Yifat Bitton

From 1996–1997 Bitton clerked for Israeli Supreme Court Justice Mishael Cheshin.[7] In 2006, Bitton founded Tmura—The Israeli Anti-discrimination Center, which advocates for women who have experienced sexual violence and violation of their economic rights.[8] She is a civil rights activist, focusing on equality for the Mizrahi population.[9]

Bitton was on the list of candidates for Israel's Supreme Court in 2017 and 2018,[10][11][12] the youngest woman to ever appear on the list.[1][13] She currently serves as an associate professor at Israel's College of Management Academic Studies Law School.[7][14]

In February 2019, Bitton joined the Gesher party led by Orly Levy,[2][15] receiving the third spot on the list.[16] In the April 2019 Israeli legislative election, Gesher did not make it into the Knesset.[4] Bitton joined Ehud Barak at a press conference in June 2019 announcing the formation of a new political party to challenge Benjamin Netanyahu in the September elections. The new party, Israel Democratic Party, joined other parties to create the Democratic Union list, with Bitton being placed seventh on the joint list.[17]

Bitton spent the 2004–2005 academic year at Harvard Law.[18] Bitton holds a PhD as well as an LLB and LLM from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Master of Laws degree from Yale Law School.[14][18]

Bitton was born in Kiryat Malachi and grew up in Herzliya. She is married to Eyal Sternberg, a lawyer, and they have two children.[11][19]

In 2014 she received the Tannenbaum Award from the Hadassah Foundation.[8][20]