Israel Katz

Quick Facts

Full Name	Israel Katz
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Sep 21, 1955(1955-09-21)
Age	69
Birthplace	Ashkelon
Country	Israel
Birth City	Southern District
Horoscope	Virgo

Israel Katz Biography

Israel Katz is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on September 21, 1955 in Ashkelon, Southern District, Israel.

Israel Katz was born in Ashkelon to Meir and Malka Katz. His father was from Latvia and his mother was from Romania. He was raised on moshav Kfar Ahim. He drafted into the IDF in 1973. He volunteered as a paratrooper in the Paratroopers Brigade. He served as a soldier and a squad leader. In 1976 he became an infantry officer after completing Officer Candidate School and returned to the Paratroopers Brigade as a platoon leader. After his discharge in 1977, he studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and graduated with a BA and an MA from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. While studying at the Hebrew University in the early 1980s, he was chairman of the students’ union. In March 1981, he was suspended for a year over his participation in violent activities to protest Arab violence on campus, including imprisoning rector Raphael Mechoulam in his room as a protest.

Katz 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.

Israel Katz Net Worth

Israel Katz is one of the richest Politician from Israel. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Israel Katz 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Israel Katz (Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל כַּץ Yisrael Katz, born 21 September 1955) is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Likud and Minister of Finance. He has previously held the posts of Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Transportation, Minister of Intelligence and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and was member of the Security Cabinet of Israel.

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In July 2011, Katz confirmed that the state subsidizes bus tickets within West Bank settlements, causing them to be cheaper than tickets for rides within the Green Line. According to Katz, the move was intended to incentivize settlers to use armor-protected public transportation within the West Bank, which would ostensibly reduce state spending on stationing military and security escorts for non-armored, private vehicles.

Facts & Trivia

Jack Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Israel. Israel Katz celebrates birthday on September 21 of every year.

In August 2014, after Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel of attempting a “systematic genocide” of Palestinian Arabs in Gaza, on account of Israel’s Operation Protective Edge military campaign, Katz publicly reminded Erodgan of the 1915 Armenian Genocide, rejecting any accusations for defending Israel against those he termed Erdogan’s “friends in the Islamic movement”.