Amit Halevi

Amit Halevi
Faction represented in the Knesset
2020–2021Likud
2023–Likud
Personal details
Born (1971-06-05) 5 June 1971 (age 52)
Haifa, Israel

Amit Halevi (Hebrew: עמית הלוי, born 5 June 1971) is an Israeli politician currently serving as a member of the Knesset for Likud since 2023, an office he previously held from 2020 to 2021.

Biography

Halevi was born in Haifa in 1971 and was educated at Yavneh High School in Haifa and the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva in Jerusalem. During his service in the Israel Defense Forces, he served in the 7th Armored Brigade (Israel). He graduated from the School of Public Policy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and later jointly established the Jewish Statesmanship Center with Assaf Malakh.

He was placed thirty-sixth on the Likud list for the April 2019 elections,[1] but the party won only 35 seats. He was placed thirty-ninth for the September 2019 elections,[2] in which Likud won 32 seats. Although he missed out again in the March 2020 elections in which he was placed thirty-ninth and Likud won 36 seats, he entered the Knesset on 30 July 2020 as a replacement for Amir Ohana, who had resigned his seat under the Norwegian Law after being appointed to the cabinet. Placed thirty-fifth on the Likud list for the 2021 elections, he lost his seat as the party won 30 seats.[citation needed] Halevi returned to the Knesset on 17 January 2023 as a replacement for Amichai Chikli, following his resignation under the Norwegian Law.[3][4]

Halevi is an Orthodox Jew. He is married to Irit Halevi and lives in Jerusalem.

Views

In June 2023, he proposed a bill to divide the Temple Mount, also known as the al-Aqsa mosque compound, between Jews and Muslims, generating criticism from the Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh.[5]

References

  1. ^ 21st Knesset elections: Likud list Central Elections Committee
  2. ^ 22nd Knesset elections: Likud list Central Elections Committee
  3. ^ "חבר הכנסת עמית הלוי". Knesset (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  4. ^ "ח"כ שיקלי התפטר במסגרת החוק הנורווגי, עמית הלוי יכנס במקומו". Arutz Sheva (in Hebrew). 2023-01-15. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  5. ^ "Palestinians concerned about Israeli draft bill to divide Al-Aqsa Mosque". Arab News. 2023-06-12. Retrieved 2023-06-17.

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