Ron Katz ( he, רוֹן כַּץ, born 4 October 1985) is an Israeli lawyer and politician. He is currently a member of the Knesset for

Yesh Atid Yesh Atid ( he, יֵשׁ עָתִיד, , There Is a Future) is a liberal political party in Israel. Founded by Yair Lapid in 2012, it seeks to represent what it considers the centre of Israeli society: the secular middle class. It focuses prima ...

Biography

Katz was born in Afula in 1985. During his

national service National service is the system of voluntary government service, usually military service. Conscription is mandatory national service. The term ''national service'' comes from the United Kingdom's National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939. The l ...

in the

Israeli Defence Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the State of Israel. It consists of three service branch ...

, he served in the Military Advocate General.Reform rabbi, Kahanist agitator, firebrand writer: The new Knesset’s 16 rookies
The Times of Israel, 26 March 2021 After earning an LLB,Ron Katz
Knesset he later worked as a civilian lawyer, specialising in family law and wills. After joining

, Katz became a party activist in

Petah Tikva Petah Tikva ( he, פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה, , ), also known as ''Em HaMoshavot'' (), is a city in the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv. It was founded in 1878, mainly by Haredi Judaism, Haredi Jews of ...

, where he served as deputy mayor. He also headed the city's education administration. Prior to the 2021 Knesset elections he was placed sixteenth on the Yesh Atid list,יש עתיד בראשות יאיר לפיד
Central Elections Committee and was elected to the Knesset as the party won seventeen seats.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Katz, Ron 1985 births Living people 21st-century Israeli lawyers Deputy mayors of places in Israel Jewish Israeli politicians Members of the 24th Knesset (2021–2022) Members of the 25th Knesset (2022–) People from Petah Tikva Yesh Atid politicians