Haim Katz

High Court cancels Land Authority head's appointment due to connection to Smotrich

The ruling came after all parties, including the government and Eliyahu, accepted a framework proposed by Justices Yael Willner, Ofer Grosskopf, and Khaled Kabub during a hearing earlier this month.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, July 1, 2026.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Missions Minister Orit Strock hold a map of the West Bank as they celebrate the Knesset Security Cabinet approval of their NIS1.3M budget to build 34 new settlements throughout the territory.

Israel unveils NIS 1.3 million budget for 34 new West Bank settlements in 'historic' move

 The High Court of Justice in Jerusalem

High Court proposes canceling Eliyahu’s Israel Land Authority appointment

The Likud Constitution Committee, headed by the Chairman of the Likud Central Committee, Chairman of the Constitution Committee, Minister Haim Katz, has now convened announcing that the date of the primaries will be held on: 4.8.2026

Likud postpones primaries to August amid debate over Netanyahu’s influence on party list


Netanyahu met with MK who tested positive for COVID-19

Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu met with Katz for more than an hour on Wednesday afternoon at Netanyahu's office at the Knesset. 

 Likud MK Haim Katz speaks at a Knesset plenary session on his request for parliamentary immunity from prosecution, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on February 17, 2020.

Haim Katz convicted of minor fraud in plea deal, asks for suspended sentence

Currently, both the prosecution and the defense are making arguments to the court to endorse their recommendation that a suspended sentence (with no actual jail time) and a fine be his punishment.

 Likud MK Haim Katz speaks at a Knesset plenary session on his request for parliamentary immunity from prosecution, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on February 17, 2020.

Haim Katz to get suspended sentence, fine for minor fraud in plea bargain

Part of the deal includes Katz waiving his parliamentary immunity and an agreement by the sides to seek a sentence including a fine and a suspended prison sentence, but without serving jail time.

Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit and Likud MK Haim Katz

No Likud leadership race soon - central committee head

"The head of the Likud central committee and law committee decide when there are primaries, and both of them are me," MK Haim Katz said.

MK Haim Katz at this immunity hearing at the Knesset, February 4, 2020

Israel's A-G may close plea deal with Likud MK Haim Katz

An August 2019 decision had already cleared Katz of charges in another case.

Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit and Likud MK Haim Katz

Likud rebellions against Netanyahu ignored

"With all due respect to all of Netanyahu's accomplishments, enough already!"

DID BENJAMIN NETANYAHU lose his cool this week during the fight over the appointment of a justice minister, or was it all part of a larger strategy?

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.

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

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.

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.

Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit and Likud MK Haim Katz