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{{Short description|Israeli social activist and politician}}
== Stav Shaffir ==
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| suboffice2 = [[Zionist Union]]
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'''Stav Shaffir''' ({{Langx|he|סְתָיו שָׁפִיר}}; born 17 May 1985) is an Israeli politician. She is the leader of the [[Green Party (Israel)|Green Party]] and was a member of the Knesset for the [[Democratic Union (Israel)|Democratic Union]] alliance. She came to national prominence as one of the leaders of the [[2011 Israeli social justice protests]], focusing on housing, public services, income inequality and democracy, and later became spokeswoman of the movement. She was subsequently elected to the Knesset as a member of the [[Israeli Labor Party|Labor Party]] in [[2013 Israeli legislative election|2013]]. The party contested the [[2015 Israeli legislative election|2015 elections]] as part of the [[Zionist Union]] alliance, with Shaffir retaining her seat. She was re-elected again in the [[April 2019 Israeli legislative election|April 2019 elections]], in which Labor ran alone. However, after losing a [[2019 Israeli Labor Party leadership election|Labor leadership election]] to [[Amir Peretz]] in June 2019, she left the party and resigned from the Knesset and became head of the Green Movement. Her new party formed the Democratic Union alongside [[Meretz]] and the [[Israel Democratic Party]]. Shaffir lost her Knesset seat in the [[2020 Israeli legislative election|2020 election]].
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== Biography ==
'''Stav Shaffir''' (born May 17, 1985) is a journalist and a social activist. Shaffir was also one of the organizers and leaders of the [[2011 Israeli social justice protests]].
Shaffir was born in [[Netanya, Israel]], to a family of [[Ashkenazi Jewish]], [[History of the Jews in Poland|Polish-Jewish]], [[History of the Jews in Lithuania|Lithuanian-Jewish]] [[History of the Jews in Romania|Romanian-Jewish]] and [[History of the Jews in Iraq|Iraqi-Jewish]] descent. At the age of 12, Shaffir's family moved to [[Pardesiya]], a small town in the Sharon area, where her parents had an accounting firm. Shaffir joined [[HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed]] (Federation of Working and Studying Youth). After high school, Shaffir worked for a year in [[Tiberias]] as a part of a volunteer group affiliated with the [[Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel]].<ref name=knesset>{{cite web|title=Member of Knesset Stav Shaffir|url=https://main.knesset.gov.il/mk/Pages/MKPersonalDetails.aspx?MKID=903|website=[[The Knesset]]|access-date=30 November 2018|language=he}}</ref> She served in the [[Israel Defense Forces]] as a cadet in the flight academy of the [[Israeli Air Force]]. After five months, she began to write for the IDF magazine, ''[[Bamahane]]''.<ref name=bamahane>{{cite journal|last=Raz|first=Hila|title=The Tent Movement Founder: If special interest parties take over – the movement will collapse|url=http://www.themarker.com/news/protest/1.678548|journal=[[TheMarker]]|date=5 August 2011|access-date=2 August 2018|language=he}}</ref> In this position she covered the [[Israeli disengagement from Gaza]] and the [[2006 Lebanon war]].<ref name=bamahane />


After completing her military service, Shaffir was accepted into the Olive Tree Scholarship Program<ref>[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200809/ldhansrd/text/90206-0007.htm 6 Feb 2009: Column 908, The Olive Tree Trust], Publications.parliament.uk</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=MATTHEW|first1=REISZ|title=Palestinians, Israelis live and learn together at City University London|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/palestinians-israelis-live-and-learn-together-at-city-university-london/2006409.fullarticle|access-date=31 December 2014|publisher=Times Higher Education|date=15 August 2013}}</ref> by the [[City University of London]], an initiative to support future leaders who desire to change the status quo of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. During her studies in [[London]], Shaffir worked as an intern in the [[British Parliament]] as part of the [[Three Faiths Forum#Undergraduate ParliaMentors (UP)|Undergraduate ParliaMentors]] program<ref>{{cite journal|title=Politics|journal=Interact|date=Spring 2008|issue=1|page=7|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:bK4Bn7gstmcJ:www.interact-uk.org.uk/INTERACT%2520Spring%25202008.pdf+stav+shaffir+parliamentors&hl=en&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjiIfBiQ2ylHoI4mlrhBVAtqjTnPEYsaUqhZhl8zoo6MxM8E_wqKaiUJOU6YMvwbtCjRxc3SBY9VSZSbmhn-av18SQAFEHFCRlndPCDGQ9148MV0IptnSaFSazJWFaOdml-cy8h&sig=AHIEtbSYvMnpfEnENzzBm6lky2bLeEcixg&pli=1|access-date=16 May 2012}}</ref> and was awarded runner up in the JRS Competition for Student Journalists in 2008 for her piece covering Iraqi refugees in England.<ref>{{cite web|last=Shaffir|first=Stav|title=Shall We Dance?|url=http://www.jrseurope.org/publications/July%20Newsletter.pdf|publisher=The Refugee|access-date=16 May 2012}} {{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Winners of JRS Competition for Student Journalists 2008|url=http://www.jrseurope.org/Competition/2007/journohome.htm|access-date=16 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314094943/http://www.jrseurope.org/Competition/2007/journohome.htm|archive-date=14 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Shaffir received a B.A in [[Sociology]] and [[Journalism]] in 2009.<ref name=biorefs>{{cite web|title=Four Questions with Stav Shaffir, Israeli Social Protest Leader|date=9 April 2012|url=https://www.ameinu.net/blog/letters-from-leadership-3/four-questions-with-stav-shaffir-israeli-social-protest-leader/|publisher=[[Ameinu]]|access-date=16 May 2012}}</ref>
[[File:Stav Shaffir.JPG|thumb|alt=A Stav Shaffir.|''Stav Shaffir''.]]
Shaffir, who plays the piano, drums, guitar, violin and oud,<ref name=youngest>{{Cite web|author=Judy Maltz|url=https://www.haaretz.com/.premium-meet-israel-s-youngest-lawmaker-1.5368263|title=Not yet 30, Israel's youngest lawmaker is already making waves|website=[[Haaretz]]|date=2 February 2015|access-date=30 November 2018}}</ref> continued her studies in Israel at the Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music in Ramat-HaSharon for a year. She then enrolled in the M.A program at the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas at [[Tel Aviv University]].<ref name=biorefs />


