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Israel Katz

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.

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 Israel Katz attends the Special Committee for Oversight of the Israeli Citizens' Fund at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, July 4, 2023.

Israel gears up for potential ICC warrants over Gaza actions, FM Katz warns of backlash

 Israel Katz, Foreign Minister to the United Nations points at family members of hostages in the audience during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the conflict between Israel and Hamas, at U.N. headquarters in New York, US March 11, 2024.

Israel warns Hamas: Accept hostage deal, or we’ll enter Rafah

 Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian speaks during a joint press conference with Lebanon's caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib (not pictured) in Beirut, Lebanon October 13, 2023.

Iran FM: European Union's decision to expand Iran sanctions is 'regrettable'

 A missile is launched during an annual drill in the coastal area of the Gulf of Oman and near the Strait of Hormuz, Iran

FM Israel Katz: 'Stop Iran before it's too late'

 Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan meets with Ismail Haniyeh, leader of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Istanbul, Turkey, April 20, 2024.

Erdogan meets Hamas leader in Istanbul, discusses efforts to reach Gaza ceasefire

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 Malawi FM meets with Israeli FM and family members of the hostages. (18/4/2024)

We will continue to support Israel' Malawi FM during embassy inauguration ceremony

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. April 17, 2024.

Netanyahu to UK, German FMs: Thanks, but we make our own decisions

 An Iranian missile system is seen during an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) ground forces military drill in the Aras area, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, October 17, 2022.

US says Iran threat against Israel credible, CBS warns attack imminent

  PM Netanyahu at Tel Nof airbase (11/4/2024)

Amid fear of Iran attack, Netanyahu warns ‘we’ll harm those who harm us’

 Indonesian Muslims attend mass prayers at Baiturrahman mosque during Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, April 10, 2024.

Indonesia to normalize ties with Israel amid OECD membership bid

 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 7, 2024.

Biden warns Iran: Our commitment to Israel’s security is ironclad

 Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks during a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at Israel's Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, Israel December 18, 2023.

Be wary political rhetoric of war with Iran - comment

 Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures as he meets with Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (not pictured) at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, March 6, 2024.

'A president must learn how to count': FM Katz fires back at Brazil's Lula

 Donald Tusk, Polish PM

Polish PM: Israel testing Polish solidarity with the war on Hamas

 World Central Kitchen (WCK) barge loaded with food arrives off the Gaza coast, March 15, 2024

UK summons Israeli envoy over death of World Central Kitchen aid workers

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Turkey's Erdogan threatens to 'send Netanyahu to Allah,' Israel summons envoy

 Israel Katz, Foreign Minister to the United Nations points at family members of hostages in the audience during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the conflict between Israel and Hamas, at U.N. headquarters in New York, US March 11, 2024.

Israel calls for global coalition in war against rising antisemitism

European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2021

Israel FM, Palestinian Authority PM could be invited to Brussels as EU agrees to sanction settlers