page_title: Moti Yogev
hierarchical_section_title: Moti Yogev
caption_attribution_description: עברית: מוטי יוגב סיום המכללה לביטחון לאומי
context_page_description: Mordechai "Moti" Yogev is a former IDF colonel and Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Jewish Home between 2013 and 2020. He was formerly the Secretary General of Bnei Akiva, Chairman of the Company for the Reconstruction and Development of the Jewish Quarter, and Deputy and Acting Head of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council.
  Yogev served as Chair of the Subcommittee for Judea and Samaria of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. He was a ranking member of this Committee and all of its subcommittees; the Education, Culture, and Sports Committee; the Special Committee for the Rights of the Child; and the Committee for Immigration, Absorption, and Diaspora. He was Chair of the Lobby for Jerusalem, the Lobby for Strengthening the North and Periphery, and the Lobby for Strengthening the Ethiopian Community.
  Yogev announced on 15 January 2020 that he would be leaving politics after it was announced that he would be placed 11th on the Yamina list for the 2020 Israeli legislative election, while newcomer Sarah Beck was placed ahead of him. Yogev declared in response that the Jewish Home, as led by Rafi Peretz, had "lost its way".
context_section_description: Mordechai "Moti" Yogev (Hebrew: מָרְדְּכַי "מוֹטִי" יוֹגֵב; 22 February 1956) is a former IDF colonel and Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Jewish Home between 2013 and 2020. He was formerly the Secretary General of Bnei Akiva, Chairman of the Company for the Reconstruction and Development of the Jewish Quarter, and Deputy and Acting Head of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council.
  Yogev served as Chair of the Subcommittee for Judea and Samaria of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. He was a ranking member of this Committee and all of its subcommittees; the Education, Culture, and Sports Committee; the Special Committee for the Rights of the Child; and the Committee for Immigration, Absorption, and Diaspora. He was Chair of the Lobby for Jerusalem, the Lobby for Strengthening the North and Periphery, and the Lobby for Strengthening the Ethiopian Community.
  Yogev announced on 15 January 2020 that he would be leaving politics after it was announced that he would be placed 11th on the Yamina list for the 2020 Israeli legislative election, while newcomer Sarah Beck was placed ahead of him. Yogev declared in response that the Jewish Home, as led by Rafi Peretz, had "lost its way".
caption: Yogev with Shimon Peres
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