Emilie Moatti
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Emilie Moatti, 2018 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Moatti in 2018
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|6|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kfar Saba, Israel
| office1 = Faction represented in the Knesset
| suboffice1 = Israeli Labor Party
| subterm1 = 2021–2022
| native_name = אֵמִילִי מוּאָטִי
| native_name_lang = he
}}
Emilie Haya Moatti ({{langx|he|אֵמִילִי חַיָּה מוּאָטִי}}; born 27 June 1980)[https://www.mako.co.il/news-israel-elections/2021-knesset_24/Article-092314306fea771026.htm בחירות 2021: חברי הכנסת ה-24 מטעם מפלגת העבודה] Mako, 25 March 2021 is an Israeli activist, filmmaker, writer and politician. She was a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party from 2021 to 2022.
Early life and education
Moatti was born in Kfar Saba{{Cite web |url=https://main.knesset.gov.il/en/MK/APPS/mk/mk-personal-details/1062|title=Knesset Member Emilie Haya Moatti |access-date=2022-05-10 |website=Knesset}} on 27 June 1980, the oldest of six children in a religious family of Tunisian-Jewish descent.[https://www.ithl.org.il/page_17012 Emilie Moatti] The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature After dropping out of high school to work, she began studying at the University of Paris in 2003.
Career
While in Paris she worked as a producer and became a spokeswoman for the Israeli Cinema Festival. She subsequently worked as a filmmaker and political commentator,[https://www.timesofisrael.com/reform-rabbi-kahanist-agitator-firebrand-novelist-welcome-to-the-24th-knesset/ Reform rabbi, Kahanist agitator, firebrand writer: The new Knesset’s 16 rookies] The Times of Israel, 26 March 2021 writing for Haaretz.[https://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/WRITER-1.4970479 Emilie Moatti] Haaretz
She became involved in peace activism, serving as a director the Geneva Initiative. In 2014 she joined the board of WePower, a feminist group. In 2018 she won the Ministry of Education First Book Prize for her novel Blue Marks.
=Knesset tenure=
A member of the Labor Party, Moatti was placed fifteenth on the joint list of Labor, Meretz and Gesher for the 2020 Knesset elections,[https://bechirot23.bechirot.gov.il/election/Candidates/Pages/OneListCandidates.aspx?LPF=Search&WebId=6adadc15-e476-480b-9746-04490aedeb0f&ListID=ba72a662-765c-45af-9d48-fb68080956af&ItemID=179&FieldID=ListNickname_GxS_Text העבודה - גשר - מרצ] Central Elections Committee but the alliance won only seven seats. Prior to the 2021 elections she was placed third on the Labor Party list, and was elected to the Knesset as the party won seven seats.
During the constructive vote of no confidence to remove the Netanyahu government and install the Bennett-Lapid "change" coalition, Moatti's vote was crucial. She was unable to stand as a result of a spinal infection and had to be rushed back from hospital on a stretcher to cast her vote for the new government, which was ultimately installed by a 60–59 vote.{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/labor-mk-suffering-spinal-ailment-votes-for-government-while-lying-down/|title=Labor MK, suffering spinal ailment, arrives in ambulance to vote for government|website=The Times of Israel}}
In 2021, Moatti became head of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee’s Subcommittee on Foreign Policy and Public Diplomacy.{{Cite web |last=Hoffman |first=Gil |date=2021-09-17 |title=Meet the Knesset’s new foreign envoy |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/meet-the-knessets-new-foreign-envoy-679628 |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en-US}} For the 2022 elections, Moatti was placed sixth on the Labor list, and lost her seat as the party won only four seats.
Personal life
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Category:University of Paris alumni
Category:Israeli people of Tunisian-Jewish descent
Category:Israeli Labor Party politicians
Category:Members of the 24th Knesset (2021–2022)