Tag: Yisrael Katz
With Fatalities Rising 1600% in 4 Years, Electric Scooter Riders Must Wear Helmets
The current fine for not wearing a helmet while riding an electric bicycle is 250 shekel ($68).
After months of traffic jams, Adam Interchange Opens Up Binyamin Residents’ Path to Jerusalem
"We will yet complete the paving of bypass roads, the widening of lanes and the improvement of infrastructures."
Israeli Transport Minister in Oman on Official Visit – US Envoy Says Trip ‘Supports...
Greenblatt: "Israel and its neighbors continue to find common ground."
Tel Aviv Appeals to High Court Over Halt on Shabbat Bridge Construction
MK Uri Maklev argued that "just as you know how to close the streets for marathons and bicycle races and other such events, the same approach must be used in building such complex engineering infrastructures."
Opposition Up in Arms as Katz Cancels Shabbat Work on Tel Aviv Bridge
Likud Culture Minister Miri Regev said, however, that Katz made the right decision.
Katz: Aid to Gaza Only in Return for Israeli Hostages
"The situation in Gaza is approaching a decision point: resolution or war."
Bank of Israel Governor Won’t Run for Next Term over Finance Minister’s Shenanigans
Flug accuses the Finance Minister of sheer populism: Mechir Lemishtaken costs the public coffers billions of dollars and creates harmful distortions to both the subsidized and free housing market.
PM, Transport Minister, Dedicate 2 New Ra’anana Train Stations
We are destroying the terrorist tunnels, and in contrast, we are building these tunnels here which shorten distances.
Israeli Defense Establishment Warns of Complete Economic Collapse in Gaza
As was to be expected, Transport and Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) on Monday morning repeated his proposal to build an island off the Gaza coast
Cabinet Minister: We’ll Persuade Trump to Let Greater Jerusalem Bill Pass
The Americans have known about the law for several months.
The Political Renaissance of the Right
The time when the Israeli Right lagged behind the Israeli Left and sufficed with defensive responses and with stating what not to do, is over.
Transport Minister Will Run for Prime Minister When Netanyahu Leaves
Katz is a hardliner on peace and security: he supports continued settlement construction, extending full Israeli sovereignty to Judea and Samaria, and severing all relations with the Palestinian Authority.
Ministers Call to Scrap Iran Nuclear Deal
"We did not gather the Jews from all four corners of the earth in order to turn them into a nuclear target."
Tel Aviv–Jerusalem High-Speed Train Passes First Test Ahead of April 2018 Opening
The new, high-speed railway has been criticized by the political left and the Palestinian Authority for passing through about 4 miles of Judea and Samaria, most of it through tunnels.
Olmert Leaves Prison after 16 Months, May Be Ill
The Prosecutor's Office wanted to postpone the parole board hearing indefinitely but only received a one-week postponement. A request for an extension was rejected by parole board chair, retired judge Rachel Goldberg.
Gaza Artificial Island Harbor Plan Shelved Due to Defense Minister’s Objection
According to Minister Katz, the harbor island would finally remove Israel's responsibility for the situation in Gaza and might prevent a renewed military flare-up.
Greenblatt: Trump Eager to Start Negotiating Core Israel-PA Issues
An Israeli source said told that PA officials who attended Trump's encounter Abbas were disheartened by the negative atmosphere of the exchange.
Bennett Protests New Concessions Transferring More Land to the Palestinian Authority, Calling it a...
The cabinet passed a series of concessions to appease Trump, including converting land in Area C to Area A.
Breakthrough
Workers broke through the wall for the tunnel near Yokneam as Highway 6 is extended.
Speculation: Israel Bombed Iranian Cargo Planes on Damascus Base Tarmac
Three or four Iranian cargo planes were reported to have landed at the military airbase near the Damascus international airport only hours before an...
Israel Preparing for Passover ISIS Attack in Sinai
Some Israelis were trying to find alternative routs to reach the Sinai beaches, possibly via Jordan.
Israeli Driver Wounded in Shooting Attack Near Ofarim
Arab terrorists opened fire at an Israeli motorist in a drive-by shooting on the road near Ofarim, between Halamish and Aboud.
New Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Train Line to Reach Temple Mount / Western Wall, Just in...
A long-term railway construction project will result in a high-speed train line from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, with a stop at the Temple Mount and Western Wall.
Jerusalem’s New Business District Inaugurated Wednesday
Jerusalem Gateway, with a $360 million investment, will spread over 52 acres, create 40,000 new jobs, and become Israel's largest transportation hub.
Haredi MK Blocks Train Funding over Shabbat Works
Transport Ministry officials threatened that "if it turns out Gafni is operating out of political considerations we will view it seriously and act accordingly."
Rebellion: 25 Likud MKs Tell Netanyahu to Avoid Amona Demolition
The court has ordered the final date for the evacuation of the entire outpost to be no later than December 25 this year.
Netanyahu Calms Coalition Crisis, Grabs Credit for Transport Minister’s Achievements
Taking for himself the credit that mostly belongs to the gregarious Transport Minister, Netanyahu said his Government has invested almost $9 billion in a massive expansion of highways and railways.
Everything You Wanted to Know About the Shabbat Train Coalition Crisis – and Weren’t...
As soon as they became public, those railroad projects turned into a ticking bomb.
Massive Traffic Jams Collateral Damage of Internal War in Likud
The daily Yated Ne'eman cited MK Moshe Gafni (UTJ) who accused Katz of acting out of revenge rather than caring for the services of his ministry.