Yehiel Lasri

Yechiel Lasri (Hebrew: יחיאל לסרי; born 21 August 1957) is an Israeli physician and politician who serves as mayor of Ashdod.

[2] He was allowed to postpone military conscription to the Israel Defense Forces to study as part of the Atuda program.

He began his military service as a battalion surgeon in the Combat Engineering Corps before being transferred to the Israeli Navy, where he filled a variety of medical positions.

[3] Although the party won only six seats, Lasri entered the Knesset on 28 March 2001 as a replacement for Yitzhak Mordechai.

On 6 November 2002, he and Roni Milo left the party and established the Lev faction, which immediately merged into Likud.