Israel Katz is an Israeli lawmaker and member of the Likud Party. He currently serves as the country's foreign minister after serving as energy minister for two years in a rotation deal with Eli Cohen.
Katz has served many other ministerial roles in the past, specifically as transportation minister, agriculture minister, intelligence minister, and finance minister.
He is considered a hardliner in Israeli politics regarding peace and security, supporting settlements and West Bank annexation, but has also advocated for the establishment of an autonomous Palestinian entity.
“Whoever harms us, we will harm them,” Netanyahu said during a visit to the Tel Now Air Base to speak with the 133rd Squadron, which operates F-15 fighter jets.
Normalization between the two countries had been planned but untimely sidelined after the breakout of the ongoing war.
He specifically mentioned the issue during his introductory remarks, explaining, “We also want to address the Iranian threat to launch a significant attack on Israel.”
Any failing government, any struggling authority, looks to find something to unite the people, to keep the proletariat’s support that enables them to stay in power.
Katz’s response did not hold back from acknowledging the error, writing that “there should be a law that every person who wishes to become president must learn to count.”
The text highlights diplomatic talks between Poland and Israel on counterterrorism and the need for diplomatic engagement with Palestinians, with Israel urging Poland to fulfill its commitment.
UK summons Israeli ambassador over deaths of aid workers in Gaza on Tuesday,
Earlier this month, Erdogan compared Netanyahu in a speech to some of history's known dictators, including Mussolini, Hitler, and Stalin.
Katz said that the antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiment was being advanced on all media fronts, and it required the mobilization of Israeli citizens.
A diplomatic source told The Jerusalem Post that Budapest now considers it wiser to allow the issue of settler sanctions to go forward in exchange for movement on other issues.