Shaffir worked as a freelance journalist and an editor for ''[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]]'', the ''[[Ha'ir]]'' weekly newspaper, the ''[[Keshet Broadcasting#mako|Mako]]'' Magazine and ''[[Yedioth Ahronoth]]'' internet site Xnet,<ref>{{cite web|author=Xnet|title=Stav Shaffir|url=https://xnet.ynet.co.il/tags/%D7%A1%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%95%20%D7%A9%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A8|website=Xnet|access-date=5 December 2018|language=Hebrew}}</ref><ref name=JWEEKLY>{{cite news|last=Pine|first=Dan|title=Israeli protest leaders take new tack in fight for social change|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/64657/israeli-protest-leaders-take-new-tack-in-fight-for-social-change/|newspaper=JWeekly.com|date=22 March 2012}}</ref> where she published the first article to appear in the Israeli media about the [[2011 Israeli social justice protests]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Shaffir|first=Stav|title=Dream of Living in Tel Aviv? Keep Dreaming|url=http://www.xnet.co.il/win/articles/0,14717,L-3084981,00.html|access-date=16 May 2012|website=Xnet.co.il|date=7 November 2011|language=Hebrew}}</ref>
== Early Life and Family ==


In 2021, Shaffir took part in the second season of ''[[The Singer in the Mask]]'' as the [[Coccinellidae|Beetle]] (Ladybug) and was the ninth contestant eliminated.
Shaffir was born in [[Netanya]], [[Israel]]. Shaffir's mother is a teacher by profession and her father an accountant. Today they run an accounting firm together in Israel. At the age of 11, Shaffir and her family moved to a small town called Pardesia in the Sharon area.
After finishing high school, Shaffir postponed her military service for one year in order to work with underprivileged children in the city of [[Tveria]], as part of a volunteer group associated with the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel.


== Military Service ==
== Social activism ==
Shaffir, along with [[Daphni Leef]] and [[Itzik Shmuli]], was a founder, organizer and unofficial leader<ref name="JWEEKLY" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Seliger|first=Ralph|title=Young Israeli protest leaders visit NYC|url=https://www.progressiveisrael.org/young-israeli-protest-leaders-visit-nyc/|website=[[Partners for Progressive Israel]]|access-date=2019-06-13}}</ref> of the [[2011 Israeli social justice protests]], when about 400,000 Israelis went to the streets in a series of public demonstrations.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Ynet reporters|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4117325,00.html|title=400 thousand at the height of the protest: "This is a summer 2011 miracle"|website=[[ynet]]|language=he|date=4 September 2011|access-date=30 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author=Ynet reporters|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4117312,00.html|title=Masses show up for biggest protest in Israel's history|website=[[Ynetnews]]|date=3 September 2011|access-date=30 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Ynet reporters|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2011/09/20119318251210764.html|title=Israelis hold 'march of a million' protest|website=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]]|date=3 September 2011|access-date=30 November 2018}}</ref>


On 17 July 2011, Shaffir debated with [[Likud]] [[List of Knesset members|MK]] [[Miri Regev]] on the current events television program "[[Erev Hadash]]" about the protest against the housing prices.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Kan Educational|author-link=Kan Educational|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K38_Hfxl-KY|title=The confrontation between MK Miri Regev and Stav Shaffir on the housing protest|website=[[YouTube]]|language=he|publisher=Length 10:28 minutes|date=17 July 2011|access-date=30 November 2018}}</ref> In the following months, she helped found over 120 tent camps throughout Israel, led demonstrations, including the March of the Million,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jpost.com/National-News/March-of-the-Million-Over-460000-protest-across-country|title='March of the Million': Over 460,000 protest across country|date=3 September 2011 }}</ref> and lobbied with members of the Knesset to pursue a social justice agenda. She served as spokesperson for the Israeli media and represented the protest movement in foreign media outlets.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lieberman|first=Tucker|title=Israeli Activist Speaks in Boston|url=http://www.jewishjournal.org/ee/jewishjournal/index.php/component/fullstory/20120628_A03_art_1/israeli-activist-speaks-in-boston|access-date=20 October 2012|newspaper=The Jewish Journal|date=28 June 2012}} {{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Eisner|first=Jane|title=A Movement Lives On|url=http://forward.com/articles/149866/a-movement-lives-on/|access-date=20 October 2012|newspaper=The Jewish Daily Forward|date=20 January 2012}}</ref> In 2012, Shaffir was a keynote speaker<ref>{{cite news|last=Kampeas|first=Ron|title=J Street and Israel are still arguing – but on friendlier terms|url=http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/03/27/3092356/j-street-and-israel-are-still-arguing-but-on-friendlier-terms|newspaper=JTA|date=27 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=C. Cohen|first=Zach|title=College Students Flood J Street Conference [J Street 2012]|url=http://blog.newvoices.org/2012/03/24/college-students-flood-j-street-conference/|publisher=New Voices|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref> at three U.S.-based conferences: [[J Street (advocacy group)|J Street]], together with Israeli writer [[Amos Oz]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Stav Shaffir's keynote speech at the 2012 J Street Conference|website = [[YouTube]]| date=26 March 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVY4IiPaa_Y|access-date=20 October 2012}}</ref> the [[Jewish Federations of North America]]'s TribeFest<ref>{{cite web|title=Stav Shaffir's keynote speech at the 2012 Tribefest Conference|website = [[YouTube]]| date=11 April 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8n95GzsR88|access-date=20 October 2012}}</ref> and the Personal Democracy Forum.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stav Shaffir's keynote speech at the 2012 Personal Democracy Forum.|website = [[YouTube]]| date=12 June 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLMeb7-m3dk|access-date=20 October 2012}}</ref>
Upon being drafted into the [[Israeli Defense Forces]], Shaffir was accepted as a cadet in the [[Israeli Air Force]] and was enlisted into the flight academy. Five months into the flight training course Shaffir was transferred to a new position as a military journalist in the IDF magazine, [[Bamahane]]. As a military journalist, Shaffir covered IDF activity including the [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan]] and the [[2006 Lebanon war]].


In February 2012, Shaffir and fellow tent protesters Alon Lee-Green and Yonatan Levi founded the Israeli Social Movement. In August 2012, Shaffir and her colleagues embarked on a tour from the southern sea port of [[Eilat]] to [[Kiryat Shmona]] on the Lebanese border, to listen to activists and citizens regarding their concerns.<ref>{{cite news|last=Shaffir|first=Stav|title=Israel's Social-Justice Revolution: On a Roll, But Spinning Its Wheels |url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/culture/2012/09/revolution-on-wheels.html|access-date=20 October 2012|newspaper=Al Monitor|date=1 October 2012}}</ref> Their last status was published in [[Facebook]] on 9 September 2012, and a month later Shaffir announced her intent to run for the Knesset as a member of the Labor Party.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Gidon Dokov|url=https://www.makorrishon.co.il/nrg/online/1/ART2/719/047.html|title=The Social Justice Movement does not submit reports to the Registrar of Associations|website=[[Makor Rishon]]|language=he|date=21 August 2015|access-date=1 December 2018}}</ref>
== Higher Education, Journalism and Extra-Curricular Activities ==


