Amit Halevi (Hebrew: עמית הלוי, born 5 June 1971)[1] is an Israeli politician currently serving as a member of the Knesset for Likud since 2023, an office he previously held from 2020 to 2021.
He was placed thirty-sixth on the Likud list for the April 2019 elections,[2] but the party won only 35 seats. He was placed thirty-ninth for the September 2019 elections,[3] in which Likud won 32 seats. Although he missed out again in the March 2020 elections in which he was placed thirty-ninth and Likud won 36 seats, he entered the Knesset on 30 July 2020 as a replacement for Amir Ohana, who had resigned his seat under the Norwegian Law after being appointed to the cabinet. Placed thirty-fifth on the Likud list for the 2021 elections, he lost his seat as the party won 30 seats.[citation needed] Halevi returned to the Knesset on 17 January 2023 as a replacement for Amichai Chikli, following his resignation under the Norwegian Law.[1]
In June 2023, he proposed a bill to divide the Temple Mount, also known as the al-Aqsa mosque compound, between Jews and Muslims, generating criticism from the Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh.[4]
In 07 July 2024, he appeared in an interview on Kan 11 stating "In the orthopedic department of Al-Shifa Hospital, they found 150 terrorists and then killed them. At the same time, 300 terrorists were born in the maternity ward. 300!"[5][6]
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