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Ohad Tal (Hebrew: אוהד טל) is an Israeli politician who serves as a member of Knesset for the National Religious Party–Religious Zionism. He heads the Public Enterprises Knesset Committee, and is a member of the Security and Foreign affairs committee, Economics committee and Diaspora and absorption committee.
For 10 years, Ohad led different educational initiatives that sought to connect the international community to Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. In 2013, he embarked as an Emissary (Shaliach) of the Jewish Agency for Israel and World Bnei Akiva movement to the Netherlands.
After his time as an Emissary, Ohad founded and directed the Religious Zionist Emissary (Shlichut) Centre – a coalition of several nonprofit organisations responsible for diaspora relations and activities abroad among religious Zionist communities. Following his return to Israel, he served as Deputy Director of World Mizrachi Movement and led the operation to strengthen religious Zionist communities around the globe.
In 2021, MK Tal was appointed as the Director of World Bnei Akiva, the largest Zionist youth movement in the world. During this year, he served as a volunteer Chairman of several non-profit educational organisations, as a delegate to the World Zionist Congress and as a member of the presidium of the Presidium of the WZO Zionist General Council.
On the day that the lists were submitted for the 2022 Election, the chairman of the Religious Zionism party, Bezalel Smotrich, announced the placement of MK Ohad Tal as number 12 on the party's list for the Knesset, which ultimately won 14 seats.
On November 13 2022, MK Ohad Tal began serving as an active member of the Knesset. After the government was formed, MK Tal began to serve as chairman of the Knesset committee for public projects.Under his tenure as chairman, the committee passed laws whose main purpose is to lower the cost of living in Israel and reduce regulation and bureaucracy in the financial system as well as developing and securing a Jewish presence in the Negev and the Galilee areas.
MK Ohad is an active member of the security and foreign affairs committee, and from the beginning of Operation Iron Swards he has led several initiates to secure Israel's military and security positions. MK Tal is also a member of the absorption committee and has been active in promoting Israel-diaspora relations as well as Israel-USA relations.