Abir Kara | |
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Faction represented in the Knesset | |
2021–2022 | Yamina |
2022 | Economic Freedom |
Personal details | |
Born | Jerusalem, Israel | 27 October 1983
Avraham "Abir" Kara ( Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם "אַבִּיר" קָארָה; born 27 October 1983) [1] is an Israeli businessman and politician who served as a member of the Knesset from 2021 to 2022. Initially representing Yamina, he broke away to form the Economic Freedom Party in September 2022. His new party failed to win a seat in the November 2022 elections.
Kara used his bar mitzvah money to open a flower stall, later expanding the business to several branches. [2] After completing his military service in the Israel Defense Forces he opened a horse ranch, and later ran franchises of a waffle bar and a pizza restaurant. [2]
In 2019 Kara and another restaurant owner established 'I am Shulman' group to protest what they felt was government discrimination against self-employed workers. [3] In less than a month its Facebook group had grown to 120,000 members. [2]
After declining to join Likud, claiming that groups including the Histadrut union held too much power over the party, [2] prior to the 2021 elections he joined Yamina and was placed seventh on its list. [1] He was elected to the Knesset as the party won seven seats and was appointed Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office. [4] After Yamina joined the Zionist Spirit alliance, Kara announced that he would leave the party on 26 August 2022. [5]
Kara launched a new party on 4 September 2022 called the Economic Freedom Party, a libertarian party that focuses on expanding personal and economic freedom. [6] The party received just 0.33% of the vote in the 2022 elections, [7] resulting in Kara losing his seat.
In 2006 Kara was sentenced to 240 hours of community service for swearing at a police officer when he was caught putting up illegal election signs. [2] He also admitted to uprooting olive trees owned by Palestinians. [8]
Abir Kara | |
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Faction represented in the Knesset | |
2021–2022 | Yamina |
2022 | Economic Freedom |
Personal details | |
Born | Jerusalem, Israel | 27 October 1983
Avraham "Abir" Kara ( Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם "אַבִּיר" קָארָה; born 27 October 1983) [1] is an Israeli businessman and politician who served as a member of the Knesset from 2021 to 2022. Initially representing Yamina, he broke away to form the Economic Freedom Party in September 2022. His new party failed to win a seat in the November 2022 elections.
Kara used his bar mitzvah money to open a flower stall, later expanding the business to several branches. [2] After completing his military service in the Israel Defense Forces he opened a horse ranch, and later ran franchises of a waffle bar and a pizza restaurant. [2]
In 2019 Kara and another restaurant owner established 'I am Shulman' group to protest what they felt was government discrimination against self-employed workers. [3] In less than a month its Facebook group had grown to 120,000 members. [2]
After declining to join Likud, claiming that groups including the Histadrut union held too much power over the party, [2] prior to the 2021 elections he joined Yamina and was placed seventh on its list. [1] He was elected to the Knesset as the party won seven seats and was appointed Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office. [4] After Yamina joined the Zionist Spirit alliance, Kara announced that he would leave the party on 26 August 2022. [5]
Kara launched a new party on 4 September 2022 called the Economic Freedom Party, a libertarian party that focuses on expanding personal and economic freedom. [6] The party received just 0.33% of the vote in the 2022 elections, [7] resulting in Kara losing his seat.
In 2006 Kara was sentenced to 240 hours of community service for swearing at a police officer when he was caught putting up illegal election signs. [2] He also admitted to uprooting olive trees owned by Palestinians. [8]