Israel Katz
Israel Katz is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for Likud currently serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was a member of the Security Cabinet of Israel. Katz has previously served as Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Transportation, Minister of Intelligence, Minister of Energy and Minister of Finance.
Some of the key events about Israel Katz
- 1998Elected to the Knesset for the first time as a member of Likud
- 2003Appointed Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
- 2006Served as Chairman of the Likud faction in the Knesset
- 2009Appointed Minister of Transportation and Road Safety
- 2010Criticized for promoting a plan to build artificial islands off Israel's coast
- 2013Re-appointed as Minister of Transportation and Minister of Intelligence
- 2014Faced controversy for suggesting transferring Israeli Arabs to a future Palestinian state
- 2015Continued as Minister of Transportation and Minister of Intelligence
- 2015Criticized for opposing public transportation on Shabbat
- 2016Faced backlash for threatening to deport supporters of BDS movement
- 2017Criticized for promoting a plan to extend Jerusalem's municipal boundaries
- 2018Appointed Minister of Intelligence and Minister of Transportation
- 2018Faced controversy for suggesting limiting Arab-Israeli construction in certain areas
- 2019Briefly served as Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 2019Criticized for comments about Polish involvement in the Holocaust
- 2020Appointed Minister of Finance
- 2020Faced criticism for handling of economic policies during COVID-19 pandemic
- 2021Criticized for opposing formation of a government without Netanyahu
- 2022Re-elected to the Knesset and appointed Minister of Energy and Infrastructure
- 2022Faced controversy for supporting judicial reform plans criticized as undermining democracy
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