Eti Hava Atiya (; born 12 February 1960) is an Israeli politician who serves as a member of the

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for

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since 2019.

Early life and education

Eti Hava Atiya was born in

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, Israel, on 12 February 1960. Her family originates from

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. She graduated from

Ono Academic College Ono Academic College (''in Hebrew'': הקריה האקדמית אונו) is a private college located in Kiryat Ono, Israel with over 18,000 students.

with a

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, from

Bar-Ilan University Bar-Ilan University (BIU, , ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic university institution. It has 20,000 ...

with a

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in internal auditing and a

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Career

In the 1980s, Atiya was a welfare official and assistant to the deputy secretary of the National Union of Israel Aerospace Industries Employees (IAI). She was chief of staff to the IAI secretary from 1993 to 2015. She worked for the Office of Internal Auditors from 2007 to 2018, and was chief of staff to the Minister of Labor, Social Affairs and Social Service from 2015 to 2018.

placed Atiya as the 21st person on their

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for the April 2019 election. During her tenure in the

she served as head of the Foreign Workers Committee. In 2025, Atiya was Israel's representative to a memorial in

Daliyat al-Karmel Daliyat al-Karmel (, , "vineyards () of Carmel") is a Druze local council (Israel), town located on Mount Carmel in the Haifa District of Israel, around 20 km southeast of Haifa. In its population was 18,001. History In 1283 both ''Daliyat a ...

for 13

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soldiers that died in the

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; this action was criticised as she was not a minister.

Political position

The annexation of the

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s in the West Bank, and

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are supported by Atiya. She supported legislation that would sentence people to five years in prison for cooperating with the

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. A letter calling for the prison conditions of Amiram Ben-Uliel to be improved was signed by Atiya.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Atiya, Eti 1960 births Living people Bar-Ilan University alumni Israeli people of Tunisian-Jewish descent Jewish Israeli politicians Likud politicians Members of the 21st Knesset (2019) Members of the 22nd Knesset (2019–2020) Members of the 23rd Knesset (2020–2021) Members of the 24th Knesset (2021–2022) Members of the 25th Knesset (2022–) Ono Academic College alumni People from Lod Women members of the Knesset Jewish women politicians