Kisch was born and raised in
Tel Aviv. His paternal grandfather was
Frederick Kisch, the highest-ranking Jew ever to serve in the
British Army. Through his mother, he is a descendant of
Shmuel Salant, who served as Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of
Jerusalem in the 19th century. Kisch held British citizenship until having to renounce it in 2015 as a condition of being allowed to take up a seat in the Knesset. He holds an MBA from
INSEAD. Kisch enlisted the
IDF's Air force in 1985. He finished his
Kurs tais (Flight training) as a
fighter pilot in 1988 and began his service on the
F-16 Falcon. He finished his
reserve duty service in 2016 while climbing up to the rank of
Sgan aluf (Lieutenant colonel). He was on the
Likud Yisrael Beiteinu list for the
2013 Knesset elections, but failed to win a seat. Prior to the
2015 elections he was placed 19th on the Likud list, a slot reserved for the Tel Aviv region. He was elected to the Knesset when Likud won 30 seats. In March 2017, Amendment 35 to the
Party Financing Law was passed, initiated by Kish along with other members of the Knesset. The amendment, known as the "
V15 law", stipulates that organizations and individuals who act during elections in order to persuade voters not to vote for a particular list must also register with the
State Comptroller of Israel, and that donations they may receive for such activity are limited. In March 2023 Kisch resigned from the Knesset under the
Norwegian Law and was replaced by
Sasson Guetta. ==Personal life==