Age 53; Jerusalem-born attorney (LLB, Reichman University) and first-term Likud MK; tapped by PM Netanyahu in July 2025 to chair the Finance Committee and has since steered Israel's wartime fiscal policy.
עמדות ופועל
- Has chaired the Knesset Finance Committee since July 2025, succeeding UTJ's Moshe Gafni
- Shepherded the 2026 state budget through committee, adding roughly NIS 32 billion to defense and raising the deficit ceiling to fund the war effort
- Advanced tax credits and war-compensation packages for IDF reservists, small businesses, and furloughed workers
- Supports trimming discretionary funding to politically activist NGOs and redirecting it toward security and frontline communities
- Backed the coalition's judicial reform agenda, including the bill to split the attorney-general's role
- Subject of a politically contested police investigation tied to his prior work as legal counsel for the Bnei Baruch-Kabbalah La'Am association, in which allegations relate to sexual misconduct and witness tampering; he denies all allegations and Likud has called the probe politically motivated
- Hawkish on security policy and supportive of robust IDF and intelligence operations
ציטוט הדף הזה
Hanoch Milwidsky, מדינת ישראל. https://thestateofisrael.com/he/mk/hanoch-milwidsky