Daniella Weiss

Daniella Weiss was born in 1945 in Bnei Brak

Daniella Weiss was born in 1945 in Bnei Brak. Her father came from the United States and her mother from Poland. Both were members of Lehi.

She went to a religious high school and served in the IDF through the Atuda academic reserve program. She then studied English literature at Bar-Ilan University.

She became active in the Gush Emunim settlement movement and helped found settlements in the West Bank. She was secretary-general of Gush Emunim from 1984 to 1988. After a 1987 incident in Qalqilya, she was fined and given a suspended sentence.

She was elected mayor of Kedumim in 1996 and again in 2001, serving until 2007. She then led the Nachala movement, which works to set up new outposts in the West Bank.

Canada imposed sanctions on her in 2024 and the United Kingdom did so in 2025. She is married to Amnon Weiss and lives in Kedumim.