Abir Kara | |
|---|---|
 Kara in 2021 | |
| Faction represented in theKnesset | |
| 2021–2022 | Yamina |
| 2022 | Economic Freedom |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1983-10-27)27 October 1983 (age 41) Jerusalem, Israel |
Avraham "Abir"Kara (Hebrew:אַבְרָהָם "אַבִּיר" קָארָה; born 27 October 1983)[1] is an Israeli businessman and politician who served as a member of theKnesset from 2021 to 2022. Initially representingYamina, he broke away to form the Economic Freedom Party in September 2022. His new party failed to win a seat in theNovember 2022 elections.
Kara used hisbar mitzvah money to open a flower stall, later expanding the business to several branches.[2] After completing his military service in theIsrael 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 joinLikud, claiming that groups including theHistadrut union held too much power over the party,[2] prior to the2021 elections he joinedYamina and was placed seventh on its list.[1] He was elected to the Knesset as the party won seven seats and was appointed DeputyMinister 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, alibertarian party that focuses on expanding personal and economic freedom.[6] The party received just 0.33% of the vote in the2022 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]