May Golan

May Golan (Hebrew: מאי גולן‎‎; born in 1986) is an Israeli conservative political activist, television commentator and Knesset candidate from Tel Aviv. She is the CEO of the Hebrew City an NGO and a campaigner against illegal immigration.

Golan was born to a Mizrahi Jewish family and grew up near the old central bus station in South Tel Aviv.

Golan became politically active in 2011, campaigning to raise awareness about the impact of illegal immigration on south Tel Aviv. She became the most recognisable face in the campaign against illegal immigration in Tel Aviv.

In 2013 she established the organization "Hebrew city", which stood for election to the Tel Aviv city council, but was disqualified for technical reasons.

In elections of the 19th Knesset she was placed as the 10th place candidate for the Otzma Yehudit party but did not pass the threshold. In October 2014, Golan organized and led a protest against the decision of the Supreme Court to reject Sections on Prevention of Infiltration Law, attended by hundreds of people.

May Golan is a common guest on political panels on television channels in Israel. She has also been interviewed on international media organizations like the BBC, Reuters, Fox News, I24News and RTVI.

In 2014 was chosen one of the 66 women to be aware of by the newspaper Haaretz.

In 2015, she was selected as 'Woman of the Year' in the social field by Israel's Channel 7