Haim Katz

Hundreds of families join foster care system as government expands support

3,560 children are currently within Israel's foster care system, while a total of 905 disabled people, both children and adults, are cared for by the system.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
THE FOSTER families provide loving, stable homes for children to recover from difficult situations (Illustrative).
View of the US Consulate in Jerusalem's Arnona neighborhood, Israel, February 24, 2018.

Israel approves proposal to build permanent US embassy in Jerusalem

The approval was announced in a joint statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Sa’ar, and Construction and Housing Minister Haim Katz.

|ByGOLDIE KATZ
ISRAELIS VOLUNTEER at the site where a missile fired from Iran hit and caused major damage in Beit Shemesh, outside of Jerusalem, March 4, 2026.

Over 1,700 Iran strike evacuees living in hotels after the start of Operation Rising Lion

Since the beginning of Operation Roaring Lion, approximately 1,700 people have been forced out of their homes and placed in hotels, needing approximately 950 rooms.

|ByTZVI JASPER
People visit a tourism conference at the Israel Trade Fairs and Convention Center in Tel Aviv, on February 3, 2026.

IMTM 2026 draws bigger crowds as Israel tests the first steps of tourism’s return

At the International Mediterranean Tourism Market (IMTM) 2026, the change was evident from the outset.There was a steady current of visitors moving between booths, and the exchanges felt purposeful.

|ByGABRIEL COLODRO/THE MEDIA LINE

Israel to allocate NIS 30m. to cover electric debts for Holocaust survivors

In addition, the NII will carry out a project to ensure that all Holocaust survivors who are entitled to nursing services indeed receive their full rights according to their level of need.

MARCH 14, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR holds the hand of his granddaughter during the annual ‘March of the Living’ at Auschwitz in May 2019

Israelis in quarantine to get equal support from both state and employer

Workers will only lose one day of pay

NOVEMBER 15, 2020ByHAGAY HACOHEN
A yeshiva in the Old City of Jerusalem studies overlooking the Western Wall, students in quarantine

A-G considering new tax fraud indictment against Haim Katz

Katz still has an opportunity to get the case closed at a pre-indictment hearing before Mandelblit.

OCTOBER 27, 2020ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit and Likud MK Haim Katz

A-G asks High Court to overturn immunity of Haim Katz

At the time, it appeared that both coalition MKs and even many opposition MKs supported Katz's immunity out of fears that they might be next.

JULY 9, 2020ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit and Likud MK Haim Katz

Knesset votes to grant Likud MK immunity

Vote passes 62-43 with two abstentions, Netanyahu among MKs in favor

FEBRUARY 17, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
Likud MK Haim Katz

Haim Katz immunity - the end of facts - comment

If the Knesset MKs had looked carefully at the indictment, they would have worried about setting a bad precedent of public servants being able to get away with corruption

FEBRUARY 5, 2020ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
MK Haim Katz at this immunity hearing at the Knesset, February 4, 2020

MK Haim Katz given immunity by Knesset

Former Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Social Services Haim Katz is suspected of breach of trust, claims he’s innocent and is being punished for something he never did.

FEBRUARY 5, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN, HAGAY HACOHEN
Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit and Likud MK Haim Katz

A-G to Edelstein: No basis for immunity to MK Haim Katz

Mandelblit explained that Katz's case does not adhere to the grounds set out in the Knesset Immunity Law.

JANUARY 29, 2020ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, ALON EINHORN
MANDELBLIT

First Netanyahu immunity hearing will be held on Thursday, Jan 30

Even before approving the Knesset committee, the regulatory committee published the dates for the Knesset committee hearings on the immunity requests of indicted MKs Netanyahu and Katz.

JANUARY 21, 2020ByARIK BENDER/MAARIV
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a conference in Jerusalem Wednesday. Will the US action in Iraq help his campaign?

MK Gideon Sa'ar obtains key endorsement ahead of Likud primary

MK Haim Katz, endorsed him in the December 26 race against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

DECEMBER 15, 2019ByGIL HOFFMAN
Gideon Saar at UNESCO 311