Ksenia Svetlova (Hebrew: קסניה סבטלובה, Russian: Ксения Игоревна Светлова; born 28 July 1977) is an Israeli politician, journalist, associate professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and policy fellow at the Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies.

She later studied Islamic and Middle Eastern history at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, earning Bachelor's and Master's degrees.

In her capacity as a journalist, she has interviewed Yasser Arafat, Ahmed Yassin, and Mahmoud Abbas.

[9] After her election, she was required to give up her Russian citizenship,[10] which had been an asset to her past travel to the Arab world.

Svetlova is an advocate for Progressive Judaism, after finding the Chief Rabbinate unhelpful when she was refused a divorce for two years.