit Shemesh mayor Daniel Vaknin between 1993 and 2008, before serving as the city's Financial Director from 2008 until 2010, during which she also lectured at Bar-Ilan University and the College of Management Academic Studies. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yifat Shasha-Biton
Yifat Shasha-Biton (, born 23 May 1973) is an Israeli educator and politician. She was appointed Minister of Education in June 2021. She was elected to the twenty-fourth Knesset on the New Hope list, after serving as an MK for Kulanu and Likud. She held the post of Minister of Construction and Housing from 2019 to 2020. Biography Yifat Shasha-Biton was born in Kiryat Shmona in 1973 to Rachel, a nurse born in Morocco and Moshe David, the owner of a transportation company born in Iraq. She attended the Darca Danciger high school in Kiryat Shmona. In 2002 she received her doctorate in education from the University of Haifa, having already obtained bachelor's and master's degrees in education at the same university. She wrote her doctoral dissertation on how education affects the understanding of the concept of peace among Israeli and Palestinian students. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kulanu
Kulanu ( he, כולנו, lit. ''All of Us'') was a centrist political party in Israel founded by Moshe Kahlon that focused on economic and cost-of-living issues. History The party was established on 27 November 2014 following months of speculation that Kahlon would form a new party after he took a break from politics in 2013. Opinion polls in the summer of 2014 had suggested that a new party formed by Kahlon could win 5–8 seats in the Knesset. When the party was established, its registration forms listed Kahlon, Orna Angel and Avi Gabbay as its founders. Although the party was initially nameless, on 10 December 2014 it was announced that it would be called Kulanu. In the week following its establishment, initial opinion polls put it at 10–13 seats. Polls also projected that if Kulanu formed a list with Yesh Atid, the alliance could win 24 seats in the 20th Knesset, which would have made it the largest faction. However, Kahlon and Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid both denied th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miki Zohar
Makhlouf "Miki" Zohar (, born 28 March 1980) is an Israeli politician. He currently serves as the Minister of Culture and Sports in the thirty-seventh government. Zohar previously served as a member of the Knesset for Likud and chairman of Global Likud. Biography Makhlouf Zohar was born in Beersheba, and raised in Kiryat Gat. His father Eli was an immigrant from Morocco and his mother Dina was from Tunisia. Zohar served in the Israel Defense Forces and reached the rank of Sergeant. He then studied law, gaining an LLB from the College of Law and Business and an MA from Bar-Ilan University, and worked in real estate. Zohar is married to Yamit and has four children. Political career In 2005 Zohar was elected to Kiryat Gat City Council. In 2013, he was elected head of Kiryat Gat's Likud list in 2013, and became Deputy Mayor. Prior to the 2015 Knesset elections he was placed twenty-second on the Likud list, a slot reserved for a candidate from the Negev area. He was elected to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shlomo Karhi
Shlomo Karhi ( he, שְׁלֹמֹה קַרְעִי, born 6 April 1982) is an Israeli academic and politician. He is currently a member of the Knesset for Likud and serving as the Minister of Communications in the thirty-seventh government. Biography Karhi was born in Ramat Gan into a religious family, and was the oldest of seventeen siblings. At the age of four he moved to the Zimrat moshav. He was educated at the Kisse Rahamim and Mercaz HaRav yeshivas. He subsequently served in the Netzah Yehuda Battalion during his national service in the Israel Defense Forces, before earning a BA in management accounting and information systems at the Jerusalem College of Technology, and a master's degree and PhD in industrial engineering and management at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He began work as a lecturer at Sapir Academic College, before becoming part of the faculty at Ben-Gurion University and then Bar-Ilan University. Karhi was placed twenty-fifth on the Likud list for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keren Barak
Keren Barak ( he, קֶרֶן בָּרָק, born 20 September 1972) is an Israeli lobbyist and politician. She was a member of the Knesset for Likud from 2019 to 2022. Biography Born in Haifa to parents who had immigrated from Egypt and Poland, Barak served as an infantry instructor and commanded new recruits and armoured personnel carriers during her national service in the Israel Defense Forces.Keren Barak: Particulars Knesset She studied for a BA in communications and administration at the and then earned an MBA at the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bitan
David Hai Bitan ( he, דָּוִד בִּיטָן, born 8 April 1960) is an Israeli lawyer and politician. He currently serves as a member of the Knesset from the Likud party. During 2016-2017 he served as the Chairman of the Coalition and Chairman of the Likud party in the Knesset, and in the 23rd Knesset served as Chairman of the Immigration and Absorption Committee. Israeli attorney general Avichai Mandelblit announced on 26 January 2020 that Bitan would be indicted for "bribery, fraud and breach of trust, as well as money laundering and tax offenses" following a hearing. Biography David Bitan was born in Kenitra, Morocco and immigrated to Israel with his family at the age of five. During his national service in the Israel Defense Forces, he served as a combat medic. He then studied law at the Tel Aviv University. After graduating with an L.L.B in 1987 and receiving a law license, he worked as an attorney and later opened his own law firm. Bitan is married to Hagit, and they h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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