Yitzhak Goldknopf

'Start with Lazimi': Haredi lawmaker suggests opposition MK should be shot for protesting

In response, MK Adi Ezuz (Yesh Atid) turned the conversation back onto Pindrus, noting that by his logic, UTJ Head Yitzhak Goldknopf, the leader of Pindrus's party, should also be shot in the legs.

MK Yitzhak Pindrus speaks during a Finance committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, June 3, 2026.
Yitzhak Goldknopf

Discussion on Goldknopf’s proposal to lower VAT postponed by two weeks

Construction and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf

Goldknopf proposes lowering the VAT to 17%

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu is seen walking past haredi lawmaker Yitzhak Goldknopf, at the Prime Minister’s Office in 2023.

Netanyahu's political survival deal with the ultra-Orthodox comes at Israel's expense - opinion


Gaza border towns to be nat'l priority with housing benefits

The construction and housing minister is updating list of national priority areas, including Gaza border communities and West Bank towns.

 IDF Soldiers, Kibbutz Beeri October 15, 2023

Israel's public housing to forego rent for families of hostages, displaced civilians

Residents of public housing who belong to these groups will be able to submit an application starting December 1 to have their rent canceled for the duration of the war.

 Israeli Construction and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf is seen at an Education, Culture, and Sports Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, Israel, on June 19, 2023.

Government promotes quick use of buildings as shelters in northern cities

Construction and Housing minister announces swift plan, costing millions, to use buildings as shelters in the North due to neglected existing ones.


Israeli minister: IDF must move away from 'People's Army' model

Eliyahu's comments come amid ongoing coalition talks regarding a new draft law for ultra-Orthodox Israelis who study in yeshivas.

 ISRAELI SOLDIERS pray at the Western Wall.

If there is no draft law, there is no coalition - haredi minister

"There's a commitment from the Likud to us that nothing else will pass until the draft law," said Yitzhak Goldknopf, adding that he had a signed guarantee of this promise.

 UTJ leader and Construction and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf is seen at a Knesset committee meeting in Jerusalem, on July 10, 2023.

Ben-Gvir taunts Arab journalist while watching demolition of Bedouin homes

"Sorry, Mohammad Magadli, this is a right-wing government," National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir wrote.

 National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf watch Bedouin homes being demolished. August 29, 2023

Grapevine: Much that is positive

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 MAYOR MOSHE LION on Jerusalem’s Jaffa Road.

Israel approves construction of new town in Galilee region

Construction Minister Goldknopf announced that on Sunday he plans to bring forward a bill for the establishment of a new town, to be named Ramat Arbel.

Arbel Nature Reserve, December 20, 2018

Tension in coalition mounts over last minute budget demands

Agudat Yisrael demands additional funds, threatens to oppose budget; Smotrich threatens to resign

Israeli MKs of the United Torah Judaism party Meir Porush reacts as he sits in the plenum as the Knesset approves Yesh Atid's draft bill on first reading early Tuesday morning, in the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, in Jerusalem, early July 23, 2013

Israel to permit financing of apartment purchases in installments

Yaakov Kwint, director general of the Israel Land Authority: "The trend of falling apartment prices will continue in the coming months."

Apartment for sale in Jerusalem