Emilie Moatti
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| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 2021–2022 | Israeli Labor Party |
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| Born | 27 June 1980 Kfar Saba, Israel |
Emilie Haya Moatti (Hebrew: אֵמִילִי חַיָּה מוּאָטִי, born 27 June 1980)[1] is an Israeli activist, filmmaker, writer and politician. She was a member of the Knesset for the Israeli Labor Party from 2021 to 2022.
Early life and education[edit]
Moatti was born in Kfar Saba[2] on 27 June 1980, the oldest of six children in a religious family of Tunisian-Jewish descent.[3] After dropping out of high school to work, she began studying at the University of Paris in 2003.[3]
Career[edit]
While in Paris she worked as a producer and became a spokeswoman for the Israeli Cinema Festival.[3] She subsequently worked as a filmmaker and political commentator,[4] writing for Haaretz.[5]
She became involved in peace activism, serving as a director the Geneva Initiative.[4] In 2014 she joined the board of WePower, a feminist group.[3] In 2018 she won the Ministry of Education First Book Prize for her novel Blue Marks.[3]
Knesset tenure[edit]
A member of the Labor Party, Moatti was placed fifteenth on the joint list of Labor, Meretz and Gesher for the 2020 Knesset elections,[6] but the alliance won only seven seats. Prior to the 2021 elections she was placed third on the Labor Party list,[1] and was elected to the Knesset as the party won seven seats.
During the constructive vote of no confidence to remove the Netanyahu government and install the Bennett-Lapid "change" coalition, Moatti's vote was crucial. She was unable to stand as a result of a spinal infection and had to be rushed back from hospital on a stretcher to cast her vote for the new government, which was ultimately installed by a 60–59 vote.[7]
In 2021, Moatti became head of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee’s Subcommittee on Foreign Policy and Public Diplomacy.[8] For the 2022 elections, Moatti was placed sixth on the Labor list, and lost her seat as the party won only four seats.
Personal life[edit]
She is married to former ambassador Daniel Shek.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ a b בחירות 2021: חברי הכנסת ה-24 מטעם מפלגת העבודה Mako, 25 March 2021
- ^ "Knesset Member Emilie Haya Moatti". Knesset. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
- ^ a b c d e Emilie Moatti The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature
- ^ a b Reform rabbi, Kahanist agitator, firebrand writer: The new Knesset’s 16 rookies The Times of Israel, 26 March 2021
- ^ Emilie Moatti Haaretz
- ^ העבודה - גשר - מרצ Central Elections Committee
- ^ "Labor MK, suffering spinal ailment, arrives in ambulance to vote for government". The Times of Israel.
- ^ Hoffman, Gil (2021-09-17). "Meet the Knesset's new foreign envoy". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
- ^ Hoffman, Gil (17 September 2021). "Meet the Knesset's new foreign envoy". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
External links[edit]
- Emilie Moatti on the Knesset website
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