Yoaz Hendel

Yoaz Hendel
יועז הנדל‎
Ministerial roles
2020	Minister of Communications
2021–2022	Minister of Communications
Faction represented in the Knesset
2019–2020	Blue and White
2020–2021	Derekh Eretz
2021	New Hope
Personal details
Born	(1975-05-22) 22 May 1975 (age 49) Petah Tikva, Israel

Yoaz Hendel (Hebrew: יועז הנדל‎; born 22 May 1975) is an Israeli politician, journalist, author, publicist and public activist. Hendel served as Israel's Minister of Communications, as a member of Israel's Security Cabinet and Ministerial Committee for Legislation, a Member of Knesset and as Chairman of his Party (Derekh Eretz). As of January 2023, Hendel is on a break from politics. He was originally elected as a member of the Blue and White alliance in 2019,^[1] before leaving to form Derekh Eretz and serve as its Chairman in March 2020. A military historian by training, Hendel previously worked as a journalist, was the chairman of the Institute for Zionist Strategies (IZS), and taught academic courses at Bar-Ilan University. Between 2011 and 2012 he served as Director of Communications and Public Diplomacy for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He was Minister of Communications from May 2020 to December 2020 and from June 2021 to the end of 2022. Hendel completed a doctorate in history.