Anat Knafo

Anat Knafo (Hebrew: ענת כנפו, born 3 September 1963) is an Israeli politician. She is currently a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid.

Anat Knafo
Date of birth (1963-09-03) 3 September 1963
Knessets23
Faction represented in Knesset
2021–Yesh Atid

Biography

Knafo grew up in Jerusalem and earned a BEd at David Yellin College of Education.[1][2] She moved to the Israeli settlement of Har Adar in 2005,[1] and was elected to its council in 2008, receiving around 35% of the vote. She was re-elected in 2013 with 45% of the vote.[2]

She joined the centrist Yesh Atid party, and after it joined the Blue and White alliance prior to the April 2019 elections, was placed forty-seventh on the alliance's list.[3] However, it won only 35 seats. She was given the forty-fourth spot for the September 2019 elections,[4] again failing to win a seat. Given forty-fourth place again for the March 2020 elections, she failed to win a seat, but entered the Knesset on 2 February 2021 as a replacement for Hila Vazan.[5]

Knafo is married, with four children.[2]

References

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