Karine Elharrar
Israeli politician
Karine Elharrar-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. She was Minister of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources from 2021 to 2022.
Biography
Elharrar was born in Holon in 1977 to Moti and Colette Elharrar, who were Moroccan Jewish immigrants. Elharrar attended Kugel High School, and 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. 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.
In September 2023, Elharrar was slightly injured when she was hit by a car while crossing a street in her wheelchair in Rishon LeZion; she was hospitalized at Sheba Medical Center and released the same day.
Elharrar lives in Rishon LeZion, and is married with two children. She has muscular dystrophy and uses a wheelchair.
Political career
She joined the new Yesh Atid party in 2012 and was placed tenth on the party's list for the 2013 Knesset elections. She entered the Knesset as the party won 19 seats.
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