Nava Boker

Israeli journalist and politician

Nava Boker

Faction represented in the Knesset
2015–2019| Likud
Personal details
Born|  (1970-11-15) 15 November 1970 (age 53)
Israel

Nava Prehi-Boker (Hebrew: נאוה פרחי-בוקר, born 15 November 1970) is an Israeli journalist and politician.

## Biography

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Nava Boker was born and raised in Pardes Hanna-Karkur. Her parents were Jewish immigrants from Yemen. A journalist by profession, Boker worked for both Yedioth Ahronoth and Ma'ariv, as well as Channel 1. She married and had two daughters, then divorced. At age 27, as a reporter, she met Hadera police chief Lior Boker, and married him. Due to difficulties with obtaining a marriage certificate from the Israeli rabbinate, she married Boker in what she described as an "alternative marriage."[1] In 2010 Lior was killed in the Mount Carmel forest fire.[2] She subsequently established a foundation to support fire and rescue workers.[3]

Prior to the 2015 Knesset elections she was placed 25th on the Likud list,[4] and was elected to the Knesset as Likud won 30 seats.[5] She lost her seat in the April 2019 elections. She subsequently participated in the 2020 VIP season of Survivor.

Boker lives in Hadera and has two daughters.

## References

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1. ^ Nava Boker (Likud): "I married in an alternative marriage", Ksenia Svetlova (Zionist Camp): "I was refused a divorce for two years", Ruth Calderon (Yesh Atid): "I demanded an equal divorce" Al Mishmar HaKnesset, 19 February 2015
2. ^ Just Who are the Likud Candidates Who Surprisingly Made it in? Israel National News, 18 March 2015
3. ^ Widow of Carmel fire victim to run in Likud primaries Israel HaYom, 18 December 2014
4. ^ Likud list Central Elections Committee
5. ^ Final Unofficial* results of the Elections for the Twentieth Knesset Central Elections Committee

## External links

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* Nava Boker on the Knesset website