Emilie Haya Moatti ( he, אֵמִילִי חַיָּה מוּאָטִי, born 27 June 1980)
Mako, 25 March 2021 is an Israeli activist, filmmaker, writer and politician. She was a member of the Knesset for the

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from 2021 to 2022.

Biography

Moatti was born in

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in 1980, the oldest of six children in a religious family of Tunisian-Jewish descent.Emilie Moatti
The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature After dropping out of high school to work, she began studying at the

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in 2003. While in Paris she worked as a producer and became a spokeswoman for the Israeli Cinema Festival. She subsequently worked as a filmmaker and political commentator,Reform rabbi, Kahanist agitator, firebrand writer: The new Knesset’s 16 rookies
The Times of Israel, 26 March 2021 writing for ''

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''. She became involved in peace activism, serving as a director the

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. In 2014 she joined the board of WePower, a feminist group. In 2018 she won the Ministry of Education First Book Prize for her novel ''Blue Marks''. She is married to former ambassador

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Political career

A member of the Labor Party, Moatti was placed fifteenth on the joint list of Labor,

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and Gesher for the 2020 Knesset elections, but the alliance won only seven seats. Prior to the

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she was placed third on the Labor Party list, and was elected to the Knesset as the party won seven seats. During the

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to remove the Netanyahu government and install the Bennett-Lapid "change" coalition, Moatti's vote was crucial. She was unable to stand as a result of a spinal infection and had to be rushed back from hospital on a stretcher to cast her vote for the new government, which was ultimately installed by a 60–59 vote. For the

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Moatti was placed sixth on the Labor list, but lost her seat as the party won only four seats.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moatti, Emilie 1980 births Living people People from Netanya University of Paris alumni Israeli filmmakers Israeli people of Tunisian-Jewish descent Israeli writers Israeli Labor Party politicians Members of the 24th Knesset (2021–2022) Women members of the Knesset 21st-century Israeli women politicians