Isaac Aharonovich

Yitzhak Aharonovich (; born 22 August 1950) is an Israeli businessman and former politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu between 2006 and 2015 and also held the posts of Minister of Tourism and Minister of Public Security. He is currently Chairman of Mekorot.

Biography Yitzhak Aharonovich was born in West Jerusalem to Holocaust survivors from Kaunas. He grew up in moshav Dishon and studied at a yeshiva in Safed. In 1968, he began his mandatory military service in the Israel Defense Forces, and served as a deputy company commander and instructor at a training base. He later studied history at the University of Haifa and graduated with a BA. In 1972, he joined the Israel Border Police, and during the 1973 Yom Kippur War he was stationed on the border with Lebanon.

Aharonovich lives in Even Yehuda with his family.

Military and police career In the 1980s he headed the northern command of the Israel Border Police, and led rescue operations during the two Tyre catastrophes. and in November 2016 he became chairman of IMI Systems Ltd.