== Political career ==
Upon being released from the army, Shaffir was awarded a three year Leadership Program scholarship by the [[City University of London]] where she completed a B.A in [[sociology]] and [[journalism]].
During her studies in [[London]], Shaffir worked as an intern in the [[British Parliament]] within a special program that enabled students to work with parliament members on a variety of social projects. Furthermore, Shaffir took part in the [[European Union]] Investigative Journalism contest and was awarded first place for her piece covering Iraqi refugees in England.
In 2009 Shaffir returned to Israel and enrolled in the Rimon School of music. During that time, Shaffir continued to volunteer in a number of educational programs and began an M.A in the [http://www.tau.ac.il/~cohn/ Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas] in [[Tel Aviv University]].
In the past seven years Shaffir has worked as journalist in many different publications, including the authoring of a travel section in [[National Geographic]], a real estate section in the [[Ha'ir]] weekly newspaper, and a series of articles for [[Keshet_Broadcasting#mako|Mako]] magazine. Shaffir’s latest position was as an editor for the [[Yedioth Ahronoth]]<ref name=JWEEKLY>{{cite news|last=Pine|first=Dan|title=Israeli protest leaders take new tack in fight for social change|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/64657/israeli-protest-leaders-take-new-tack-in-fight-for-social-change/|newspaper=JWeekly.com|date=22.3.12}}</ref> internet site [http://www.xnet.co.il/home/0,14538,L-8,00.html Xnet], for which she published the first article to appear in the Israeli media concerning the [[2011 Israeli social justice protests]], also known as the ‘Tent Movement’.


[[File:Sebastian Kurz Arbitsbesuch Israel (27052910275).jpg|thumb|right|Shaffir with Austrian Prime Minister [[Sebastian Kurz]] in Jerusalem, 2016]]
== The Tent Movement ==


Shaffir was approached by the [[Israeli Labor Party|Labor Party]] in May 2012 to join its ranks<ref>{{cite news|title=Politics Now: Stav Shaffir to Run in the Avoda Primaries|url=http://www.themarker.com/news/1.1702675|access-date=16 May 2012|newspaper=The Marker|date=8 May 2012|language=Hebrew}}</ref> in preparation for the [[Elections in Israel#2013 elections|2013 general elections]] held on 22 January 2013. She officially declared her candidacy for the Labor Party list on 12 October 2012.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lis|first=Jonathan|title=Labor party celebrates flood of new faces|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/labor-party-celebrates-flood-of-new-faces.premium-1.470833|access-date=20 October 2012|website=[[Haaretz]]|date=18 October 2012}}</ref> Shaffir placed 9th<ref>{{cite news|last=Lis|first=Jonathan|title=Veteran MKs lead new Labor list, with several fresh faces close behind|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/veteran-mks-lead-new-labor-list-with-several-fresh-faces-close-behind.premium-1.481631|access-date=30 November 2012|newspaper=Ha'aretz|date=30 November 2012}}</ref> (moving up to 8th after [[Amir Peretz]]'s resignation)<ref>{{cite news|last=Schechter|first=Asher|title=Labor defector Amir Peretz is the walrus|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/labor-defector-amir-peretz-is-the-walrus.premium-1.483828|access-date=12 December 2012|website=[[Haaretz]]|date=10 November 2012}}</ref> as a result of the 29 November 2012 primaries, securing her a seat in the Knesset following the 22 January 2013 general elections. After the 13 January 2015 primaries, Shaffir placed second,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lis|first1=Jonathan|title=Yacimovich, Shaffir secure top spots on Labor's Knesset slate|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-election-2015/.premium-1.636996|access-date=14 January 2015|website=[[Haaretz]]|date=14 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Sharon|first1=Itamar|title=Women win big as Yachimovich, Shaffir top Labor primary vote Read more: Women win big as Yachimovich, Shaffir top Labor primary vote|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/shelly-yachimovich-stav-shaffir-top-labor-primary-vote/#ixzz3OnhJY0z3|access-date=14 January 2015|website=[[The Times of Israel]]|date=14 January 2015}}</ref> and so holds the third place on the internal party list (after party leader [[Isaac Herzog]] and [[Shelly Yachimovich]]). In the combined Labor-Hatnuah party, Shaffir holds the fourth place due to [[Hatnuah]] Leader [[Tzipi Livni]]'s placement behind Herzog.
The [[2011 Israeli social justice protests]], also known as the 'Tent Movement', was formed on July 14, 2011. Shaffir, a member of the small group of its founders and organizers, would eventually rise to become spokesperson of the movement, and was numbered among its leaders <ref name="JWEEKLY" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Seliger|first=Ralph|title=Young Israeli protest leaders visit NYC|url=http://meretzusa.blogspot.com/2012/04/young-israeli-protest-leaders-visit-nyc.html|publisher=meretzusa.org|accessdate=4.4.12}}</ref> along with [[Daphni Leef]] and Itzik Shmuli.


Initially elected at age 27, Shaffir became the youngest female Knesset member in its history.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/03/stav-shaffir-ayelet-shaked-social-justice-habayit-hayehudi.html/|title = Two women shape Israel's politics - Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East| newspaper=Al-Monitor: Independent, Trusted Coverage of the Middle East }}</ref> She was also the MK with the lowest [[net worth]], a total of $20,000, owning neither an apartment nor a car.<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/business/knesset-s-youngest-lawmaker-has-net-worth-of-around-20-000.premium-1.513460 Zvi Zrahiya, ''Knesset's youngest lawmaker has net worth of around $20,000,'' Haaretz, 04.04.13]</ref> She was one of eight MKs to forgo their 2015 pay raise calling it "distasteful" in light of wage stagnation in the Israeli job market.<ref>{{cite news|last1=PILEGGI|first1=TAMAR|title=Eight Knesset members forgo 2015 pay raise|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/eight-knesset-members-forgo-2015-raise/#ixzz3Mb5n0anc|access-date=31 December 2014|website=[[The Times of Israel]]|date=2 December 2014}}</ref>
Shaffir received initial public recognition during the first days of the movement as a result of her clash with [[Knesset]] member [[Miri Regev]] on the television show [[Erev Hadash]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K38_Hfxl-KY&feature=related (video in Hebrew)]. In the months to come, Shaffir would help organize the founding of over 120 tent camps all over Israel, lead large demonstrations including the ‘[[Timeline_of_the_2011_Israeli_social_justice_protests#September_3rd:_The_.22March_of_the_Million.22|March of the Million]]’, and work with members of the Knesset in demanding social justice. Beyond the many articles Shaffir has published in the Israeli media concerning the movement, she has also spoken to foreign media outlets <ref>{{cite news|last=Lior|first=Ilan|title=Social protest leader tells Haaretz: Israelis won't accept the status quo|url=http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/social-protest-leader-tells-haaretz-israelis-won-t-accept-the-status-quo-1.392428|newspaper=Haaretz.com|date=28.10.11}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news|last=Vick|first=Karl|title=What Occupy Wall Street Can Learn from Occupy Tel Aviv Read more: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2097627,00.html#ixzz1u8MX3Erx|url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2097627,00.html|newspaper=Time World|date=28.10.11}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news|last=Donnison|first=Jon|title=Israeli protest over living costs|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14778475|newspaper=BBC|date=4.9.11}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news|last=Kershner|first=Isabel|title=Activists Aim to Revitalize Israeli Protests|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/01/world/middleeast/01israel.html?_r=3&pagewanted=all|newspaper=New York Times|date=31.8.11}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news|last=News Desk|title=Occupy Wall Street: Stalwarts of Arab Spring offer advice|url=http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/111010/occupy-wall-street-arab-spring-protests|newspaper=Global Post|date=11.10.11}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news|last=Press|first=Eyal|title=Rising Up in Israel|url=http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/nov/24/rising-israel/?pagination=false|newspaper=The New York Review of Books|date=25.10.11}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news|last=von Mittelstaedt|first=Juliane|title=Israel Protests Could Boost Peace Process|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,780357,00.html|newspaper=Spiegel Online|date=8.17.11}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news|title=How Goodly Are Your Tents, O Tel Aviv? A Symposium|url=http://www.jewishreviewofbooks.com/publications/detail/how-goodly-are-your-tents-o-tel-aviv-a-symposium}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|last=Kleinberg Neimark|first=Marilyn|title=What's Next for Israel's J14 Social Justice Movement?|url=http://beyondthepale.org/episode/2012/04/01|publisher=WBAI 99.5 FM|accessdate=4.1.12}}</ref> in order to better explain the ideas and driving forces behind the movement. Shaffir was also invited to the annual [[J-Street]] conference (2012) as a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVY4IiPaa_Y key speaker]<ref>{{cite news|last=Kampeas|first=Ron|title=J Street and Israel are still arguing—but on friendlier terms|url=http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/03/27/3092356/j-street-and-israel-are-still-arguing-but-on-friendlier-terms|newspaper=JTA|date=27.3.12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=C. Cohen|first=Zach|title=College Students Flood J Street Conference [J Street 2012]|url=http://blog.newvoices.org/2012/03/24/college-students-flood-j-street-conference/|publisher=New Voices|accessdate=24.3.12}}</ref> along with Israeli writer [[Amos Oz]].


