Debbie Biton

Dvora "Debbie" Biton (Hebrew: דבורה "דבי" ביטון; born 25 June 1965) is an Israeli lawyer and politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid.

Debbie Biton
דבי ביטון
Faction represented in the Knesset
2022–	Yesh Atid
Personal details
Born	(1965-06-25) 25 June 1965 (age 59) Sderot, Israel

Biography

Biton was born in Sderot on 25 June 1965.^[1] She has a master's degree in law and worked for a time as a lawyer.^[2]

Biton served as Yesh Atid's leader in Sderot beginning in 2013.^[2] In 2013 she ran for the mayoralty of Sderot, finishing in last place with 3.5% of the vote.^[3] She was placed thirty-seventh on the Yesh Atid for the 2015 Knesset elections, but failed to be elected. In the 2018 municipal elections she ran for Sderot's City Council at the head of a local party list, which received only 585 and failed to win a seat.^[4] She was forty-ninth on the joint Blue and White list for the April 2019 elections, but again missed out.

Prior to the 2022 Knesset elections Biton was placed twenty-first on the Yesh Atid list,^[5] and was elected to the Knesset as the party won 24 seats.^[6]

Personal life

Biton is married, has three children and resides in Sderot.^[7]