Shelly Yachimovich

Quick Facts

Full Name	Shelly Yachimovich
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Mar 28, 1960(1960-03-28)
Age	64
Birthplace	Kfar Saba
Country	Israel
Birth City	Central District
Horoscope	Pisces

Shelly Yachimovich Biography

Shelly Yachimovich is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on March 28, 1960 in Kfar Saba, Central District, Israel. Shelly Rachel Yachimovich (Hebrew: SHly rHl yHymvbyTS’ born on March 28, 1960) is an Israeli politician who was Opposition leader for three occasions, was a participant in the Knesset and one of members of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. She was the head for the Israeli Labor Party between 2011 until 2013. Prior to her political career she worked as an author, journalist as well as a TV and radio host.

Bank Hapoalim, one of Israel’s most prestigious financial institutions had revealed in the second quarter of 2002, that they were preparing to reduce 10 percent of its staff comprising 900 employees. the majority of whom had tenured under the bank’s contract of employment. The plan was criticized directly from Histadrut labour union which was skeptical of the need for such mass layoffs amidst ILS 1.25 billion profit for the bank in that year. In the first instance, after filing a lawsuit against the bank in the Tel Aviv District Labor Court and later the Histadrut union then began massive public relations campaigns to slam the management of the bank. The main shareholder of the bank, Israeli businesswoman Shari Arison who is among Israel’s richest women, addressed an open forum in support of the cuts following the advice of her public relations expert Rani Rahav. Arison expressed her regret over the job cuts, describing the decision of management as an example of national accountability. Some critics criticized her claim as inadequately constructed, saying that her statements only appeared to prove that for the nation’s richest nation, national responsibility is profit maximization. Histadrut labor union chair Amir Peretz, who was in the midst of upcoming Histadrut leadership elections, ran a campaign that personally targeted Arison by putting up billboards that carried the message “Shari Arison laughs and 900 families scream’. Incredulous about the slogan, Arison was threatening Poster Media, the company which created the billboards and owned by Arison and threatened to sue them for lawsuit for libel worth $10 million which was successful in stopping the campaign.

On 29 November 2005, two weeks after Amir Peretz was interviewed by Yachimovich on “Meet the Press” for the occasion of his election as leader of the Labor Party, Yachimovich announced she was leaving journalism and entering politics. She ran in the Labor primaries and achieved the ninth place on the party’s list for the 2006 elections, in which she was elected to the Knesset.

The 17th Knesset, which span from April 2006 to February 2009, saw the Labor party joining the Kadima-led coalition under prime-minister Ehud Ulmert in the thirty-first government of Israel. Yachimovich was quickly growing critical of Labor’s role in the government, as she believed the party was not executing its social-democratic mandate. She also became frustrated of then party leader Peretz, citing his choice to become Minister of Defense over an economically related minister, as a choice that created a personal, ideological and political drift between them. She consequently started to divert from voting along party lines and opposed the 2006 State Budget bill. Responding to criticisms, she justified her stance by claiming that most Knesset members and ministers who voted for the State Budget bill had not actually read it, and had not debated its long term consequences, which she deemed irrational. In the February 2007 party leadership primaries, she endorsed Ehud Barak over Ami Ayalon, pointing out that while she couldn’t see the difference between them as both were not representing social-democratic values, Barak still had a better shot at leading the party to electoral victories.

While in Beersheba in the city of Beersheba, she was an associate reporter at The Al HaMishmar newspaper. She later became anchor for Israeli Broadcasting Authority’s Radio station Reshet Bet, earning a reputation for being a controversial and opinionated critic of conventional wisdom as well as the established. She is also described as a confident and abrasive journalist on the radio with an extremely strong feminist and social democratic beliefs. As an editor, she was able to cover social welfare and women’s issues. In the month of October, 2000, following an employee dispute she quit her radio position and was a member of Channel 2 TV, where she hosted a talk show about politics show as well as served as an expert on news. She also hosted an hour- long show in the form of Israel Army Radio (Galei Tzahal).

Shelly Yachimovich Net Worth

Shelly Yachimovich is one of the richest Politician from Israel. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Shelly Yachimovich 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Yachimovich was born in Kfar Saba. The father of her, Moshe is a worker in the construction industry, and his mother Hanna is a professor. The parents of both had been Holocaust survivors who came into Israel in the late 19th century from Poland. Yachimovich became politically active in her early years, and was exiled of Ostrovsky secondary school, in R’anana, Israel at the age of 15 for displaying posters that criticize the style of leadership used by the principal. In 1978, she was drafted and, in 1985, Yachimovich graduated from Ben-Gurion’s Ben-Gurion University of Negev with a diploma in behavioural sciences.

As a journalist Yachimovich was recognized for giving a an important stage on national radio for members of the Four Mothers advocacy group who advocated for Israel’s withdrawal of Southern Lebanon. The group was formed on February 27, 1997, by four women who had experienced the death of one son in the Israeli helicopter crash. The group’s founders founded an organization that pushed for a withdrawaland highlighting the huge cost to lives of the ongoing Israeli involvement in Southern Lebanon. Yachimovich and journalist for military affairs Carmela Menashe were among the first to publicly endorse the group’s goals, and helped the grassroots movement to get at the center of Israeli public debate. The growing debate about Israel’s involvement as a player in Southern Lebanon eventually led prime minister Ehud Barak to announce a plan for withdrawal in 2000, despite a chorus of criticism of Yachimovich’s plan of military officers. Four Mothers Leaders of the group have since noted that Menashe’s as well as Yachimovich’s help was essential in advancing their goals.

Yachimovich was criticized on her sharp move from journalism to politics. Critics noted that it was inappropriate for a watchdog journalist to become a member of the system she was supposed to be guarding. Others alleged that the interview she had with Peretz shortly before joining politics must have lacked professional impartiality, according to journalism ethics. Following criticisms, a cooling-off period of three months was imposed on journalists by Israeli broadcast regulator The Second Authority in late 2005. Yachimovich later claimed on her behalf that she didn’t have the slightest idea of joining politics on her mind during that interview. She also declared that she opposes any cooling-off periods on joining politics, arguing that these should instead be imposed on parliamentarians and civil servants who upon leaving the public sphere immediately join high-profile positions in the private sector, exploiting their influence to make private profits.

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After Ehud Barak left the Labor Party to form Independence in January 2011, a poll found that Yachimovich was the most popular of the likely candidates for leadership of the Labor Party. On 3 March 2011 Yachimovich declared her candidacy for party leadership and sought to sign up new members for the party. By the time the membership drive ended on 6 June, Yachimovich, according to estimates, had signed up more than 17,300 new members.

Facts & Trivia

Shelly Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Israel. Shelly Yachimovich celebrates birthday on March 28 of every year.

Yachimovich is an atheist. On Judaism, she says “My Judaism is one of identity: I am part of a family and part of a people with a shared fate, history, culture and customs. My extended (ultra-Orthodox) family was destroyed in the Holocaust and my parents who survived were angry at God and felt betrayed. Paradoxically, even though I have a much more conciliatory attitude and harbor no resentment toward religion, and feel connected to the sources on the social level – their anger contained much greater faith. To be totally honest, I turn to God in times of trouble, just in case. He helps, and then like an ingrate, I return to my secularism.”