Women's Representation in Israel's Next Knesset Expected to Rise Slightly
Translated & summarized from Now 14 by baba
Approximately 31 women are projected to be elected to Israel's 26th Knesset, a slight increase from the previous Knesset's 29. The Yisrael Beiteinu party is expected to have the most female representatives with nine. The Likud party anticipates four women, including Ministers Miri Regev and Gila Gamliel. Shas and United Torah Judaism are not expected to have any women on their lists.
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- 31 women are expected to be elected to Israel's 26th Knesset, up from 29 in the previous one.
- Yisrael Beiteinu is projected to have the highest number of female lawmakers with nine.
- The Likud party is expected to elect four women, including Ministers Miri Regev and Gila Gamliel.
- Women are anticipated to make up about a quarter of the next Knesset's members.
- Shas and United Torah Judaism are not expected to have any women on their candidate lists.
An estimated 31 women are expected to be elected to Israel's 26th Knesset, according to the latest Channel 14 poll. This represents a slight increase from the outgoing 25th Knesset, which saw 29 women elected in November 2022. Women are projected to constitute about a quarter of the next Knesset's members.
The Yisrael Beiteinu party, led by Gadi Eisenkot, is predicted to have the highest number of female representatives, with nine women expected among its 20 projected seats. This includes Orit Farkash-Hacohen, who is listed in the third position on the party's slate.
The coalition of Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) is forecast to include six women out of its 11 projected seats, with Keren Turner, former director-general of the Ministries of Transportation and Finance, at the forefront. The Likud party, leading the poll with 30 seats, is expected to elect four women, including Ministers Miri Regev and Gila Gamliel.
Other parties are also projected to have female representation. The Democrats are expected to elect four women from eight seats, and Otzma Yehudit two, including MK Tali Gottlieb. Yisrael Beiteinu is expected to elect two women from five seats, including Col. (res.) Talia Lankerri, and the Joint List is also projected to have two women.
Minister Orit Struk is expected to be the sole female representative from Religious Zionism-Identity, and MK Iman Khatib-Yassin from Ra'am. The Shas and United Torah Judaism parties, whose candidate lists were determined by their respective rabbinical councils, are not expected to have any women on their slates.
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