Otzma Yehudit’s Limor Son Har-Melech to chair Knesset Health Committee

By Sam Sokol 18 December 2025, 1:47 pm

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MK Limor Son Har-Melech attends a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting, July 18, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90/ File)

MK Limor Son Har-Melech of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party will soon become chair of the Knesset Health Committee, her faction announces.

The committee has lacked a chairperson since the ultra-Orthodox Shas party withdrew from all coalition roles in the Knesset in October amid a debate over Haredi conscription.

Son Har-Melech’s appointment still requires the approval of the Knesset House Committee.

In a statement, she says that Israel’s healthcare system “is one of the best in the world, but it faces significant challenges.” She said she hopes to shorten wait times for treatment and work on “strengthening medicine in the periphery” and improving mental health care.

“I see this role as a sacred mission. I intend to lead the committee with a matter-of-fact and professional approach, with only one goal in mind: to ensure that every citizen in Israel, regardless of residence or background, will receive high-quality, fast medical care that is most tailored to their needs,” she says.