MK Reflects on Five Years of Service, Highlighting Key Legislative Achievements
A Knesset Member is reflecting on her five years in parliament, emphasizing her commitment to representing individuals and addressing their needs, particularly in healthcare, northern Israel's development, and immigrant integration. Drawing on her prior experience as vice-mayor of Karmiel and work with the Jewish Agency, she focused on human-centered legislation, stating, "Behind every law, budget line, and decision stands a specific person."
Her parliamentary work significantly involved healthcare, securing an additional 10 million shekels for language accessibility in medical institutions and advocating for mental health initiatives, including a 10 million shekel allocation for a national suicide prevention program. She also championed women's health issues, highlighting the economic cost of insufficient attention to menopause and endometriosis. Other achievements include improving access to medications, facilitating the installation of hyperbaric therapy units in Ziv Hospital, and addressing the needs of Holocaust survivors who immigrated after 1953.
Addressing the needs of northern Israel, she led efforts to secure 5 million shekels for tourism development in the Galilee and supported businesses and evacuees during the recent war. Her advocacy for immigrants included securing equal public transport benefits for Naaleh program participants and pushing for reduced waiting periods for disability benefits for new immigrants. She also focused on recognizing the foreign pedagogical experience of immigrant teachers and establishing a lobby for immigrant scientists.
Further legislative efforts included enabling emergency services to obtain the last three digits of hidden phone numbers in life-threatening situations and protecting the phone numbers of fallen soldiers and terror victims from resale. She also addressed racism and violence against immigrant children in schools. The MK acknowledged the challenges of the past five years, including political crises and the war, but affirmed her dedication to public service, stating, "Politics only makes sense when it serves people."
