Karine Elharrar

Karine Elharrar was born in 1977 in Jaffa

Elharrar was born in 1977 and grew up in Holon. Her parents, Moti and Colette Elharrar, were immigrants from Morocco. She has muscular dystrophy and uses a wheelchair.

She attended Kugel High School and earned a law degree at the College of Management Academic Studies. She then completed a master's degree in law at American University in Washington, D.C., focusing on human rights.

In 2005 she returned to Israel and joined the legal clinic for disability rights at Bar-Ilan University. From 2008 she ran the faculty's legal clinics, which grew to 8 clinics. She also helped found programs offering free legal aid.

She joined Yesh Atid in 2012 and entered the Knesset in 2013. She chaired the committee on the public broadcasting law and later the State Control Committee. In 2021 she became the first woman to serve as Minister of Energy.

As minister she signed agreements with Jordan, the UAE, Egypt and the European Union. In 2023 the Knesset chose her for the Judicial Selection Committee by a vote of 58 to 56. She lives in Rishon LeZion, is married and has 2 children.