Anastassia Michaeli | |
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| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 2009–2013 | Yisrael Beiteinu |
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| Born | Anastassia Mikhalevsky 12 July 1975 Leningrad, Soviet Union |
Anastassia Yehudith Michaeli (Hebrew: אנסטסיה מיכאלי, Russian: Анастасия Михаэли (Михалевская); born 12 July 1975) is an Israeli journalist, television presenter, and politician. She served as a member of Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu between 2009 and 2013. During her Knesset term she received media attention for attempting to physically disturb an Arab representative's speech and for comments she made on the psychology of gays and lesbians. While in the Knesset she was active in the international arena as chairperson of several parliamentary friendship leagues (with the legislatures of Estonia, Austria and Switzerland) and represented the Knesset in official delegations to the European Union, France, Great Britain and Taiwan.