Hila Shai-Vazan ( he, הילה שי-וזאן, born 16 April 1980) is an Israeli journalist and politician. She served as a member of the

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for the Blue and White party between June 2020 and January 2021.

Biography

Shai-Vazan was born in

Bat Yam Bat Yam ( he, בַּת יָם or ) is a city located on Israel's Mediterranean Sea coast, on the Central Coastal Plain just south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area and the Tel Aviv District. In 2020, it had a population ...

in 1980 to Malka and Alex, Libyan Jewish immigrants from

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and

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respectively. She earned a bachelor's degree and master's degree in political science and media at

Bar-Ilan University Bar-Ilan University (BIU, he, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic i ...

, where she became a spokeswoman for the student union. She established the union's newspaper in 2002, becoming its publisher. In 2007 she joined ''

Yedioth Ahronoth ''Yedioth Ahronoth'' ( he, יְדִיעוֹת אַחֲרוֹנוֹת, ; lit. ''Latest News'') is a national daily newspaper published in Tel Aviv, Israel. Founded in 1939 in British Mandatory Palestine, ''Yedioth Ahronoth'' is the largest paid n ...

'', initially as a correspondent. She moved to

Channel 10 News ''Hadashot 13'' ( he, חדשות 13, lit= hannel13 News) is one of the three major brands of Israeli television news programmes. Produced for Reshet 13 by ''Hadashot 10 LTD'' ( he, חדשות 10 בע״מ, lit=10 News Ltd.), a subsidiary of Reshet. ...

in 2011, before joining Channel 2. Becoming involved in politics, she managed the election headquarters of

the Jewish Home The Jewish Home ( he, הַבַּיִת הַיְהוּדִי, HaBayit HaYehudi) is an Orthodox Jewish and religious Zionist political party in Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the ...

in 2012.4 religious women to enter Knesset
Israel National News, 17 June 2020 In the 2013 local elections she was placed second on the party's list in

Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut ( he, מוֹדִיעִין-מַכַּבִּים-רֵעוּת) is an Israeli city located in central Israel, about southeast of Tel Aviv and west of Jerusalem, and is connected to those two cities via Highway 443. In t ...

and was elected to the city council as it won two seats. She joined the

Israel Resilience Party The Israel Resilience Party ( he, חוסן לישראל, Hosen LeYisrael, Resilience for Israel), is a liberal political party in Israel founded in December 2018 by Benny Gantz, former Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces. The ...

prior to the April 2019 elections, and when it became part of the Blue and White alliance, she was placed forty-first on the alliance's list. However, it won only 35 seats. She was given the fortieth spot for the September 2019 elections, again failing to win a seat. Given the thirty-ninth slot for the March 2020 elections, she again failed to win a seat, but entered the Knesset on 21 June as a replacement for

Yizhar Shai Yizhar Nitzan Shai ( he, יזהר ניצן שי, born 16 July 1963) is an Israeli businessman and politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Blue and White between 2019 and 2021, and as Minister of Science & Technology from 2020 to 20 ...

, who had resigned his seat under the

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after being appointed to the cabinet. She resigned from the Knesset on 31 January 2021 in order to join New Hope and was replaced by Anat Knafo.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vazan, Hila 1980 births Living people Bar-Ilan University alumni Blue and White (political alliance) politicians Israel Resilience Party politicians Israeli journalists Israeli people of Libyan-Jewish descent Jewish Israeli politicians Members of the 23rd Knesset (2020–2021) People from Bat Yam Women members of the Knesset