Miki Haimovich ( ; born 15 June 1962) is an Israeli television presenter and former politician. She served as a member of the

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for Blue and White from 2019 to 2021.

Biography

Michal (Miki) Haimovich earned a BA in political science from

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. Haimovich is

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and in 2012 she launched the

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Israel initiative.

Media career

Haimovich worked as a researcher for Channel 1 programmes ''Mabat Sheni'' and ''Boker Tov Israel''. In 1990, she began editing the news for the

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cable channel, later becoming chief editor. In 1993, she and

Ya'akov Eilon Ya'akov Eilon ( he, יעקב אילון, born 3 May 1961), Jacob Eilon, is an Israeli television presenter and journalist. Alongside Miki Haimovich, he was the anchor of Channel 2 (Israel), Channel 2's ''HaHadashot 12, HaHadashot 2'' and Chan ...

became the first news anchors on the new commercial Channel 2, until moving to Channel 10 together, in 2002. In June 2011, Haimovich resigned from Channel 10 news.

Political career

In 2012, Haimovich joined a non-partisan campaign enlisting leading artists, television presenters and journalists to encourage voter participation in the 2013

elections. She was elected to the

in the

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as a member of the

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, a part of the Blue and White alliance. Haimovich was re elected to the 22 & 23rd Knessets. She was not included in Blue & White's electoral list for the

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, following her vote against a budget extension, which effectively caused the dissolution of the government.

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