Revital Swid ( he, רויטל סויד; born 17 August 1967) is an Israeli criminal defense lawyer and politician. She served as a member of

Knesset The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...

for the

Zionist Union The Zionist Union ( he, הַמַחֲנֶה הַצִיּוֹנִי, translit. ''HaMaḥaneh HaẒiyoni'', lit. ''the Zionist Camp'') was a centre-left political alliance in Israel. It was established in December 2014 by the Israeli Labor Party ...

and serves as a member of the Labor Party.

Biography

Swid was born in Hadera, Israel, to Yosef and Bruria (nee Castel) Maimon. Her father was a Libyan-Jewish immigrant to Israel while her mother was the scion of

Sephardi Jewish Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), ...

family native to

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

which had participated in the founding of Hadera. She completed her BA and MA in law at Bar-Ilan University. She later interned in the criminal division of the Tel Aviv District Attorney's Office. For several years she worked as an attorney in

Netanya Netanya (also known as Natanya, he, נְתַנְיָה) is a city in the Northern Central District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa, between Poleg stream and Wingate I ...

. In 1994 she served for several months as General Counsel of the Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera. That same year, she founded an independent law firm. Among its clients were the Abutbul family, members of the

Israeli mafia The Israeli mafia ( he, מאפיה ישראלית, Mafiyah Yisrelit, or , , "organized crime in Israel") are the organized crime groups operating in Israel or consisting of Israeli members. There are 16 crime families operating in Israel, five ma ...

. She came to notoriety as a defense attorney during the murder trial of Ronnie Ron and Marie-Charlotte Pizem for the killing of 4-year-old Rose Pizem in 2008. Swid is chair of the Criminal Affairs Division of the Tel Aviv District of the Israel Bar Association. She is an adjunct professor at Sha'arei Mishpat College and serves as a consultant to private companies in matters of criminal law. A member of the Labor Party, she was elected to the fourteenth slot on the

list for the 2015 Knesset elections. An observant Jew, Swid is a mother of four and lives in

Ra'anana Ra'anana ( he, רַעֲנָנָּה, lit. "Fresh") is a city in the southern Sharon Plain of the Central District of Israel. It was founded in 1922 as an American-Jewish settlement, 1 km south of the village of Tabsur, where an important ...

. She is a religious feminist.Siblings, lawyers, activists and a ‘Godfather': New Knesset lawmakers have colorful pasts
Times of Israel, 31 March 2015

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