Orly Levy-Abekasis
Orly Levy-Abekasis (Hebrew: אורלי לוי-אבקסיס, born 11 November 1973) is an Israeli politician and former member of the Knesset.[4][5] For the 2009 elections, Levy-Abekasis was placed sixth on the Yisrael Beiteinu list,[7] and entered the Knesset after the party won fifteen seats.[5] In May 2016, she announced she was quitting Yisrael Beiteinu due to the need for more attention to social affairs in the party's negotiations over joining the coalition government.In May 2020, she was made head of the newly created Ministry for Community Empowerment and Advancement after she signed a coalition deal with Likud.[21] In 2023 Levy-Abekasis competed in the ninth season of Rokdim Im Kokhavim ('Dancing with the Stars'), in which she was the eleventh person eliminated (out of 18 couples).