Emilie Moatti

Emilie Haya Moatti (Hebrew: אֵמִילִי חַיָּה מוּאָטִי‎, born 27 June 1980)[1] is an Israeli activist, filmmaker, writer and politician. She is currently a member of the Knesset for the Israeli Labor Party.

Emilie Moatti
Faction represented in the Knesset
2021–Israeli Labor Party
Personal details
Born (1980-06-27) 27 June 1980
Netanya, Israel

Biography

Moatti was born in Netanya in 1980, the oldest of six children in a religious family of Tunisian-Jewish descent.[2] After dropping out of high school to work, she began studying at the University of Paris in 2003.[2] While in Paris she worked as a producer and became a spokeswoman for the Israeli Cinema Festival.[2] She subsequently worked as a filmmaker and political commentator,[3] writing for Haaretz.[4] She became involved in peace activism, serving as a director the Geneva Initiative.[3] In 2014 she joined the board of WePower, a feminist group.[2] In 2018 she won the Ministry of Education First Book Prize for her novel Blue Marks.[2]

Political career

A member of the Labor Party, Moatti was placed fifteenth on the joint list of Labor, Meretz and Gesher for the 2020 Knesset elections,[5] 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.

References
  1. בחירות 2021: חברי הכנסת ה-24 מטעם מפלגת העבודה Mako, 25 March 2021
  2. Emilie Moatti The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature
  3. Reform rabbi, Kahanist agitator, firebrand writer: The new Knesset’s 16 rookies The Times of Israel, 26 March 2021
  4. Emilie Moatti Haaretz
  5. העבודה - גשר - מרצ Central Elections Committee
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