Galit Distel-Etebaryan
Galit Distel-Etebaryan | |
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Faction represented in the Knesset | |
2021– | Likud |
Personal details | |
Born | Jerusalem, Israel | 10 January 1971
Galit Distel-Etebaryan (Hebrew: גַּלִּית דִּיסְטֶּל־אַטְבַּרְיָאן, born 10 January 1971) is an Israeli writer and politician. She is currently a member of the Knesset for Likud.
Biography[]
Distel-Etebaryan was born in Jerusalem to Iranian Jewish immigrants and served in the Israeli Air Force. She has an MA in Philosophy from Hebrew University and had a clothing store named "My Sister" in the Modi'in-Shilat industrial zone.[1][2]
She published her first novel (And If They Told You) in 2009 and her second (Peacock in the Stairwell) in 2014,[3] for which she was nominated for the 2015 Sapir Prize.[4] She subsequently became a right-wing political commentator,[2] known for her forthright and controversial views and support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.[3]
Distel-Etebaryan was selected by Netanyahu for the tenth place on the Likud list for the 2021 elections,[3][5] and was elected to the Knesset as Likud won thirty seats.
In August 2021 Distel-Etebaryan shared a video on Twitter that falsely suggested American President Joe Biden fell asleep during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennet, resulting in her tweet being flagged with a Twitter warning of "manipulated media."[6]
She lives in Kfar HaOranim and has two children.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Galit Distel". Gesher Leadership Institute. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "This is how I became sober: Galit Distel Atbrian overtakes on the right Israel today". The Limited Times. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Wootliff, Raoul (4 February 2021). "Netanyahu recruits first-ever Muslim to Likud list, also adds firebrand novelist". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ Kissileff, Beth (26 January 2015). "Reuven Namdar Wins Israel's Sapir Prize for Literature". Tablet Magazine. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ "Candidates list of Likud party". Central Elections Committee (in Hebrew). Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ Fact checkers debunk MK’s claim that Biden fell asleep in Bennett meet The Times of Israel, 30 August 2021
External links[]
- Galit Distel-Etebaryan on the Knesset website
- 1971 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Israeli women politicians
- Israeli writers
- Jewish Israeli politicians
- Likud politicians
- Members of the 24th Knesset (2021–present)
- People from Jerusalem
- Women members of the Knesset