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Yoav Ben-Tzur
יואב בן צור
MK (Shas); former Minister in the Labor Ministry, 2022-2025; acting Health Minister Jan-Apr 2023
Kfar Saba-born (1958) Shas rabbi and former Nahal Brigade reserve captain; ran Shas's Ma'ayan HaHinuch HaTorani religious school network before entering the Knesset in June 2014 as a replacement for Ariel Atias; served as Minister in the Labor Ministry and as acting Health Minister after the High Court disqualified Aryeh Deri; resigned from the cabinet in July 2025 with the rest of Shas's ministers over the yeshiva-student draft impasse.
Positions and record
- Champions Haredi labor-market integration programs and family benefits
- Backs Torah-study deferments and yeshiva stipends as continuation of Israel's spiritual mission
- Supports Shabbat observance in the public sector
- Promotes Sephardic Torah education and Ma'ayan HaHinuch funding
- Endured a November 2025 attack on his car by anti-draft extremists for backing Shas's compromise draft legislation
Cite this page
Yoav Ben-Tzur, The State of Israel. https://thestateofisrael.com/mk/yoav-ben-tzur