Abir Kara

Kara used his bar mitzvah money to open a flower stall, later expanding the business to several branches.[2] After completing his military service in the Israel Defense Forces he opened a horse ranch, and later ran franchises of a waffle bar and a pizza restaurant.[2] In 2006 he was sentenced to 240 hours of community service for swearing at a police officer when he was caught putting up illegal election signs.[2] He also admitted to uprooting olive trees owned by Palestinians.[3]

In 2019 Kara and another restaurant owner established 'I am Shulman' group, which protests against how the government treats self-employed workers.[4] In less than a month its Facebook group had grown to 120,000 members.[2] Having turned down the opportunity to join Likud, claiming that groups including the Histadrut union held too much power over the party,[2] prior to the 2021 elections he joined Yamina and was placed seventh on its list.[1] He was elected to the Knesset as the party won seven seats and was appointed Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office.

• Abir Kara on the Knesset website