13 Facts About Yitzhak Cohen

Rabbi Isaac Cohen is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Shas in two spells between 1996 and 2020.

Yitzhak Cohen served as Secretary-General of Shas' educational institution.

Yitzhak Cohen has been a member of the Knesset Forum on the Middle East lobby, and is currently a member of the Lobby for Ethiopian Immigrants.

Yitzhak Cohen became the Minister of Religious Affairs in July 1999, and resigned a year later.

Yitzhak Cohen served as the Deputy Minister of Finance from 2001 to 2003.

Yitzhak Cohen said the report was "ordered by someone who wants dialogue with Tehran".

Yitzhak Cohen compared the event to when the US got intelligence in World War Two that said there were trains going to concentration camps, and they said they were being used for industrial purposes.

In 2009, in an interview with the Spiegel, Yitzhak Cohen threatened to suspend relations with the Vatican, following the lifting of the excommunication of controversial bishop Richard Williamson.

Yitzhak Cohen retained his seat in the 2009 elections, having been placed third on the Shas list.

Yitzhak Cohen lost his cabinet portfolio, instead becoming Deputy Finance Minister.

Yitzhak Cohen was re-elected again in 2013, but Shas were excluded from the government.

Yitzhak Cohen gave up his Knesset seat in February 2018 under the Norwegian Law, and was replaced by Danny Saida.

On 1 February 2021 Yitzhak Cohen announced he was retiring from politics and would not contest the 2021 Knesset elections.