On 2 July 2019, Shaffir [[2019 Israeli Labor Party leadership election|ran]] for the head of the Labor Party, and got 27% of the votes after Peretz, who received 47% of the votes. Shmuli reached third after Shaffir, and got 26% of the votes.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Segal|first1=Amit|last2=Liel|first2=Daphna|title=בחירות 2019 {{!}} עמיר פרץ נבחר ליו"ר מפלגת העבודה|trans-title=Elections 2019 {{!}} Amir Peretz was elected Chairman of the Labor Party|url=https://www.mako.co.il/news-israel-elections/elections_2019-q3_2019/Article-b84bef14724bb61026.htm|website=Mako|language=he|date=2 July 2019|access-date=2 July 2019}}</ref>
== External References ==


=== Financial transparency ===
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVY4IiPaa_Y Stav Shaffir's keynote speech at the 2012 J Street Conference]
Shaffir's key accomplishment during her first term was instituting greater financial transparency in the Israeli State budget as a member of the Knesset Finance Committee.<ref name=knesset />


In May 2012, Shaffir joined 10,000 protestors demanding that the proposed 2013 Israeli State Budget be made more favorable to middle and lower income Israelis.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Brief|first1=News|title=MK Shafir: Treasury should Retract Budget Measures|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/268106#.VJcHL0AoYg|access-date=31 December 2014|website=[[Arutz Sheva]]|date=5 December 2013}}</ref> Shaffir appointed a team of volunteers to investigate the budgetary transfers and eventually brought her concerns to the Supreme Court, which ruled that the Finance Ministry must reach a compromise with Shaffir on a new method for budget transfers by February 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Starkman|first1=Rotem|title=Supreme Court urges negotiation on procedure for extra gov't spending|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/.premium-1.599666|access-date=31 December 2014|website=[[Haaretz]]|date=18 June 2014}}</ref>
* [http://beyondthepale.org/episode/2012/04/01 What's Next for Israel's J14 Social Justice Movement?]


Shaffir was an advocate of fair compensation for residents of southern Israel who were most impacted by the [[2014 Israel–Gaza conflict|2014 Operation Protective Shield in Gaza]]. She objected to a political deal to transfer millions of shekels to settlements and nothing to the South.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Zrahiya|first1=Zvi|title=Defense budget for 2014 tops 70 billion shekels|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.630335|access-date=31 December 2014|website=[[Haaretz]]|date=7 December 2014}}</ref> Shaffir got funds allocated to local authorities impacted by rocket fire in the South, but 73 days after Operation Protective Shield began, the funds had yet to be transferred. In response, Shaffir called for a meeting to address the lack of action.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Zrahiya|first1=Zvi|title=Knesset panel approves NIS 3.8b in military spending in stormy session|url=http://www.haaretz.com/business/economy-finance/.premium-1.610199|access-date=31 December 2014|website=[[Haaretz]]|date=13 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Elis|first1=Niv|title=A war, by any other name, would cost the gov't less|url=http://www.jpost.com/Business/Business-Features/A-war-by-any-other-name-would-cost-the-govt-less-369940|access-date=31 December 2014|website=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|date=8 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Harkov|first1=Lahav|title=Finance Committee debate on funding for South vs. settlements heats up|url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Finance-Committee-debate-on-funding-for-South-vs-settlements-heats-up-378184|access-date=31 December 2014|website=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|date=10 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Harkov|first1=Lahav|title=Knesset to hold meeting on aid package for South, budget cuts|url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Knesset-to-hold-meeting-on-aid-package-for-South-budget-cuts-373077|access-date=31 December 2014|website=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|date=9 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Harkov|first1=Lahav|title=MKs call to transfer funds to Gaza border towns immediately|url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/MKs-call-to-transfer-funds-to-Gaza-border-towns-immediately-375723|access-date=31 December 2014|website=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|date=18 September 2014}}</ref>
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP2YLzAZT9o Germany TV - Protest Leader Stav Shafir: We Plan Million-Strong March 7/8/11] (video in Hebrew)


Shaffir objected to the transfer of millions of shekels to the [[World Zionist Organization]] Settlement Division, which circumvents oversight<ref>{{cite news|last1=Azulay|first1=Moran|title=Labor MK hits back at massive increase in Settlement Division budget|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4590292,00.html|access-date=31 December 2014|website=[[Ynetnews]]|date=11 October 2014}}</ref> because legally it is under no obligation to report what it does with government funding.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Newman|first1=Marissa|title=Labor MK: State quietly giving huge sums to settlements|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/labor-mk-state-quietly-giving-millions-to-settlements/|access-date=31 December 2014|website=[[The Times of Israel]]|date=23 March 2014}}</ref> She wrote a letter complaining that Finance Committee Chair Slomiansky should not be allowed to conduct meetings on the World Zionist Organization Settlement Division’s budget.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Harkov|first1=Lahav|title=Opposition takes budget gripes to court|url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Opposition-takes-budget-gripes-to-court-375125|access-date=31 December 2014|website=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|date=9 November 2014}}</ref> Shaffir also argued against funding for the Jewish Identity Administration which she considered a ploy to promote a right wing political agenda.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Harkov|first1=Lahav|title=Labor MK Shaffir fights funding for Jewish identity education|url=http://new.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Labor-MK-Shaffir-fights-funding-for-Jewish-identity-education-330131|access-date=31 December 2014|website=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|date=10 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128132341/http://new.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Labor-MK-Shaffir-fights-funding-for-Jewish-identity-education-330131|archive-date=28 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FynV2_xGng Tel Aviv: Police Arrest Social Protest Leader Stav Shafir in Rally 7/1/12 - P.2]


