Sheffi Paz was an Israeli activist who led a long campaign against African asylum seekers and migrants in south Tel Aviv. Before that she was a left-wing and LGBT rights activist and a longtime member of Meretz. In 2024 she served 45 days in prison for offences linked to her protests. She died of cancer on 26 October 2026, aged 74.
Born in Łódź, Poland, on 18 June 1952 to Holocaust survivor parents, she moved to Israel at the age of four and grew up in Holon.
