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Yisrael Katz (Template:Lang-he, born 21 September 1955) is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Likud and as Minister of Transportation and Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy.

Biography

Born in Ashkelon, Katz earned a BA and an MA at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

He won 34th place on the Likud-Gesher-Tzomet list for the 1996 elections, but missed out on a place in the Knesset when the alliance won only 32 seats. However, he entered the Knesset in November 1998 as a replacement for Ehud Olmert. He was re-elected in 1999 and 2003, and was appointed Minister of Agriculture in Ariel Sharon's government in 2003. Katz left the cabinet in January 2006 after the Likud-Kadima split, and was re-elected in the 2006 elections.

In 2007, the Israel Police recommended indicting Katz on charges of fraud and breach of trust linked to political appointments at the Ministry of Agriculture during his tenure as minister.

Katz retained his seat again in the 2009 elections after winning eleventh place on the Likud list, and was appointed Minister of Transportation in the Netanyahu government. He was re-elected again in 2013 and remained Minister of Transportation in the new government.

Placed fourth on the Likud list, he re-elected again in 2015, after which he was appointed Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy in the new government, as well as remaining Minister of Transportation.

Views

In November 2012, during Operation Pillar of Defense, in the Orthodox Hebrew website B'Hadrei Haredim, Katz said with reference to Lebanese citizens escaping an Israeli attack on Lebanon in 2006: "When I see Palestinian citizens escaping into Sinai, the way Lebanese citizens escape toward Beirut when there is a round of fire against Israel -- we will then know that the deterrence has been achieved." In the same month, he called "for Gaza to be bombed so hard the population has to flee into Egypt."

In July 2013, Katz said at the start of an executive meeting of the Council of Jewish Communities of Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip, "I am opposed to a Palestinian state.. It is unacceptable, mainly because of our rights to this land... In my eyes, the right diplomatic solution is an autonomous Palestinian entity, but with Jordanian civilian and political affiliation." He added that Gaza should be severed from Israel and connected to Egypt.

References

1. Police recommend indicting Likud MK Yisrael Katz for fraud, breach of trust Haaretz, 23 March 2007
2. Netanyahu sworn in as Israel's prime minister Haaretz, 1 April 2009
3. Likud list CEC
4. Mastracci, Davide (20 November 2012). "5 Israeli Quotes on the Gaza Conflict You'll Wish Were False". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 20 April 2016. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
5. Iltis, Tony (21 November 2012). "Australia should side with the Palestinians". Green Left Weekly. Retrieved 20 April 2016. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
6. Littlewood, Stuart (9 September 2013). "Selective impunity is a Western specialty". Al Arabiya News. Retrieved 20 April 2016. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
7. Lazaroff, Tovah; Harkov, Lahav (11 July 2013). "Ariel, Katz oppose Palestinian state in West Bank". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 20 April 2016. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

External links

• Yisrael Katz on the Knesset website

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