Introduction
Dvora "Debbie" Biton (Hebrew: דבורה "דבי" ביטון, born 25 June 1965) is an Israeli lawyer and politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid.
Biography
Biton was born in Sderot on 25 June 1965. She has a master's degree in law and worked for a time as a lawyer.
Biton served as Yesh Atid's leader in Sderot beginning in 2013. In 2013 she ran for the mayoralty of Sderot, finishing in last place with 3.5% of the vote. She was placed thirty-seventh on the Yesh Atid for the 2015 Knesset elections, but failed to be elected. In the 2018 municipal elections she ran for Sderot's City Council at the head of a local party list, which received only 585 and failed to win a seat. She was forty-ninth on the joint Blue and White list for the April 2019 elections, but again missed out.
Prior to the 2022 Knesset elections Biton was placed twenty-first on the Yesh Atid list, and was elected to the Knesset as the party won 24 seats.
Personal life
Biton is married, has three children and resides in Sderot.