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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 563

Haim Katz

Security forces at the scene of a terror attack in Haifa, March 3, 2025. (Flash90)
March 3, 2025, 1:26 pm
Man stabbed to death in terror attack at Haifa bus terminal
4 hospitalized with moderate to severe injuries; assailant identified as Israeli citizen from Druze community, reportedly held German citizenship; family says he had mental illness
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Police at the scene where a 14-year old boy was shot and killed in Lod, central Israel, February 3, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
February 3, 2025, 5:11 pm
14-year-old boy, doctor shot dead, bringing day’s homicide toll in Arab society to 6
Tide of violence keeps rising after triple homicide in Abu Snan, fatal stabbing in Abu Ghosh, with 29 Arab Israelis killed since start of 2025
By Charlie Summers
Likud MK Haim Katz speaks at a Knesset plenary session regarding his request for parliamentary immunity from prosecution, February 17, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 23, 2025, 6:20 pm
Tourism Minister Haim Katz tapped to run all 3 of Otzma Yehudit’s former ministries
‘Even the most diligent minister in the world cannot invest effort in four ministries at the same time,’ protests Opposition Leader Yair Lapid
By Sam Sokol
Tourism Minister Haim Katz arrives for a group picture of the new government at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on December 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
January 22, 2025, 11:39 pm
Netanyahu said planning to hand over all 3 Otzma Yehudit portfolios to Haim Katz
Prime minister ‘is once again choosing petty politics that endangers lives,’ says Yesh Atid, calling to close two of the three available ministries
By Sam Sokol
Security forces and emergency personnel deploy at a site hit by rockets fired from southern Lebanon in the northern city of Kiryat Shmona, on May 5, 2024. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
May 23, 2024, 1:56 am
Government delays vote on rehabilitation plan for northern border towns
Cabinet to now vote Monday on proposal once details hashed out, with ministers and council heads criticizing plan; one minister says some money allocated to already funded projects
By ToI Staff
Tourism minister Haim Katz arrives for a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on December 10, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 23, 2024, 11:14 pm
Likud ministers promote conference on reestablishing Israeli settlements in Gaza
Katz and Zohar urge participation in Jerusalem gathering, which they will attend, assert that Israeli communities in Palestinian territory are only path to security
By ToI Staff
Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman speaks during an Interior and Environmental Protection Committee meeting at the Knesset on March 20, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 6, 2023, 9:48 pm
Environment minister said planning trip to Saudi Arabia for climate conference
Idit Silman would be third minister to visit Gulf kingdom in a month, hopes to bring delegation with her but is awaiting for Riyadh to approve visas
By ToI Staff
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi addresses the UN Universal Postal Union in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on October 4, 2023. (Screenshot used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 4, 2023, 8:12 pm
In Saudi Arabia, Israeli minister hails ‘blossoming’ bilateral ties
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi also visits book fair with 500-year-old Torah scroll, attends bar mitzvah for 70-year-old man
By ToI Staff and AFP
Orthodox Jews filmed spitting at Christian tourists in the Old City of Jerusalem on October 2, 2023. (Screen capture/Twitter)
October 3, 2023, 2:44 pm
Video showing fresh Haredi spitting attack on Christians draws wide condemnation
No comment from church or police on latest incident of harassment of non-Jewish pilgrims in Jerusalem’s Old City; former Knesset aide claims spitting ‘an ancient Jewish custom’
By Lazar Berman
Tourism Minister Haim Katz in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on September 27, 2023, on the first such high-level public mission to the oil-rich kingdom. (Israeli Tourism Ministry via AFP)
September 29, 2023, 6:32 pm
Minister photographed in Saudi Arabia alongside Syrian counterpart, Taliban official
Syria’s Mohammed Martini reportedly takes exception to being pictured next to Haim Katz in group photo at tourism confab, distances himself from the Israeli
By ToI Staff
Tourism Minister Haim Katz in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on September 27, 2023, on the first such high-level public mission to the oil-rich kingdom. (Israeli Tourism Ministry via AFP)
September 27, 2023, 8:03 pm
Saudi tourism minister acknowledges historic Israeli presence at Riyadh confab
Ahmed bin Aqil al-Khateeb says he hopes delegation led by Haim Katz was ‘received well,’ as Israeli tourism minister holds slew of meetings with foreign officials
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Tourism Minister Haim Katz poses next to a UNWTO poster in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on September 26, 2023. (Courtesy: Haim Kaitz)
September 26, 2023, 6:21 pm
In first, Israeli minister leads official delegation to Saudi Arabia
Haim Katz says tourism ‘a bridge between nations’ while attending UN World Tourism Organization event, as Jerusalem and Riyadh seem to edge closer to US-brokered normalization pact
By Lazar Berman
The cabinet votes to approve the 2023-2024 budget, in Jerusalem on February 24, 2023. (Courtesy)
February 24, 2023, 5:57 pm
Cabinet approves 2-year budget, including $2.4 billion boost for Ben Gvir’s ministry
Tourism minister boycotts vote over plan to end VAT tax exemption for tourists; PM’s plan for free education for kids under 3 not included, but ministers commit to advancing it
By ToI Staff
(L) Yair Katz and Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi. (Collage/Flash90)
February 17, 2023, 9:00 pm
Karhi feuds with fellow Likud minister’s son over plans to close 3 radio stations
Communications minister hits out at Yair Katz, who suggests Karhi is seeking ‘revenge against Kan’s employees… because they don’t cheer you on enough’
By ToI Staff
A worker at a restaurant in Tel Aviv, March 3, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 1, 2023, 3:18 pm
Tourism Ministry greenlights entry of Michelin Guide to Israel
After years of negotiations, prestigious culinary rankings expected to debut in Tel Aviv, the only city where Michelin inspectors see ‘feasibility’ for review
By Amy Spiro
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