Stav Shaffir
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| Date of birth | 17 May 1985 |
| Place of birth | Netanya, Israel |
| Knessets | 19, 20 |
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| 2013–2015 | Labor Party |
| 2015– | Zionist Union |
Stav Shaffir (Hebrew: סתיו שפיר; born 17 May 1985) is the youngest female Knesset member in Israel's history, outspoken for demanding fiscal oversight of settlement funding and supporting a wide array of social justice-related issues—from affordable housing for young Israelis to the rights of Women of the Wall. Shaffir placed second in the 13 January 2015, primaries of the Labor Party and holds the third place in the internal Labor list (or alternatively the fourth place on the combined Labor–Hatnuah list). Shaffir was one of a small group of leaders of the 2011 Israeli social justice protests, Israel's biggest-ever protest, focusing on housing, public services, income inequality and democracy – and would eventually rise to become spokeswoman of the movement.
A video of Shaffir's 21 January 2015, Knesset speech went viral. In it, Shaffir sharply attacks Israel's right wing politicians, saying, "Don't preach to us about Zionism, because real Zionism means dividing the budget equally among all the citizens of the country. Real Zionism is taking care of the weak. Real Zionism is solidarity, not only in battle but in everyday life."
Shaffir was born in Netanya and is of Iraqi, Lithuanian, Polish and Romanian Jewish heritage. At the age of 11, Shaffir and her family moved to Pardesiya, a small town in the Sharon area, where her parents own an accounting firm. In Pardesiya, Shaffir became a member of the youth movement Ha’noar Ha’oved Vehalomed — The Federation of Working and Studying Youth. After finishing high school, Shaffir worked for a year with underprivileged children in Tiberias as part of a volunteer group affiliated with the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel. She then began her service with the Israel Defense Forces, as a cadet in the flight academy of the Israeli Air Force.After five months, she was transferred to a position as a military journalist for the IDF magazine, Bamahane. Her coverage of IDF activity included the Israeli disengagement from Gaza and the 2006 Lebanon war.
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