Yitzhak Wasserlauf

Biography

Incumbent MK

Age

34

Education

"Netiv Meir" yeshiva high school; Hesder yeshiva in Ma'alot; Hesder yeshiva in Beit She'an; Kollel at the "Orot Aviv" yeshiva in the Shapira neighborhood; "Oz VeEmunah" yeshiva gedola in south Tel Aviv

Service

Enlisted in March 2012 in the Golani Brigade, served as a combat soldier in Company B of the 12th Battalion

Public roles

Minister of the Negev, the Galilee and National Resilience (since March 2025); former Minister for the Development of the Negev and the Galilee (2022–2025); MK for Otzma Yehudit (since November 2022)

Terms in earlier Knessets

First term

Main political focus

Development of the Negev and the Galilee and dealing with illegal infiltration

Milestones

Was the youngest MK in the 25th Knesset when he entered (age 32); resigned from the government in January 2025 in opposition to the agreement with Hamas and was reappointed in March 2025

Key principles

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