Limor Magen Telem (born 17 March 1971) is an Israeli politician. She was a member of Knesset for

Yisrael Beiteinu Yisrael Beiteinu ( he, יִשְׂרָאֵל בֵּיתֵנוּ, russian: Наш Дом Израиль, lit. ''Israel Our Home'') is a secularist, nationalist right-wing political party in Israel. The party's base was originally secular Russia ...

Biography

Born Limor Magen, she was raised in Haifa and attended the

Hebrew Reali School , motto_translation = ''Walk Humbly'' , address = Hertzel 16 , city = Haifa , zipcode = 3312103 , country = Israel , coordinates = , other_name ...

. Aged 17, she took part in the

Miss Israel Miss Israel ( he, מַלְכַּת הַיֹּפִי, , ) is a national beauty pageant in Israel. The pageant was founded in 1950, where the winners were sent to Miss Universe. The pageant was also existing to send delegates to Miss World, Miss I ...

1988 pageant coming in second place, and was crowned Miss Europe Israel the same year. During her national service, she served in the

Israeli Navy The Israeli Navy ( he, חיל הים הישראלי, ''Ḥeil HaYam HaYisraeli'' (English: The Israeli Sea Corps); ar, البحرية الإسرائيلية) is the naval warfare service arm of the Israel Defense Forces, operating primarily in ...

. Magen-Telem studied law at the

University of Haifa The University of Haifa ( he, אוניברסיטת חיפה Arabic: جامعة حيفا) is a university located on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. Founded in 1963, the University of Haifa received full academic accreditation in 1972, becoming Is ...

, attaining a Master of Laws. She worked as an attorney and then as a legal advisor to the

Migdal Haemek Migdal HaEmek ( he, מִגְדַּל הָעֶמֶק, lit. ''Tower of the Valley'', also officially spelt Migdal HaEmeq, ar, مجدال هعيمق) is a city in the Northern District of Israel. In it had a population of . There is a tower to ...

municipality between 2001 and 2021. She was placed ninth on the

list for the

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. Although the party won only eight seats, she entered the Knesset on 15 June 2021 as a replacement for

Oded Forer Oded Forer (, born 30 May 1977) is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu since 2022, previously serving from 2015 to 2021. Forer also served as the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development ...

, after he was appointed to the cabinet and resigned from the Knesset under the Norwegian Law.

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* Living people Members of the 24th Knesset (2021–2022) Women members of the Knesset Yisrael Beiteinu politicians Miss Israel delegates People from Haifa 1971 births Beauty queen-politicians Miss Europe {{Israel-politician-stub