Israel Katz
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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