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.

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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

The Tax Authority warns that the move will entail a revenue loss of NIS 8.5 billion per year, which would be funded by cuts or an increased deficit.

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Construction and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf

Goldknopf proposes lowering the VAT to 17%

Just a few months before the elections, the housing minister who voted in favor of raising the VAT proposes lowering it to 17%. The Finance Ministry clarifies that the proposals will not be adopted.

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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

The rotten deal Netanyahu is weaving in public with his non-Zionist partners allows the haredi sector to milk Israel's reserves dry without contributing anything.

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Israeli gov't will collapse without new IDF draft bill, top haredi minister warns

UTJ chairman and minister Yitzhak Goldknopf failed to provide a deadline for the re-negotiation of the haredi draft bill.

MAY 3, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
LIKUD LEADER BENJAMIN Netanyahu shakes hands with United Torah Judaism MK Yitzhak Goldknopf in the Knesset last week. If Netanyahu’s promise of a full budget for all haredi educational institutions is realized, the already-low incentive to provide core studies will disappear entirely.

Don’t miss the opportunity to integrate haredim in Israel - opinion

Seventy-five years after David Ben-Gurion gave the famous exemption to 400 yeshiva students, the state is again facing a critical juncture.

APRIL 27, 2023ByYAAKOV KATZ
CONSTRUCTION AND Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf arrives for a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem.

UTJ demands that haredi Draft Law amendment pass before budget

The coalition leaders are set to meet Sunday to discuss the issue further.

APRIL 15, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
Haredi men protest outside the draft office in Jerusalem on November 28.

Housing cabinet approved by gov't, to be headed by Minister Goldknopf

The new committee will be granted broad powers to tackle the housing crisis in the country.

JANUARY 30, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Housing and Construction Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf at a change-over ceremony with former Housing Minister Zeev Elkin, January 1, 2023.

Goldknopf to Regev: End train-track construction work on Shabbat

Housing Minister Moshe Goldknopf asserted that the construction contradicts the coalition agreements signed between UTJ and the Likud.

JANUARY 8, 2023ByELIAV BREUER, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
UTJ CHAIRMAN Yitzhak Goldknopf: Interested in finance, not mathematics.

Israeli Housing Minister Goldknopf resigns from Knesset under Norwegian Law

Yizhak Pindros, who served as an MK in the previous Knesset, will once again become an MK.

JANUARY 4, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
United Torah Judaism (UTJ) chairman rabbi Yitzchak Goldknopf is seen at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, July 28, 2022

Letters to the Editor January 4, 2023: Immediate membership

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

JANUARY 4, 2023ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

Bar Lev criticizes Jewish extremism in parting jab at Ben-Gvir

New ministers take office • Tension surrounds conflict between incoming, outgoing ministers

JANUARY 1, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
MK ITAMAR Ben-Gvir and Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai attend a committee meeting in the Knesset, last week.

Israel's 37th government set to take power

Coalition agreement filed; a number of Likud MKs are unhappy

DECEMBER 28, 2022ByELIAV BREUER, SHIRA SILKOFF
Incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a Likud faction meeting following the signing of the final coalition deals, December 28, 2022.

Liberman warns incoming Netanyahu gov't 'will lead to collapse'

The outgoing finance minister referred to a deal that will grant government subsidies to yeshiva students in order to prevent their need to join the workforce.

DECEMBER 27, 2022ByZACHY HENNESSEY
Finance Minister and Israel Beytenu party chairman Avigdor Liberman speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 12, 2022