For the
2009 elections, Levy-Abekasis was placed sixth on the
Yisrael Beiteinu list, and entered the Knesset after the party won fifteen seats. During her first term, she served as Deputy
Speaker of the Knesset and Chair of the Committee on the Rights of the Child. For the
2013 elections, Levy-Abekasis was placed 16th on the
Likud Yisrael Beiteinu list, and entered the Knesset after the party won 31 seats. She was re-appointed Chair of the Committee of the Rights of the Child. She officially became an independent MK on 15 March 2017. Due to leaving Yisrael Beiteinu during a Knesset term, she was limited by Knesset protocol from running for the next elections. As a result, in March 2018, she announced plans to form a new party. In December 2018, the party was named Gesher, reviving the name of
the party founded by her father in 1996. In the
April 2019 elections, the new party failed to cross the electoral threshold. However, after a failure to form a new government, the newly elected Knesset voted to dissolve itself in May 2019, and snap elections were called for September. On 18 July, Gesher agreed to form an electoral alliance with
Labor, with Levy-Abekasis placed second on the joint list. She returned to the Knesset as the alliance won six seats. In May 2020, she was made head of the newly created Ministry for Community Empowerment and Advancement after she signed a coalition deal with
Likud. and retained her seat in the Knesset, as Likud won thirty seats. For the
2022 elections, Levy-Abekasis was placed fiftieth on
Likud's list and lost her seat in the Knesset, as Likud won thirty-two seats. ==Media appearances==