Yitzhak Kroizer | |
|---|---|
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| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 2023– | Otzma Yehudit |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 September 1985 |
| Parent | Yehuda Kroizer |
Yitzhak Kroizer (born 7 September 1985) [1] is an Israeli far-right [2] politician who has served as a Member of the Knesset for Otzma Yehudit since 2023. [3] [4] He is a resident of the Golan Heights settlement of Natur. [3]
Kroizer is the son of Yehuda Kroizer, the local rabbi in Mitzpe Yeriho and the leader of Yeshivat Haraayon Hayehudi, an organization founded by Meir Kahane. [5]
He served in the Israel Defense Forces and fought in the Second Lebanon War. In 2007, two of his brothers died in a car accident. Before entering politics, Kroizer was a farmer, and later ran a construction company. [3]
Kroizer is a member of the Otzma Yehudit party, and was given the fourth spot on its list in 2020. [6] However, he was not elected as the party won no seats. [7]
In 2022, Kroizer was given the fifteenth spot on the party's joint list with the Religious Zionist Party and Noam ahead of that year's election. Kroizer was not elected as the list won 14 seats.
He entered the Knesset on 1 January 2023 [1] following the resignation of MK Amihai Eliyahu, who forfeited his seat to become a minister as part of the Norwegian Law. [5]
In July 2023, Kroizer was selected to serve on the Judicial Selection Committee. [8] Kroizer argued in September 2023 that the Israeli Supreme Court "tramples other authorities and citizens in Israel". [9] Legislation sponsored by Kroizer to imprison children under the age of 14 for terror-related manslaughter advanced in the Knesset in June 2023. [10]
On 5 November 2023, Kroizer explicitly called for the deaths of all residents of the Gaza Strip during an Army Radio interview. During the interview, Kroizer stated: [11]
“The Gaza Strip should be flattened, and there should be one sentence for everyone there – death. We have to wipe the Gaza Strip off the map. There are no innocents there.”
Kroizer is married and has three children. He resides in Natur, a settlement in the Golan Heights. [3]
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