Who they are
Yulia Malinovsky is a lawyer who came into national politics from Holon city hall and has sat in the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu since 2019.
She was born in Voroshilovgrad in Soviet Ukraine, the city now called Luhansk, in 1975, to a Jewish mother, Sofia, and a father, Vladimir, of Russian, Greek and Armenian descent. She took a law degree at the East Ukrainian National University in Luhansk and served in the Ukrainian police as a personnel officer. Her younger sister came to Israel on the Na’ale programme and Malinovsky followed her out, with the rest of the family after them.
She settled in Holon, took a city council seat for Yisrael Beiteinu, ran the party in the town and was treasurer of the fire services union covering Holon, Bat Yam and Azor. She stood for the Knesset three times before a vacancy under the Norwegian Law carried her in, and lost the seat again when its holder returned. With Oren Hazan she passed the Security Guards Law, which set the physical conditions for guards and security staff in statute. Since coming back she has carried an amendment to the National Insurance Law on benefits paid to non-residents convicted of terror offences, and a law ending UNRWA’s activity in Israel.
Positions and record
Conversion: Her bill would have let municipal rabbis and hesder deans open conversion courts; it did not pass.
Shabbat: Public transport where municipalities choose.
Draft: Co-author of enlistment bills.
Where they stand
Holds the party line on every issue.