Following the dismissal of Finance Minister [[Yair Lapid]] by Prime Minister [[Netanyahu]] on 2 December 2014, the Finance Committee transferred millions of shekels to the settlements, despite objections by Shaffir. She was repeatedly forcibly removed from Committee meetings for complaining about the lack of clear information about what was being voted on.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Horovitz|first1=David|title=We had no idea what the money was for, says MK of huge sums pumped to settlements |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/we-had-no-idea-we-were-voting-to-pump-huge-sum-into-settlements-mk-says/|access-date=31 December 2014|website=[[The Times of Israel]]|date=23 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=TOVAH|first1=LAZAROFF|title=Finance Ministry skirted rules in settler funding request, Knesset legal adviser says|url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Finance-Ministry-skirted-rules-in-settler-funding-request-Knesset-legal-adviser-says-385667|access-date=31 December 2014|website=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|date=24 December 2014}}</ref> On 19 February 2015, the World Zionist Organization (WZO) announced that it would end the Prime Minister Office's oversight over the Settlement Division. Shaffir had publicly criticized their secret dealings that included extensive indirect funding for building West Bank settlements. "Coupled with reports of possibly illegal abuse of funds, the division has faced calls for reform from both the left and center, especially ahead of the March 17 election." The WZO also said it would increase transparency and make its records public,<ref>{{Cite web|author=The Knesset|title=Protocol No. 10 From the meeting of the Special Committee for the Implementation of the Accessibility of Government Information and the Principles of its Transparency to the Public|url=https://fs.knesset.gov.il/20/Committees/20_ptv_315793.doc|website=[[Knesset]]|language=he|date=4 November 2015|access-date=2 December 2018|publisher=pages 44–45|quote=Reuven Shalom, WZO management secretary: I can say that the 2016 budget, which would be approved in the coming month, will be on the website of the World Zionist Organization. This budget will be, and support to third parties, subsidies and allocations – will appear on the website.}}</ref> with the appointment of a special comptroller to look into the division's workings.<ref>{{cite news|last1=YAHAV|first1=TELEM|title=WZO wrests control of Settlement Division away from state|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4628755,00.html|access-date=20 February 2015|website=[[Ynetnews]]|date= 19 February 2015}}</ref>
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JULep_7lOjA Stav Shaffir - Israeli social justice protest on Rabin Square Tel aviv 29 october 2011]


=== Special Committee for the Transparency and Accessibility of Government Information ===
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJfP9ojk6qk&feature=related Social justice rally, Tel Aviv, Israel העם החליט צדק חברתי] (video in Hebrew)
In July 2015 it was decided that Shaffir would start and chair a new semi permanent committee in parliament, The Special Committee for the Transparency and Accessibility of Government Information (also known as the 'Transparency committee').<ref>{{cite web | url=http://knesset.gov.il/committees/eng/committee_eng.asp?c_id=571 | title=Unavailable }}</ref> The committee deals with transparency and accountability, open government, open data and e-gov in all branches of government in Israel.

=== Women rights and freedom of religious practice ===
Shaffir donned a [[tallit]] and joined [[Women of the Wall]] in prayer at the Western Wall in Jerusalem in March 2013. Shaffir and her fellow parliamentarians were initially barred from attending – according to the police, women wearing tallit were a "disturbance of public order"<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/female-israeli-mks-join-women-of-the-wall-no-arrests-for-first-time-in-months.premium-1.508895|title = Female Israeli MKS Join Women of the Wall; No Arrests for First Time in Months|newspaper = Haaretz}}</ref> – but their legal status as legislators forced the police to let them pray.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Beauchamp|first1=Zack|title=Meet The Most Inspiring Female Lawmaker You've Never Heard Of|url=http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/10/03/2714551/meet-the-most-inspiring-female-lawmaker-youve-never-heard-of/|access-date=31 December 2014|website=Think Progress|date=23 October 2013}}</ref> She joined the women in solidarity with their equal right to pray, but also for<ref>{{cite news|last1=Harkov|first1=Lahav|title=Lapid votes down gay unions bill|url=http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Lapid-votes-down-gay-unions-bill-330501|access-date=31 December 2014|website=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|date=11 March 2013}}</ref> the broader struggle for freedom of religion in Israel – "our freedom to live how we want to live, with our own beliefs and our own personal way of practicing Judaism or other religions."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Burston|first1=Bradley|title=Slapping Women of the Wall as 'childish provocateurs' and narcissists|url=http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/a-special-place-in-hell/.premium-1.533153|access-date=31 December 2014|website=[[Haaretz]]|date=1 July 2013}}</ref>

In spring 2014, Shaffir traveled to the US as a member of a delegation of female Knesset members studying the role of women in legislatures.<ref>{{cite news|title=Female Knesset members tour US|url=http://theuglytruth.wordpress.com/2014/05/03/female-knesset-members-tour-us/|access-date=31 December 2014|publisher=The Ugly Truth|date=3 May 2014|archive-date=28 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128212636/https://theuglytruth.wordpress.com/2014/05/03/female-knesset-members-tour-us/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

When it was reported during the [[2014 Israel–Gaza conflict]] that shelters in the city of Ashdod were excluding women from so-called "men only" shelters, Shaffir filed an urgent complaint with the Religious Affairs Ministry, demanding to put an immediate halt to the segregation. It was promptly ended.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sztokman|first1=Elana|title=Israel's 'Men's Only' Bomb Shelters|url=http://blogs.forward.com/sisterhood-blog/202200/israels-mens-only-bomb-shelters/#ixzz3N80hIzue|access-date=31 December 2014|website=The Jewish Daily Forward|date=16 July 2014}}</ref>

