Yoav Kisch

EU appoints first ever haredi to National Team of Higher Education Reform Experts

HERE operates under the Erasmus+ program, and aims to strengthen the connection between academia and the evolving labor market.

YITZIK CROMBIE, the CEO of Israeli start-up Bizmax, poses on November 21 2018 at the company's offices in Jerusalem, the first of its kind for ultra-Orthodox Jewish men.
US President Donald Trump gestures as he addresses House Republicans at their annual issues conference retreat, at the Kennedy Center, renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center by the Trump-appointed board of directors, in Washington, DC, US, January 6, 2026.

'Historic decision': Kisch invites Trump to attend Israel Prize ceremony on Independence Day

Education Minister Yoav Kisch (L) and US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee (R), February 2026.

Kisch and Huckabee call to move embassies into Israel’s capital, Jerusalem

A "Haaretz" newspaper being read in the middle of Times Square.

Tainted views, distorted teaching: Should Haaretz be banned from Israeli high schools? - opinion


Cannabis decriminalization bill fails to get Knesset majority

Prior to the defeat, the coalition managed to get one crucial win, when the Knesset voted 64 to 50 against a bill calling for the government to express its sovereignty over all of Judea and Samaria.

MK Sharren Haskel before the cannabis legalization vote

COVID-19 restrictions may end in 3 weeks, Health Ministry officials say

Some 86 new cases were identified on Tuesday, with less than 0.3% of the 34,000 tests performed returning a positive result.

Shoppers are seen in Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda, wearing masks in accordance with coronavirus restrictions, on November 29, 2020.

Deputy health minister warns COVID could postpone election

Liberman: Netanyahu wants to make himself a dictator

MK Yoav Kisch of the Likud speaks to supporters on Gideon Saar's Likud leadership campaign opening event, in Or Yehuda, Dec 16, 2019.

American-made Sofia rapid coronavirus test kits land in Israel

The latest shipment is part of an ongoing effort to deploy a total of 300 of the advanced kits made by American company Quidel throughout the country.

Right: A Sofia test kit in action. Left: The shipment that landed in Israel.

Health Ministry launches historic reform in medicinal cannabis treatment

The new regulations exclude for the first time CBD-based products from the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance from 1973.

CBD [Illustrative]

Deputy Health Minister criticizes COVID-19 Shin Bet surveillance critics

"There's no civilian alternative, not in Israel and not anywhere else in the world," Kisch said and added that "using this tool will save human lives and prevent economic damage."

Likud MK Yoav Kisch

Publisher takes victory lap as deregulation of book prices kicks in

Culture Minister Miri Regev decided last week that she was not taking steps to renew the Books and Authors Law, which regulated the industry and went into effect in 2014.

Books

Likud MK urges U.S. to recognize Israeli Golan Heights

The 1981 Golan Heights Law, passed when Menachem Begin was prime minister, states that "the law, jurisdiction and administration of the State [of Israel] will take effect in the Golan Heights."

An old military vehicle can be seen positioned on the Israeli side of the border with Syria, near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights

MK pushes Israel to recognize Kurdistan as an independent state

Likud MK Yoav Kisch's motion comes in response to rising tensions between Israel and Turkey.

Israelis from Kurdish origin take part in a rally in support of the Kurdish referendum outside the American consulate in Jerusalem September 24, 2017

Senior minister slams 'antisemitic' Haaretz over ‘Israel Massacre Forces’

Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan lashed out against Haaretz over a recent "antisemitic" headline.

A wounded Palestinian is evacuated during clashes with Israeli troops, during a tent city protest along the Israel border with Gaza, demanding the right to return to their homeland, the southern Gaza Strip March 30, 2018