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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How to cope in a post-mask society

The requirement to wear a face mask in closed areas, first introduced soon after the start of the pandemic, has been in place for almost two years in Israel.

APRIL 24, 2022ByJPOST EDITORIAL
A boy wearing a mask to prevent contracting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) walks on a zebra crossing in Seoul, South Korea, January 25, 2022.

COVID-19: Mask mandate to be canceled in closed spaces

A mask will still be required in places with high infection potential including hospitals and nursing homes.

APRIL 20, 2022ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
A woman wears a protective mask during the coronavirus pandemic

Israel 'stands with Ukraine against Russian war crimes, massacres' - Horowitz

Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz heavily condemned the scenes in Bucha as he visited the Israeli field hospital built in western Ukraine.

APRIL 4, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz at the Israeli field hospital built in Ukraine

High-level Ukrainian delegation in Israel, Horowitz to travel to Lviv

Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz is set to visit Ukraine next week, ambassador Yevgen Korniychuk said.

APRIL 1, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Ukrainian envoy to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk at a briefing in Tel Aviv, April 1, 2022.

Easing of COVID-19 restrictions postponed an additional month

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett accepted the Health Ministry's recommendation to postpone from April 1 to May 1 the easing of COVID restrictions.

MARCH 24, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
People some with face masks walk at the Machaneh Yehudah Market in Jerusalem, March 16, 2022.

Israeli doctors arrive in Ukraine to build NIS 21 million field hospital

An integral part of the Israeli government's humanitarian mission, named after Kyiv-born Golda Meir, was approved on Sunday.

MARCH 14, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
New immigrants are seen arriving in Israel after fleeing Ukraine.

Israel, Bahrain sign cooperation agreement in health, medical sector

Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz signed a program for cooperation in the health sector during a visit to Bahrain.

MARCH 9, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz at the signing of a cooperation agreement with Bahrain on March 9, 2022

Settler violence is a strategic threat to Israel, Horowitz warns

This is the latest in a number of leaked media reports about heated conversations in the security cabinet on settler violence.

FEBRUARY 20, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
SETTLERS HURL stones at Palestinians during the annual harvest season, near the settlement of Yitzhar in 2020.

A-G, Netanyahu plea deal still hanging in balance

Bennett dismisses speculation over plea deal with ex-PM

JANUARY 16, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN, YONAH JEREMY BOB
Head of the Yamina party Naftali Bennett gives a press conference at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on May 05, 2021.

COVID-19: 5,657 health staff in quarantine as cases hit 43,868

Shortened isolation for those infected begins today. Hebrew University experts predict up to two million active cases within days.

JANUARY 12, 2022ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
People wait in line for Coronavirus tests at Cinema City, Jerusalem, January 9, 2022