Galit Distel-Atbaryan ( he, גַּלִּית דִּיסְטֶל־אַטְבַּרְיָאן, born 10 January 1971) is an Israeli writer and politician. She is currently a member of the Knesset for
Likud.
Biography
Distel-Atbaryan was born in
Jerusalem to
Iranian Jewish
Persian Jews or Iranian Jews ( fa, یهودیان ایرانی, ''yahudiān-e-Irāni''; he, יהודים פרסים ''Yəhūdīm Parsīm'') are the descendants of Jews who were historically associated with the Persian Empire, whose successor s ...
immigrants and served in the
Israeli Air Force. She has an MA in Philosophy from
Hebrew University and had a clothing store named "My Sister" in the Modi'in-Shilat industrial zone.
She published her first novel, ''And If They Told You'', in 2009 and her second, ''Peacock in the Stairwell'', in 2014,
for which she was nominated for the 2015
Sapir Prize. She subsequently became a right-wing political commentator,
known for her forthright and controversial views and support for Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Distel-Atbaryan was selected by Netanyahu for the tenth place on the Likud list for the ]2021 elections
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,[ and was elected to the Knesset as Likud won thirty seats. Ahead of the ]2022 elections
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, she was given the twentieth spot.
In August 2021, Distel-Atbaryan shared a video on Twitter that falsely suggested American President Joe Biden fell asleep during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennet, resulting in her tweet being flagged with a Twitter warning of "manipulated media."
In May 2021, Galit Distel-Atbaryan claimed in an interview that “there is not such thing as autism
The autism spectrum, often referred to as just autism or in the context of a professional diagnosis autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or autism spectrum condition (ASC), is a neurodevelopmental condition (or conditions) characterized by difficulti ...
”, and shared how she “treated” her autistic son, by refusing him food and water until he talked. The comments caused a stir, and led to widespread criticism from autistic people and their families.Kfar HaOranim
Kfar HaOranim ( he, כְּפָר הָאֳרָנִים, , Village of the Pines), also known as Menora ( he, מְנוֹרָה) or Giv'at Ehud, is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Contiguous with Lapid and located near to the major city of ...
and has two children.
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1971 births
Living people
21st-century Israeli women politicians
Israeli writers
Jewish Israeli politicians
Likud politicians
Members of the 24th Knesset (2021–2022)
Members of the 25th Knesset (2022–)
People from Jerusalem
Women members of the Knesset
Government ministers of Israel