=== LGBT rights ===
Shaffir proposed legislation in May 2013 that would allow same-sex couples to get government recognition for civil unions. Despite wide support within the Labor Party and from individual Knesset members from [[Likud]] and [[Hatnua]], [[Yesh Atid]] blocked the bill in favor of their own civil unions bill.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mualem|first1=Mazal|title=Israeli Politicians Address Gay Pride at Parade|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/06/gay-pride-padare-politicians.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074722/http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/06/gay-pride-padare-politicians.html|url-status=dead|access-date=2 August 2018|website=Al Monitor|date=10 June 2013|archive-date=4 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Potts|first1=Andrew|title=Israeli party blocks civil unions bill in favor of its own bill|url=http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/israeli-party-blocks-civil-unions-bill-favor-its-own-bill041113|access-date=31 December 2014|website=Gay Star News|date=4 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128114504/http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/israeli-party-blocks-civil-unions-bill-favor-its-own-bill041113|archive-date=28 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> After a ''[[Haaretz]]'' poll showed support from 70% of Israelis for full and equal rights for the gay community, Shaffir with the help of attorneys and community activists, compiled a list of 12 ways to benefit the LGBTQ community through ministerial regulatory action, sidestepping the need for legislation. These include rules making it easier for same-sex couples to adopt and to enter into surrogacy arrangements.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ilan|first1=Lior|title=Haaretz poll finds 70% of Israelis support equality for gay community|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/1.563541|access-date=31 December 2014|date=15 December 2013}}</ref>

=== Socioeconomic justice and peace ===
Shaffir spoke about connecting socioeconomic issues with the Israeli-Palestinian peace process at the Fall 2013 [[J Street (advocacy group)|J Street]] Conference in Washington, DC. She also spoke to the need for cautious exploration of non-violent means for Israel to resolve its conflict with Iran.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Magid|first1=Aaron|title=A Labor MK Feels at Home at the J Street Conference|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/13920#.VJcxtkAoYg|access-date=31 December 2014|website=[[Arutz Sheva]]|date=6 October 2013}}</ref> In her keynote speech at the 2015 J Street Conference, Shaffir spoke of her vision of an Israel that celebrates diversity and treats the poor with compassion but above all "an Israel that does not control millions of Palestinians."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNOGwC8aPA4|title=MK Stav Shaffir at J Street's 2015 National Conference|website=[[YouTube]]|publisher=with [[Closed captioning]]|access-date=20 April 2015|date=3 February 2015}}<br />{{cite news|last1=Shalev|first1=Chemy|title=J Street's Fiery Rock Star Stav Shaffir Has a Suggestion: 'Occupy Zionism'|url=http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/.premium-1.648507|access-date=29 April 2015|website=[[Haaretz]]|date=24 March 2015}}</ref>

Shaffir with MKs [[Yehiel Bar]] and [[Orly Levi]] launched a lobby for the advancement of fair rent after a report prepared by the Knesset Research and Information Center found that rents across Israel had increased by 49% since 2007. On 13 February 2014, Shaffir proposed legislation to regulate the rental housing market. The Housing Cabinet adopted her proposed fair rental law.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Nimrod|first1=Bousso|title=Report: Fewer young couples can buy apartments in Tel Aviv suburbs|url=http://www.haaretz.com/business/real-estate/.premium-1.578209|access-date=31 December 2014|website=[[Haaretz]]|date=6 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Levi|first1=Yaakov|title=Students: Impose Rent Controls, or We'll Strike|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/186757#|access-date=31 December 2014|website=[[Arutz Sheva]]|date=29 October 2014}}</ref>

=== Asylum policy ===
Shaffir advocated for Israel to adopt a formal asylum policy that distinguishes between refugees and migrants with quotas based on Israel’s capacity for absorption. She supported the Supreme Court’s quashing of the 2012 Law for the Prevention of Infiltration (Amendment no. 3) (temporary order), which mandated an almost automatic three-year detention of ‘infiltrators.’<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ziegler|first1=Reuven|title=Blogpost – On the Israeli Supreme Court Judgment|url=http://migreflaw.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/blogpost-on-the-israeli-supreme-court-judgment/|access-date=31 December 2014|website=European Society of International Law|date=22 September 2013}}</ref> She said, "We are a country based on refugees. My grandmother escaped from Iraq and my grandfather escaped during the Holocaust. It is a country that knows what it means to escape with your life."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Magid|first1=Aaron|title=A Labor MK Feels at Home at the J Street Conference|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/13920#|access-date=31 December 2014|website=[[Arutz Sheva]]|date=6 October 2013}}</ref>

=== OECD Committee on Government Transparency ===
On 11 February 2017, Shaffir was appointed Chair of the newly established Committee of Government transparency in the [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development|OECD]] organization.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4921274,00.html|title=MK Stav Shaffir appointed head of OECD Transparency Committee|last=Eichner|first=Itamar|date=11 February 2017|website=[[Ynetnews]]|access-date=2 December 2018}}</ref> The Committee is a joint initiative led by Shaffir, the Israeli Foreign Affairs ministry and the OECD representative in Israel. The first meeting took place in Paris, on 12 February 2017 and had representatives from more than 90 countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.yediot.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4920968,00.html|title=Benign (Shaffir in Hebrew) and Transparent|last=Eichner|first=Itamar|date=11 February 2017|website=Yediot Aharonot|language=he|access-date=2 August 2018|quote=Respect for Israel: After vigorous activity in the Knesset, MK Stav Shafir was appointed head of the transparency committee of the [[OECD]]}}</ref>

=== Democratic Union ===
In July 2019, Shaffir left the Labor party to run as part of the [[Democratic Union (Israel)|Democratic Union]] party, a union of the [[Green Party (Israel)|Green Movement]] (which Shaffir now leads), [[Meretz]] and [[Israel Democratic Party]].<ref>{{Cite news|author1=Moran Azoulay|author2=Yuval Karni|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5557114,00.html|title=Israel's left-wing unites under new party ahead of September elections |website=[[Ynet]]|date=25 July 2019|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref> She resigned from the Knesset and was replaced by the next person on the Labor list, [[Merav Michaeli]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/467236|title=Merav Michaeli returns to Knesset|website=[[Arutz Sheva]]|date=13 August 2019|access-date=13 August 2019}}</ref>

=== Green Party ===
In December 2019, Shaffir announced that she would be renaming the Green Movement the [[Green Party (Israel)|Green Party]], and would run independently in the [[2020 Israeli legislative election|2020 elections]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/left-wing-mk-shaffir-says-planning-to-run-independently-in-elections/ |title=Left-wing MK Shaffir says planning to run independently in elections |work=[[The Times of Israel]] |author=Staff writer |author-link=Staff writer |access-date=23 December 2019 |date=19 December 2019}}</ref> Shaffir was re-elected as the head of the party on 29 January 2021.<ref name=jpost30jan>{{cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-elections/israel-elections-dozens-running-for-four-seats-in-labor-657265/|title=Israel elections: Dozens running for four seats in Labor|work=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|date=30 January 2021|access-date=30 January 2021|first=Gil| last=Hoffman}}</ref>

