The 'false empowerment' of female Knesset members?

Young Israeli women do not consider female politicians as role models, since only few of them manage to break away from the men’s way of doing politics.
Dr. Aliza Lavie (C), a Yesh Atid (There's a future) party candidate, celebrates exit poll results at the party's headquarters in Tel Aviv January 22, 2013. Israel's parliament, long heavy with retired generals, is getting a new look, with a freshman class that includes two youth protest leaders, an Ethiopian immigrant, a high tech millionaire and more women than ever. Thanks to the surprise second place finish of Yesh Atid, as well as the success of a new far-right group, the 120-member Knesset will have a
A smiling Aliza Lavie, a Yesh Atid Party candidate, celebrates exit poll results at the party's headquarters in Tel Aviv, Jan. 22, 2013. - REUTERS/Ammar Awad
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Yuval Avivi
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The current Knesset holds the record for the number of women: 27 female members out of 120, the greatest level of representation of all time, and more than three times the low point of the seventh Knesset (1969-1974) — eight women.

Some of the representatives are party leaders like Justice Minister Tzipi Livni (Hatnua), Zehava Gal-On (Meretz) and until recently Shelly Yachimovich (Labor). Among them are some younger women like Labor member Stav Shafir (born in 1985) and HaBayit HaYehudi member Ayelet Shaked (born in 1976), who have succeeded in advancing political processes and receive rather widespread media attention.

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