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 2019 Kara and another restaurant owner established 'I am Shulman' group to protest what they felt was government discrimination against self-employed workers.^[3] In less than a month its Facebook group had grown to 120,000 members.^[2]

After declining 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.^[4] After Yamina joined the Zionist Spirit alliance, Kara announced that he would leave the party on 26 August 2022.^[5]

Kara launched a new party on 4 September 2022 called the Economic Freedom Party, a libertarian party that focuses on expanding personal and economic freedom.^[6] The party received just 0.33% of the vote in the 2022 elections,^[7] resulting in Kara losing his seat.

In 2006 Kara 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.^[8]