== Awards ==
* On 28 November 2018, Apolitical, a global policy platform in [[London]], included Shaffir in its list of the Hundred Future Leaders: The World’s Most Influential Young People in Government for 2018, which included among the rest [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]], [[Michael Tubbs]], [[Naisula Lesuuda]] and [[Sayida Ounissi]].<ref>{{Cite web|author=Press Release|url=https://www.pressrelease.com/news/apolitical-announces-worlds-100-most-influential-young-people-135227|title=Apolitical Announces World's 100 Most Influential Young People in Government for 2018|website=Press Release|date=28 November 2018|access-date=29 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Apolitical|url=https://apolitical.co/lists/100-government-leaders/|title=100 Future Leaders: The World's Most Influential Young People in Government|website=Apolitical|date=28 November 2018|access-date=29 November 2018}}</ref> [[Avi Gabbay]], the chairman of the Israeli Labor Party, praised Shaffir for her achievement.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Avi Gabbay|url=https://www.facebook.com/avi.gabbay/posts/2229827857235952|title=A big pride! Excellent Stav Shaffir was chosen to the international list of the most hundred influential political leaders by the ''Apolitical'' organization|website=[[Facebook]]|language=he|date=28 November 2018|access-date=29 November 2018}}</ref>


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* {{cite web|author=Harriet Sherwood|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/sep/04/israel-protests-social-justice|title=Israeli protests: 430,000 take to streets to demand social justice|website=[[TheGuardian.com]]|date=4 September 2018|access-date=30 November 2018}}.
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* [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/11/07/don-t-need-no-education.html Don't Need No Education, The Daily Beast, by Stav Shaffir – 7 November 2012].
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* [https://forward.com/news/israel/214682/is-stav-shaffir-israels-youngest-lawmaker-ready-fo/ Is Stav Shaffir, Israel's Youngest Lawmaker, Ready for a Bigger Role?, The Forward, by Naomi Zeveloff], 17 February 2015.
* [http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-02-18/youve-heard-hope-and-change-you-probably-havent-heard-its-new-israeli-messenger/ You've heard of hope and change, but you probably haven't heard its new Israeli messenger, PRI's The World, by Daniel Estrin], 18 February 2015.
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Stav Shaffir
Shaffir in 2015
Faction represented in the Knesset
2013–2015Labor Party
2015–2019Zionist Union
2019Labor Party
2019–2020Democratic Union
Personal details
Born (1985-05-17) 17 May 1985 (age 39)
Netanya, Israel
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • Politician
  • Social activist

Stav Shaffir (Hebrew: סְתָיו שָׁפִיר; born 17 May 1985) is an Israeli politician. She is the leader of the Green Party and was a member of the Knesset for the Democratic Union alliance. She came to national prominence as one of the leaders of the 2011 Israeli social justice protests, focusing on housing, public services, income inequality and democracy, and later became spokeswoman of the movement. She was subsequently elected to the Knesset as a member of the Labor Party in 2013. The party contested the 2015 elections as part of the Zionist Union alliance, with Shaffir retaining her seat. She was re-elected again in the April 2019 elections, in which Labor ran alone. However, after losing a Labor leadership election to Amir Peretz in June 2019, she left the party and resigned from the Knesset and became head of the Green Movement. Her new party formed the Democratic Union alongside Meretz and the Israel Democratic Party. Shaffir lost her Knesset seat in the 2020 election.

Biography

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Shaffir was born in Netanya, Israel, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish, Polish-Jewish, Lithuanian-Jewish Romanian-Jewish and Iraqi-Jewish descent. At the age of 12, Shaffir's family moved to Pardesiya, a small town in the Sharon area, where her parents had an accounting firm. Shaffir joined HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed (Federation of Working and Studying Youth). After high school, Shaffir worked for a year in Tiberias as a part of a volunteer group affiliated with the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel.[1] She served in the Israel Defense Forces as a cadet in the flight academy of the Israeli Air Force. After five months, she began to write for the IDF magazine, Bamahane.[2] In this position she covered the Israeli disengagement from Gaza and the 2006 Lebanon war.[2]

After completing her military service, Shaffir was accepted into the Olive Tree Scholarship Program[3][4] by the City University of London, an initiative to support future leaders who desire to change the status quo of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. During her studies in London, Shaffir worked as an intern in the British Parliament as part of the Undergraduate ParliaMentors program[5] and was awarded runner up in the JRS Competition for Student Journalists in 2008 for her piece covering Iraqi refugees in England.[6][7] Shaffir received a B.A in Sociology and Journalism in 2009.[8] Shaffir, who plays the piano, drums, guitar, violin and oud,[9] continued her studies in Israel at the Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music in Ramat-HaSharon for a year. She then enrolled in the M.A program at the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas at Tel Aviv University.[8]

Shaffir worked as a freelance journalist and an editor for National Geographic, the Ha'ir weekly newspaper, the Mako Magazine and Yedioth Ahronoth internet site Xnet,[10][11] where she published the first article to appear in the Israeli media about the 2011 Israeli social justice protests.[12]

In 2021, Shaffir took part in the second season of The Singer in the Mask as the Beetle (Ladybug) and was the ninth contestant eliminated.

Social activism

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Shaffir, along with Daphni Leef and Itzik Shmuli, was a founder, organizer and unofficial leader[11][13] of the 2011 Israeli social justice protests, when about 400,000 Israelis went to the streets in a series of public demonstrations.[14][15][16]

On 17 July 2011, Shaffir debated with Likud MK Miri Regev on the current events television program "Erev Hadash" about the protest against the housing prices.[17] In the following months, she helped found over 120 tent camps throughout Israel, led demonstrations, including the March of the Million,[18] and lobbied with members of the Knesset to pursue a social justice agenda. She served as spokesperson for the Israeli media and represented the protest movement in foreign media outlets.[19][20] In 2012, Shaffir was a keynote speaker[21][22] at three U.S.-based conferences: J Street, together with Israeli writer Amos Oz,[23] the Jewish Federations of North America's TribeFest[24] and the Personal Democracy Forum.[25]

In February 2012, Shaffir and fellow tent protesters Alon Lee-Green and Yonatan Levi founded the Israeli Social Movement. In August 2012, Shaffir and her colleagues embarked on a tour from the southern sea port of Eilat to Kiryat Shmona on the Lebanese border, to listen to activists and citizens regarding their concerns.[26] Their last status was published in Facebook on 9 September 2012, and a month later Shaffir announced her intent to run for the Knesset as a member of the Labor Party.[27]

Political career

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Shaffir with Austrian Prime Minister Sebastian Kurz in Jerusalem, 2016

Shaffir was approached by the Labor Party in May 2012 to join its ranks[28] in preparation for the 2013 general elections held on 22 January 2013. She officially declared her candidacy for the Labor Party list on 12 October 2012.[29] Shaffir placed 9th[30] (moving up to 8th after Amir Peretz's resignation)[31] as a result of the 29 November 2012 primaries, securing her a seat in the Knesset following the 22 January 2013 general elections. After the 13 January 2015 primaries, Shaffir placed second,[32][33] and so holds the third place on the internal party list (after party leader Isaac Herzog and Shelly Yachimovich). In the combined Labor-Hatnuah party, Shaffir holds the fourth place due to Hatnuah Leader Tzipi Livni's placement behind Herzog.

