Boaz Toporovsky
Boaz Toporovsky (born 17 July 1980) is an Israeli politician. He grew up in Rishon LeZion, served in the Israel Air Force, and studied law and economics at Tel Aviv University, earning an LLB, a BA in economics, and an LLM. He led student groups at the university, serving as chair of the student union from 2005 to 2007. He then worked as a senior advisor to Social Affairs Minister Isaac Herzog.
In 2008 he became chairman of the National Union of Israeli Students and started the Tzabar party. Tzabar ran in the 2009 elections but did not pass the electoral threshold, though it won seats on Tel Aviv’s city council. Toporovsky remained head of the National Union of Israeli Students until 2010. From 2011 to 2013 he was chairman of the Issta travel agency.
In 2013 he was elected to the Knesset with Yesh Atid, which won 19 seats. He chaired the Israel–Moldova Parliamentary Friendship Group and served on several committees. In 2015 he was placed 14th on Yesh Atid’s list but lost his seat as the party won 11 seats.
Before the 2019 elections Yesh Atid joined the Blue and White alliance, and Toporovsky was 30th on the list. Blue and White won 35 seats, and he returned to the Knesset. He kept his seat in the September 2019 elections. In 2020 he was 13th on the Blue and White list and helped run the alliance’s field office. After the 2021 elections he led the subcommittee for road safety under the economy committee.
Ahead of the 2021 elections he was 12th on the Yesh Atid list and was re-elected. When Yesh Atid became the largest party in the governing coalition, Toporovsky served as acting coalition chairman and head of the Yesh Atid faction in the Knesset. After Idit Silman resigned as coalition chair, Toporovsky took over. In December 2021 he was re-elected to head the road-safety subcommittee.
He was re-elected again in the 2022 elections, after which Yesh Atid moved to the opposition. He became head of the Yesh Atid faction and the Opposition Whip, and continued leading the road-safety subcommittee.
In 2025 he led a Knesset delegation to Taiwan, drawing strong objections from the Chinese embassy, which called him a trouble-maker and warned about harming Israel-China relations. The embassy later said it had used a popular Chinese saying, not a threat. Toporovsky chairs the Knesset Israel-Taiwan Friendship Group and met Taiwanese leaders, including Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim.
He lives in Ness Ziona and is married to Shelly Herman, who participated in MasterChef Israel; they have three children.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 15:30 (CET).