Moshe Bar Siman Tov

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.
Israel's Health Ministry.

Israeli gov't approves 2026 health cm'tee to approve medications, tech with NIS 650 budget

The delay in appointing the committee persisted in recent months due to the lack of a sitting health minister.

|ByAVIHAI CHIIM, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Saved the lives of medical staff and patients. Director General of the Health Ministry Moshe Bar Siman Tov during Covid-19 crisis in 2019

Near-miss massacre: How one order saved Soroka’s patients under missile fire

Thanks to Bar Siman-Tov’s pre-emptive order, only one patient suffered a minor injury after an Iranian missile slammed into Soroka hospital.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
L TO R: Dr. Osnat Luxenburg, Prof. Dina Ben-Yehuda, Health Minister Arye Deri and Health Ministry Director General Mshe Bar Siman Tov

Internist doctors blast Health Ministry ‘neglect, failure to keep promises’

“In the next five years, dozens of internal medicine department managers are expected to retire – about 40% of them – and the problem is that only a few are ready to replace them,” they

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Health Ministry retracts ease of coronavirus regulations on trains

"We are aware of the need for public transportation, but unfortunately we are not at a stage where we can approve such large crowds congregating."

MAY 14, 2020ByCELIA JEAN
Direct Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Savidor train services

Health Ministry director-general Moshe Bar Siman Tov resigns

He held his role for the last five years, and worked in public service for the last 20.

MAY 12, 2020ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Health Ministry Director-General Moshe Bar Siman Tov

Which students and teachers still need to stay home from school?

Children who have had recurrent hospitalizations due to complex illnesses will not be allowed to return to school without first

MAY 3, 2020ByIDAN ZONSHINE
Anais, a student at the International Bilingual School (EIB), attends her online lessons in her bedroom in Paris as a lockdown is imposed to slow the rate of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread in France, March 20, 2020.

Health Ministry director: Opening IKEA was a mistake

Bar Siman Tov has been heavily criticized for the way the Health Ministry has functioned under his leadership.

APRIL 26, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Health Ministry Director-General Moshe Bar Siman Tov