Initially elected at age 27, Shaffir became the youngest female Knesset member in its history.[34] She was also the MK with the lowest net worth, a total of $20,000, owning neither an apartment nor a car.[35] She was one of eight MKs to forgo their 2015 pay raise calling it "distasteful" in light of wage stagnation in the Israeli job market.[36]

On 2 July 2019, Shaffir ran for the head of the Labor Party, and got 27% of the votes after Peretz, who received 47% of the votes. Shmuli reached third after Shaffir, and got 26% of the votes.[37]

Financial transparency

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Shaffir's key accomplishment during her first term was instituting greater financial transparency in the Israeli State budget as a member of the Knesset Finance Committee.[1]

In May 2012, Shaffir joined 10,000 protestors demanding that the proposed 2013 Israeli State Budget be made more favorable to middle and lower income Israelis.[38] Shaffir appointed a team of volunteers to investigate the budgetary transfers and eventually brought her concerns to the Supreme Court, which ruled that the Finance Ministry must reach a compromise with Shaffir on a new method for budget transfers by February 2015.[39]

Shaffir was an advocate of fair compensation for residents of southern Israel who were most impacted by the 2014 Operation Protective Shield in Gaza. She objected to a political deal to transfer millions of shekels to settlements and nothing to the South.[40] Shaffir got funds allocated to local authorities impacted by rocket fire in the South, but 73 days after Operation Protective Shield began, the funds had yet to be transferred. In response, Shaffir called for a meeting to address the lack of action.[41][42][43][44][45]

Shaffir objected to the transfer of millions of shekels to the World Zionist Organization Settlement Division, which circumvents oversight[46] because legally it is under no obligation to report what it does with government funding.[47] She wrote a letter complaining that Finance Committee Chair Slomiansky should not be allowed to conduct meetings on the World Zionist Organization Settlement Division’s budget.[48] Shaffir also argued against funding for the Jewish Identity Administration which she considered a ploy to promote a right wing political agenda.[49]

Following the dismissal of Finance Minister Yair Lapid by Prime Minister Netanyahu on 2 December 2014, the Finance Committee transferred millions of shekels to the settlements, despite objections by Shaffir. She was repeatedly forcibly removed from Committee meetings for complaining about the lack of clear information about what was being voted on.[50][51] On 19 February 2015, the World Zionist Organization (WZO) announced that it would end the Prime Minister Office's oversight over the Settlement Division. Shaffir had publicly criticized their secret dealings that included extensive indirect funding for building West Bank settlements. "Coupled with reports of possibly illegal abuse of funds, the division has faced calls for reform from both the left and center, especially ahead of the March 17 election." The WZO also said it would increase transparency and make its records public,[52] with the appointment of a special comptroller to look into the division's workings.[53]

Special Committee for the Transparency and Accessibility of Government Information

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In July 2015 it was decided that Shaffir would start and chair a new semi permanent committee in parliament, The Special Committee for the Transparency and Accessibility of Government Information (also known as the 'Transparency committee').[54] The committee deals with transparency and accountability, open government, open data and e-gov in all branches of government in Israel.

Women rights and freedom of religious practice

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Shaffir donned a tallit and joined Women of the Wall in prayer at the Western Wall in Jerusalem in March 2013. Shaffir and her fellow parliamentarians were initially barred from attending – according to the police, women wearing tallit were a "disturbance of public order"[55] – but their legal status as legislators forced the police to let them pray.[56] She joined the women in solidarity with their equal right to pray, but also for[57] the broader struggle for freedom of religion in Israel – "our freedom to live how we want to live, with our own beliefs and our own personal way of practicing Judaism or other religions."[58]

In spring 2014, Shaffir traveled to the US as a member of a delegation of female Knesset members studying the role of women in legislatures.[59]

When it was reported during the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict that shelters in the city of Ashdod were excluding women from so-called "men only" shelters, Shaffir filed an urgent complaint with the Religious Affairs Ministry, demanding to put an immediate halt to the segregation. It was promptly ended.[60]

LGBT rights

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Shaffir proposed legislation in May 2013 that would allow same-sex couples to get government recognition for civil unions. Despite wide support within the Labor Party and from individual Knesset members from Likud and Hatnua, Yesh Atid blocked the bill in favor of their own civil unions bill.[61][62] After a Haaretz poll showed support from 70% of Israelis for full and equal rights for the gay community, Shaffir with the help of attorneys and community activists, compiled a list of 12 ways to benefit the LGBTQ community through ministerial regulatory action, sidestepping the need for legislation. These include rules making it easier for same-sex couples to adopt and to enter into surrogacy arrangements.[63]

Socioeconomic justice and peace

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Shaffir spoke about connecting socioeconomic issues with the Israeli-Palestinian peace process at the Fall 2013 J Street Conference in Washington, DC. She also spoke to the need for cautious exploration of non-violent means for Israel to resolve its conflict with Iran.[64] In her keynote speech at the 2015 J Street Conference, Shaffir spoke of her vision of an Israel that celebrates diversity and treats the poor with compassion but above all "an Israel that does not control millions of Palestinians."[65]

Shaffir with MKs Yehiel Bar and Orly Levi launched a lobby for the advancement of fair rent after a report prepared by the Knesset Research and Information Center found that rents across Israel had increased by 49% since 2007. On 13 February 2014, Shaffir proposed legislation to regulate the rental housing market. The Housing Cabinet adopted her proposed fair rental law.[66][67]

Asylum policy

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Shaffir advocated for Israel to adopt a formal asylum policy that distinguishes between refugees and migrants with quotas based on Israel’s capacity for absorption. She supported the Supreme Court’s quashing of the 2012 Law for the Prevention of Infiltration (Amendment no. 3) (temporary order), which mandated an almost automatic three-year detention of ‘infiltrators.’[68] She said, "We are a country based on refugees. My grandmother escaped from Iraq and my grandfather escaped during the Holocaust. It is a country that knows what it means to escape with your life."[69]

OECD Committee on Government Transparency

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On 11 February 2017, Shaffir was appointed Chair of the newly established Committee of Government transparency in the OECD organization.[70] The Committee is a joint initiative led by Shaffir, the Israeli Foreign Affairs ministry and the OECD representative in Israel. The first meeting took place in Paris, on 12 February 2017 and had representatives from more than 90 countries.[71]

Democratic Union

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In July 2019, Shaffir left the Labor party to run as part of the Democratic Union party, a union of the Green Movement (which Shaffir now leads), Meretz and Israel Democratic Party.[72] She resigned from the Knesset and was replaced by the next person on the Labor list, Merav Michaeli.[73]

Green Party

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In December 2019, Shaffir announced that she would be renaming the Green Movement the Green Party, and would run independently in the 2020 elections.[74] Shaffir was re-elected as the head of the party on 29 January 2021.[75]

Awards

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