Idit Silman

Idit Silman (Hebrew: עִידִּית סִילְמָן‎, born 27 October 1980) is an Israeli politician. She was a member of Knesset for the Union of the Right-Wing Parties in 2019.

Idit Silman
Date of birth (1980-10-27) 27 October 1980
Place of birthRehovot, Israel
Knessets21
Faction represented in Knesset
2019Union of the Right-Wing Parties

Biography

Silman was born in Rehovot, and was educated at Ulpana Tzfira and the Wingate Institute. She worked in marketing in the health sector.[1] She is married, and has three children.

A member of the Jewish Home,[2] she was chosen for the female spot on the party list for the April 2019 Knesset elections.[3] When the party joined the Union of the Right-Wing Parties alliance, she was placed fifth on its list, going on to enter the Knesset as the alliance won five seats.[4]

Silman was given the eighth slot on the Yamina list (a joint ticket of the New Right, Jewish Home, and National Union) for the elections to the 22nd Knesset. When Yamina won only seven seats, however, Silman lost her seat in the Knesset.

Silman left the Jewish Home for the New Right on 15 January 2020[5] and was placed on the Yamina list the same day when the alliance was re-established for the 2020 Israeli legislative election.[6]

References
  1. "Talking to Idit Silman, fifth spot on the United Right's Knesset list". Israel National News. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  2. "Idit Silman joins Jewish Home Knesset list". Israel National News. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  3. "Female candidate quits Bayit Yehudi over Otzma merger". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  4. "Here's the Full List of Israeli Lawmakers – and Only a Quarter Are Women". Haaretz. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  5. "Idit Silman defects from the Jewish Home to the New Right". Arutz Sheva. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  6. Staff writer (15 January 2020). "Bennett, Peretz, Smotrich agree to joint run without Ben Gvir". Arutz Sheva. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
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