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Karine Elharrar, Israel’s Minister of National Infrastructure, suffers from muscular dystrophy and uses a wheelchair. On Monday, she was unable to attend the COP26 summit.

Karine Elharrar is a prominent Israeli female politician. She is the Minister of National Infrastructures, Energy, and Water Resources at the moment.

Furthermore, the Israeli Minister is making news in today’s publications. According to Israel TV, Karine was unable to attend the UN’s climate summit, also known as COP26, due to wheelchair inaccessibility.

Nevertheless, Karine stated that the only way to get to the conference grounds was either walking or boarding a shuttle. Whatsoever, the UK COP26 apologized to the Israeli minister, Karine, for wheelchair access problems. The organizers must indeed have made some entering arrangements. It’s disappointing that the UN’s Climate summit has access to enter for the capable people only.

 

Talented Minister of Energy Karine Elharrar Has Muscular Dystrophy Disability

Though Karine has a disability of Muscular Dystrophy, she is famous in the political world. She is well-known globally, in the US and UK too.

Karine has been an inspiration for many disabled people. If you believe in yourself and have the mindset to conquer the world, you can win anything. The world will be at the tip of your finger.

Recalling her early days, Karine was a Member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid from 2013 to June 2021. In June 2021, she resigned from the Knesset and became a member of the Minister of Energy.

 

Who Is Karine Elharrar Partner? Is She Married?

Karine is a married woman. Her husband or partner’s name is Yaron. She is blessed with two children.

Furthermore, Karine resides with her family in Rishon LeZion.

The blog of Karine Elharrar is available in the Times of Israel. She began her career as a lawyer and struggled a lot.

Throughout Karine’s career in the Knesset, she specialized in the rights of Holocaust survivors, pensioners, people with disabilities.

Indeed, she is a woman with a golden heart.

 

Karine Elharrar Has A Supportive Family

Without the support of Karine’s family and parents, she never could achieved her goals in politics.

Regarding her age, Karine turned 44 years of age in 2021. She celebrated her birthday on the 9th of October every year.

According to Karine’s Wikipedia page, her parents were Moroccan Jewish immigrants. She is the daughter of Moti and Colette Elharrar. Her mom and dad are proud of Karine.

 

Boris Johnson apologizes to Israeli minister who couldn’t attend COP26 due to wheelchair access issue

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has personally apologized to Israeli Energy Minister Karine Elharrar, who was unable to attend the COP26 climate conference on Monday because of a lack of wheelchair access to the venue.

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Johnson asked Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to invite Elharrar to join them in a meeting Tuesday. The UK leader personally apologized to Elharrar for the incident the previous day, according to a senior official with the Israeli delegation at COP.
Elharrar, who suffers from muscular dystrophy and uses a wheelchair, was unable to attend Monday’s proceedings at the summit hosted in the Scottish city of Glasgow.
She traveled to the COP venue in Bennett’s motorcade on Tuesday and was accompanied by the Israeli premier into the conference, the official said.
Bennett sharply criticized COP26 organizers for the access issue, and had threatened to cancel his appearance at the event Tuesday.
Karine Elharrar, left, pictured at the Israeli president's residence in April 2021.

Karine Elharrar, left, pictured at the Israeli president’s residence in April 2021.
COP26 President Alok Sharma has repeatedly said that a fully inclusive conference was critical to the success of the climate conference.
CNN has reached out to the UK Prime Minister’s office for comment.
According to an official traveling with Bennett’s delegation to Scotland, Israeli officials spent two hours trying to get Elharrar into the COP venue Monday but “due to it not being fully wheelchair accessible, the efforts were unsuccessful and the Minister could not enter.”
Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, who is not part of the delegation, tweeted, “it is impossible to safeguard our future and address the climate crisis, without first and foremost caring for people, including ensuring accessibility for people with disabilities.”
Britain’s Ambassador in Tel Aviv, Neil Wigan, was quick to say sorry.
“I am disturbed to hear that [Karine Elharrar] was unable to attend meetings at COP26. I apologise deeply and sincerely to the Minister. We want a COP Summit that is welcoming and inclusive to everyone,” he tweeted.
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