Place of birth Toronto, Canada Year of aliyah 1985 | Name Sharren Haskel | |
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Date of birth (1984-03-04) 4 March 1984 (age 31) Knessets Israeli legislative election, 2015 | ||
Mk sharren haskel member of the foreign affairs and defense committee
Sharren Haskel (Hebrew: שרן השכל, born 4 March 1984) is an Israeli member of the Knesset for Likud. She is the youngest member of Likud and the second youngest member of the 20th Knesset. She speaks fluent French, English, and Hebrew.
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- Mk sharren haskel member of the foreign affairs and defense committee
- Sharren haskel knesset member likud party aug 1 2017
- Early life
- Education
- Social activism
- Political career
- Recognition
- Committee Assignments
- References
Sharren haskel knesset member likud party aug 1 2017
Early life
Haskel was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to a Jewish family. Her family immigrated to Israel a year after her birth. She was raised in Kfar Saba and studied theatre at Katznelson high school where she was a leader in scouts, and later transferred to Ankori high school where she studied Cinema. At the age of 18, Haskel served in the Israel Defense Forces where she was a combat soldier at the Israel Border Police during the time of the second intifada.
Education
Sharren Haskel Graduated from AVT Australia program for veterinary nursing. Haskel completed her bachelor's degree in political science and international relations at the Open University of Israel, where she was active in the debate team. In 2014, Haskel won the Israeli National Champion Debate for Juniors. She also an alumnus of the Jewish Statesmanship Center in Public Policy.
Social activism
Haskel lived in Australia for six years where she worked as a veterinary nurse in Bondi Vet animal hospital, and volunteered most of her time to WIRES, an organization that rescue wild animals, treat them and release them back into the wild.
She is active on environmental and animal rights issues, with a particular focus on water pollution coming out of areas under the control of the Palestinian Authority. Haskel supports de-criminalization of cannabis, and is an advocate for medical cannabis usage.
Political career
In 2013, Haskel tried to win a seat in Kfar Saba city hall. Although she lost, She continued to volunteer her time as an activist in the environmental committee in the Kfar Saba city hall.
Prior to the 2015 Knesset elections she was placed 31st on the Likud list. Although she failed to enter the Knesset when Likud won 30 seats, she became an MK in 2015 as a replacement for Danny Danon following his appointment as Israel's envoy to the United Nations on August 14, 2015.
Haskel heads the LGBT Knesset caucus. In February 2016, she voted with her Likud colleagues against several bills proposed by the opposition intended to improve the gay community’s status such as recognizing bereaved widowers, banning conversion therapy, recognizing same-sex marriage contracts and to train health professionals to deal with gender and sexual inclination issues.
Recognition
Sharren Haskel has been labeled by Liberal and Libertarian organizations, think tanks and media as the most active and influential MP for civil freedom, individual rights and economical freedom in Israel for 2016. She was also labeled as the "Israeli Margaret Thatcher" in Haaretz newspaper. On May 2016 MP Haskel was recognized by the "Jewish Journal" the United States as a leader of new generation of woman in politics, mainly for her extensive work around the world to defend Israel’s policy and government.
Committee Assignments
MK Haskel currently serves on these committees for the 20th Knesset: