Haim Katz

Health Ministry director-general to step down after nine years, set to join Columbia University

During his tenure, Bar Siman Tov led Israel's healthcare system through the COVID-19 pandemic, the October 7 massacre, and the ensuing Israel-Hamas war.

|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN
Health Ministry Director General Moshe Bar Siman-Tov.
Minister of Health Haim Katz arrives to a press conference announcing the health basket.

Health minister’s intervention highlights Israel’s protekzia problem, healthcare gaps - editorial

The question raised by this story is not whether Katz helped a sick Israeli. He did. The question is what happens to the sick Israeli who does not have access to the health minister.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem, March 19, 2026.

Netanyahu won the Likud primary. Can Likud win beyond its base? - opinion

Likud is walking out of this primary further to the Right, unmistakably built around Netanyahu, security-minded to its core, still ready to sit with the ultra-Orthodox parties.

|ByDOV MAIMON
Agriculture and Raw Food Security Minister Avi Dichter attends Economic Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on March 26, 2025.

Likud officials pressuring Netanyahu to move Avi Dichter into realistic party position using 'swap'

This message is now being conveyed to Netanyahu primarily because of Dichter's status as a former Shin Bet chief and concerns that Likud could enter the election without a senior security figure.

|ByANNA BARSKY

Labor minister questioned for the third time in IAI corruption probe

Yair Katz was arrested on March 22, on suspicion of granting benefits to IAI employees in exchange for their joining the Likud party.

AUGUST 10, 2017ByUDI SHAHAM
MK Haim Katz (Likud) 311