Haim Katz is Israel's tourism minister (also holding the housing and health portfolios as of 2026) and chairman of the Likud Central Committee. An MK from 1999 to 2023 (for One Nation, then Likud from 2003) and former head of the Israel Aerospace Industries workers' committee, he served as welfare minister (2015–2019). Netanyahu placed him in a reserved slot on the 2026 list because of his Central Committee role.
Likud; reserved slot on the 2026 list as Central Committee chairman.
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- אחרי שטענה שזויפה ספירת הקולות: גמליאל הגישה תלונה במשטרה
Translation After claiming the vote count was forged: Gamliel filed a police complaint
- דעה | לא לניצחון בבחירות: המטרה האמיתית של השריונים של נתניהו
Translation Opinion | Not for winning elections: The real purpose of Netanyahu's reserved slots
- הנימוקים של נתניהו לשריונים של השרים כ"ץ וסער
Translation Netanyahu's reasons for reserved slots for ministers Katz and Saar
- הברית שפורקה והנקמה בביטן: מאחורי הקלעים של הדיל שמסעיר את הליכוד
Translation The alliance that was dismantled and the revenge on Bitan: Behind the scenes of the deal stirring Likud
- טליק גואילי וגל הירש בפנים: השמות החמים לקבל שיריון מנתניהו
Translation Taleek Gouili and Gal Hirsch in: the hot names to receive a reserved slot from Netanyahu
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- Ariel KahanaIsrael Hayom
אני מכיר יהודה אליהו. הוא אדם שקט, אצילי, מקצועי וישר. כך שבעולם מתוקן, אולי הוא זה שצריך לערוך שימוע לחיים כ"ץ...
Translation I know Yehuda Eliyahu. He's a quiet, noble, professional and honest man. So in a just world, maybe he's the one who should hold a hearing for Haim Katz...
- Amit SegalChannel 12 News
Acting Director General of the Israel Land Authority (ILA), Yehuda Eliyahu, responds to Housing Minister Haim Katz: You tried to interfere with my work and promote your own people—and that’s why you want to fire me.
- Amit SegalChannel 12 News
Smotrich attacks Haim Katz: “Rot and corruption among vote brokers.”
- Ariel KahanaIsrael Hayom
השר עמיחי שיקלי על ״עמיתו״ השר חיים כ״ץ: י״הודה אליהו הוא אחד המינויים החשובים ביותר של המחנה הלאומי ואף עסקן משוריין לא יזיז אותו מתפקידו. במאבק על הנגב והגליל לא יהיו פשרות״.
Translation Minister Amichai Chikli on his "colleague" Minister Haim Katz: "Yehuda Eliyahu is one of the most important appointments of the national camp, and no party hack with a reserved slot will move him from his post. In the struggle for the Negev and the Galilee there will be no compromises."
- Amit SegalChannel 12 News
Following reports regarding the summoning of Yehuda Eliyahu to a hearing, a clarification on behalf of Minister Haim Katz: “There is no basis whatsoever for the claims that Yehuda Eliyahu was summoned to a pre-dismissal hearing or that this has any connection to appointments he was asked to make. Rather, serious allegations of severe mismanagement at the Israel Land Authority (ILA) have reached my desk, which I cannot accept. These concern, among other things, poor interpersonal relations and the exclusion of women, and raise serious concerns regarding his suitability to manage the Authority. This is in addition to his lack of cooperation on the issue of expanding and adapting the rights and entitlements of career service members and their families. All of these matters will be examined as part of the hearing, which will be conducted with an open mind and in good faith, in accordance with the rules of proper administration. If we are unable to reach an understanding, I will act to appoint an interim director who will advance Jewish settlement in the Negev and Galilee—a national issue that is at the top of my priorities. This is also an opportunity to remind anyone who may have forgotten that I was among the leaders of the revolt against the Disengagement. At the same time, a director is needed who knows how to implement essential reforms in staffing and in service to the public.”
- Amit SegalChannel 12 News
Likud ministers sharply criticize Haim Katz’s decision to try to oust Yehuda Eliyahu.
- Amit SegalChannel 12 News
After just a few months in office, Housing Minister Haim Katz summoned Yehuda Eliyahu, acting head of the Israel Land Authority (ILA), to a pre-dismissal hearing.