Karin Elharar
| Karin Elharar | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Date of birth | 9 October 1977 |
| Place of birth | Kiryat Ono, Israel |
| Knessets | 19, 20 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 2013– | Yesh Atid |
Karin Elharar Hartstein (Hebrew: קארין אלהרר הרטשטיין, born 9 October 1977) is an Israeli lawyer and politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid.
Biography
Born in Kiryat Ono, Elharar studied law at the College of Management Academic Studies for a bachelor's degree, before gaining an LLM from the Washington College of Law at American University.[1] Between 2008 and 2013 she headed the legal clinic at Bar-Ilan University, and specialised in the rights of Holocaust survivors, people with disabilities, and pensioners.[2]
She joined the new Yesh Atid party in 2012 and was placed tenth on the party's list for the 2013 Knesset elections.[3] She entered the Knesset as the party won 19 seats. She was placed eighth on the party's list for the 2015 elections,[4] and was re-elected as the party won 11 seats.
Elharar is disabled and uses a wheelchair.[2]
References
- ↑ Tarchetsky, Yair (June 18, 2011). "Revolution? Social lawyers storming the Bar Association". Globes (in Hebrew). Retrieved January 24, 2013.
- 1 2 All the kingmaker’s men, and women Times of Israel, 23 January 2013
- ↑ Yesh Atid Central Elections Committee
- ↑ Yesh Atid list Central Elections Committee
External links
- Karin Elharar on the Knesset website