Nitzan Horowitz

Deri steps into Health Ministry, will push for higher budget

Arye Deri said that he will focus on two main issues for the ministry: a significant addition to the budget base of NIS 5.85 billion and better management and implementation abilities.

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Shas leader MK Arye Deri is seen at the Knesset, on July 26, 2021.
MERETZ PARTY chairman Nitzan Horowitz attends an Israel News Company conference in Jerusalem last week.

Health Minister Horowitz denounces Finance Ministry 'interference'

Outgoing Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz spoke at the Dead Sea Conference where he launched an unprecedented attack on the Treasury.

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Israeli foreign minister and Head of the Yesh Atid party Yair Lapid walks next to Head of opposition and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu at the assembly hall for a special session in memory of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben Gurion, on November 8, 2021.

With Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir, Israel exits Lapid's intolerant gov't - opinion

The outgoing government painted Benjamin Netanyahu and his supporters as insidious and dangerous, and that was just the beginning.

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View of the Kaplan Medical Center, in Rehovot, on December 11, 2020.

Two additional acute centers open for treatment of victims of rape, sexual assault

The new centers are at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot.

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Israel ups monkeypox vaccine shipment to 5K after WHO declaration

The original agreed-upon shipment of 2,000 vaccines was more than doubled on Horowitz's request • 105 Israeli men test positive for monkeypox as of Saturday

JULY 23, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Test tubes labeled "Monkeypox virus positive and negative" are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022

Israel Elections: Political road map begins to clear up

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: A number of important developments occurred, and some pieces of the political puzzle are beginning to fall into place.

JULY 15, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
JUSTICE MINISTER and New Hope leader Gideon Sa’ar and Defense Minister and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz announce the merger of their parties ahead of the upcoming election, in Ramat Gan, earlier this week.

Nitzan Horowitz to step down as Meretz head

The health minister's decision to not run for the Meretz chairmanship currently leaves Yair Golan as the sole candidate.

JULY 12, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz.

Yair Golan, former IDF general, says he will run for Meretz chairmanship

"I will run in order to build a proud, strong, Zionist Left, that fights for Israel's character and future," Golan said.

JULY 6, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Yair Golan

Esawi Frej leaves Meretz ahead of elections

Frej announced that he had decided to take a break from the Knesset, but not from public life.

JULY 5, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE
Regional Cooperation Minister Esawi Frej.

Israel abortion reforms approved amid Roe v. Wade crisis

Israel's Labor, Welfare and Health Committee approved abortion reforms, which would allow women easier access to treatment.

JUNE 27, 2022ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI
Abortion rights demonstrators protest outside the United States Supreme Court as the court rules in the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision in Washington, US, June 24, 2022.

The Rambam Summit 2022

On Sunday this week, the 'Rambam' hospital held a grand opening of the Eyal Ofer Heart Hospital, the Patricia and Albert Frank Family Cardiology Inpatient Department and a prestigious gala evening.

JUNE 14, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Marilyn Ofer, Eyal Ofer and Olivia Ofer outside the Eyal Ofer Heart Hospital

COVID-19 on the rise in Israel again? Fifth jab being considered - report

The amount of COVID cases reported yesterday was the highest in Israel in over a month and a half, with approximately 3,731 testing positive, the Health Ministry reported.

JUNE 7, 2022ByGADI ZAIG
SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 (illustrative).

Meretz want to run with Labor in future elections, Labor less sure

Labor secretary-general Eran Hermoni criticized Michaeli's statement, saying that "Labor is not a branch of Meretz" and "must return to its rightful place in the Center-Left."

MAY 6, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN
Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz at the Knesset, November 15, 2021, Labor head Merav Michaeli at faction meetings, December 13, 2021.

After US Roe v Wade leak, abortions set to be eased in Israel

Following the leaked US Supreme Court draft opinion, Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz swiftly promised to make it easier to get an abortion in Israel.

MAY 3, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN
A demonstrator holds a sign during a protest outside the US Supreme Court, after the leak of a draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito preparing for a majority of the court to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision later this year, in Washington, US, May 3, 20