Highest number of women winning Israeli elections, no progress yet to be found

Thirty women are expected to enter the Israeli legislature, scheduled for election day, but female representation in parliament is likely to remain broadly the same for the 24th Knesset and in previous sessions.

“It simply came to our notice then [once a new government is formed] Because of ‘Norwegian law’ a new MK can replace a minister, but for election day, it’s a record, “Michal Gera Margaliot, former executive director of the Israeli Women’s Network, told The Media Line.Emily Schrader , a researcher at the Tel Aviv Institute and an Israeli political adviser, notes that this performance is less positive when other factors are considered. “Although the record is 30 MK female [for the beginning of a Knesset session], in fact it is not an increase from the previous Knesset and certainly does not represent 50% of the population. I am pleased to see that the number has fallen with so few women-led parties, but we are a long way from real equality in production, ”she told The Media Line. “Being 25% of the Knesset was a big step, ten years ago. • Women of all kinds belong to the decision-making table: religious, secular, Jewish and Arab, ”said Schrader. On Likud’s list of candidates is the party of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, fourth-party Miri Regev, who is currently transport minister, the oldest of 30 party members expected to join to the Knesset, continued
Minister for Environmental Protection Gila Gamliel (No. 8); novelist and radio personality Galit Distal Atbaryan (12); MK Etty Atia (20); MK Keren Barak (23); Minister for Community Empowerment and Development Orly Levi-Abekasis (26); MK Keti Shitrit (27); and MK May Golan (30). In the heart of Yesh Atid, led by Yair Lapid, six women are expected to enter the Knesset out of 18 predicted commandments: MK Orna Barbivai (No. 2). ), the only female prime minister ever in Israel; MK Karin Elharrar (4); former Minister for Social Equality MK Meirav Cohen (5); old MK Merav Ben-Ari (9); Yesh Atid Western Negev head Nira Shpak (17); and Karmiel Deputy Mayor Tania Mazarsky (18).

In the middle blue and white list, led by Benny Gantz, Immigrant Adoption Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata (No. 2) and Tourism Minister Orit Farkash-Hacohen (5) ready to return to the legislature with six men. Out of seven projected sets for Yamina’s right-wing party, former Justice Minister MK Ayelet Shaked (No. 2) is the only woman. In Labor, the only party with a woman, MK Merav Michaeli, is three other women around out the seven projected slots: journalist and political adviser Emilie Moatti (3), lawyer Efrat Rayten (5) and filmmaker Ibtisam Mara’ana (7). The female representatives for Meretz on the left and the Islamic United Arab List, each expecting five orders, are MK Tamar Zandberg (No. 2) and Gaida peace activist Rinawie Zoabi (4) of the man who former, and social worker MK Iman Khatib-Yasin (5) of the latter. The female representatives in the parties hoping to win six seats include campaigner in the field of mental health Michal Woldiger (No. 2) and MK Orit Strock (5) of the Farthest Religious Zionism . party, former Housing Minister MK Yifat Shasha-Biton (2) and MK Sharren Haskel (5) of the New Hope party against Netanyahu, MK Aida Touma-Sliman (4) of the Arab Joint List, and MK Yulia Malinovsky ( 5) of anti-Netanyahu Yisrael Beitenu of right. The ultra-rectangular English Jewish parties and United Torah, with seven and nine projected seats, respectively, do not allow women to run for Knesset.Dr. Yofi Tirosh, a gender equality expert at Tel Aviv University’s Law Faculty, argues that this is one of the reasons women’s representation in Israel is low. “That’s 15 or 16 Knesset members, which is about 15%, that doesn’t allow women to participate,” she told The Media Line. “Unfortunately it is something that the Knesset allows and I think it is a modern form of banning women.” This is the kind of feeling where religious rights and religion combined with true politeness in the presence of a real woman The public sphere is an intervention, an unclean one, “Tirosh continued.” The idea of ​​gender segregation is okay in Israel. comas [Netanyahu] a coalition that we see here, like the ultra-direct parties and Religiousism, either actively promotes segregated hours at public places, separate driving courses, academic studies, military units, etc., or has been incapable. [toward the practice], as [the [Yamina party of Naftali] Bennett and Likud, ”she said. “They are not too worried about the issue; they let those who care about it go, ”Tirosh continued. “It is a very profound movement in Israeli society and undermines women’s autonomy…” This idea, she said, has spilled over to the Knesset floor, with female legislators getting honor for immodesty and English lawyer calls for Likud to move female MK after he was given a chair next to him. “He asked them to turn around, which was terrible in itself, and what was even more surprising was that the Knesset agreed,” Tirosh said. Following UTJ and Shas, the Yamina is expected to be the worst female producer, at around 14.1% of her will. Female representation is around 16.7% for both Yisrael Beitenu and Joint Arabian list. The United Arab List consists of 20% female representation, Blue and White 25% and Likud has about 26.7%. A third of the candidate lists of Religious Zionism, New Hope and Yesh Atid are women. Both left parties have the highest female representation. , with Meretz at 40% and Labor at 57.1%. Margaliot said it is no accident that Labor has the highest proportion of Knesset female representation. “This is the only party that made its list as a woman, a man, a woman, a man, who did that’s why four women got in; they have more women than men,” she said. Michaeli has achieved a great feat: She had a party that everyone thought was ready and now she got seven orders, which is more than many people dreamed of. “
Schrader agrees. “I… am delighted that Labor has exceeded expectations, as the only party led by a woman, and the only party with gender representation that represents the people,” she said. whether a man agrees with her policies or not, Merav Michaeli has been a hero for women ‘s equality throughout her career and she deserves a lot of respect for that and for living with her principles as a leader, which is a great lack of politics. leadership. ”Margaliot argues that it is important not only to look at the number of women elected, but also at the high level. Seven major parties entered the women’s election at the No. 2 spot, and made almost everything into the parliament: Meretz, New Hope, Religious Zionism, Yamina, Blue and White , and Yesh Atid.The New Economy party was the only one not met election threshold 3.25. Margaliot also said that Likud is succeeding well in this regard. “This is the first time in Likud’s history that there are three women in the top 10, which is important,” she said. The third way Margaliot said the need to study the feminine representation of legislators is to be examined. “It’s a paradigm about women, but it’s also a paramount we look at men, because we need stronger friends to promote more feminine policies,” she said.