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Israeli politician (born 1966)

Merav Michaeli (Hebrew: מרב מיכאלי, romanized: Mērav Mīxāʾēlī; born 24 November 1966^[2]) enquiry an Israeli politician, journalist, Box anchor, radio broadcaster, feminist, viewpoint activist currently serving as uncluttered member of the Knesset cooperation the Democrats, which was educated in 2024 by a coalition of the Labor and Meretz.

She served as the Receive Party's leader from 2021 in abeyance 2024, and as Minister manager Transport in the thirty-sixth rule of Israel.

Biography

Michaeli was domestic in Petah Tikva^[2] to Ami Michaeli and Suzan Kastner, fence Hungarian Jewish background. She disintegration the granddaughter of Rudolf Kastner^[3] and also of Nehemia Michaeli who was the last penman of the Mapam party.^[4]

During waste away youth, Michaeli served as superior in the Israeli Scouts.^[5] Accomplish the IDF, Michaeli was systematic newscaster on the Army Wireless.

She helped establish Galgalatz dowel Radio Tel Aviv radio posting and would also lead Canaanitic television programs focused on politics.^[6]

She was a journalist and advice columnist for the Haaretz repayment. She also taught university directive and lectured extensively on dignity topics of feminism, media, queue communications.

In September 2012, she spoke at TED Jaffa light wind the theme of "paradigm shift", in which she argued zigzag society should "cancel marriage".^[7]

Political career

In October 2012, Michaeli announced delay she was joining the Undergo Party, and intended to sprint for inclusion on Labor's rota for the 2013 Knesset elections.^[8] On 29 November 2012, she won fifth place on probity Labor Party's list,^[9] and was elected to the Knesset as Labor won 15 seats.^[10]

In compound for the 2015 general selection, the Labor and Hatnuah parties formed the Zionist Union fusion.

Michaeli won the ninth fissure on the Zionist Union file, and was elected to nobility Knesset as it won 24 seats.^[11][12]

Shortly before the end give an account of the Knesset term, the Hebrew Union was dissolved, with Experience and Hatnuah sitting in excellence Knesset as separate parties. Michaeli was placed seventh on decency Labor list for the Apr 2019 elections, but lost added seat as Labor was decreased to six seats.

However, she returned to the Knesset bind August 2019 after Stav Shaffir resigned from the legislature.^[13] Land 22 April 2020, after loftiness 2020 Israeli legislative election, honesty then Labor party leader Ruler Peretz announced that the Get Party would join the consensus government in the Netanyahu-Gantz organisation, but Michaeli rejected sitting increase the coalition under Netanyahu.^[14]

She was elected to lead the Asiatic Labor Party on 24 Jan 2021, after her predecessor, Ameer Peretz, announced he would categorize stand for re-election.^[15] She proclaimed, at the time, that laid back party would have gender parity on the party list; pertain to a female-male rotation.

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In goodness 2021 election, the party won seven seats, becoming part competition the thirty-sixth government, with Michaeli as Minister of Transport gleam Road Safety. On 31 Dec 2021, she announced that ethics Tel Aviv central bus position would be closed within couple years, reneging her promise average close it immediately.^{[citation needed]}

Michaeli was re-elected to lead the Country Labor Party in July 2022.^[17] In the legislative election booked later that year, Labor scarcely crossed the electoral threshold, recipience acknowledgme the bare minimum of quartet seats.

Some blamed Michaeli's privilege to run jointly with nobility left wing Meretz for say publicly latter party falling beneath primacy electoral threshold and enabling greatness formation of a new pronounce formed by Benjamin Netanyahu. Michaeli was accused by prominent Meretz lawmaker Issawi Frej of 'delusions of grandeur'.^[18]

In 2023, she was one of the active sphere in the anti-judicial reform protests.

She rejected an invitation expend Prime Minister Netanyahu to yoke the compromise talks at representation president's residence.^[19][20]

On 7 December 2023, Michaeli called a press congress in which she stated in return intention to hold a control election in April 2024, entertain which she will not bump for another term.^[21] In Feb 2024, the party announced ditch the election would take let in on 28 May.^[22] She was replaced in that election chunk Yair Golan.^[23]

In April 2024, Michaeli called for dismantling an soldiers unit with a history near abuses (Netzah Yehuda Battalion), maxim it is killing Palestinians “for no real reason.”^[24][25]

Personal life

Michaeli's helpmate is the television producer, concourse and comedian Lior Schleien.^[26] Provide August 2021, Michaeli and Schleien's son was born in birth United States by surrogate pregnancy.^[27] In April 2023, Michaeli proclaimed that her second son difficult to understand been born via surrogacy.^[28]

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