Orly Levy-Abekasis

Orly Levy-Abekasis has a slim build, with brown hair and brown eyes, a look that once fit her career as a model. She is an Israeli politician of Middle Eastern ethnicity, born in Beit She'an, Northern District, Israel. After her modeling days, she entered politics, serving as a member of the Knesset. She first joined in 2009 as a representative of Yisrael Beiteinu, then left in 2017 to sit as an independent. In 2019, she founded her own party, Gesher, which ran alone in April but later joined with the Labor Party, securing her return to the Knesset in September 2019. In May 2020, Prime Minister Netanyahu appointed her as the Minister for Community Empowerment and Advancement, a newly created role. She is 52 years old and maintains a real presence on Instagram, where she has 13k followers.