Alona Barkat (Hebrew: אלונה ברקת; born 24 June 1969) is an Israeli businesswoman, and owner of the football team Hapoel Be'er Sheva.

Alona Akwa (Hebrew: אלונה אקווע) was born and raised in Ashkelon, Israel, to Mizrahi Jewish (Yemenite-Jewish) parents.

She was involved in establishing a research institute at the University of Tel Aviv, together with the Rashi Foundation, where she met Eli Alaluf, CEO of the Fund at the time.

Alaluf convinced her to buy the football team Hapoel Be'er Sheva, which played in the second division at the time.

Two months later, after seeing a dramatic improvement in fan behavior, she announced that she had changed her mind, and that she intended to stay with the group.

[14] On 29 March 2020, Barkat announced she was leaving the club, after an agreement to reduce salaries by 30% with the team players due to the COVID-19 pandemic could not be reached, as part of a plan devised to address the expected losses in the 2019–2020 season and transferred all management rights to her attorney, Itzhak Younger.