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.

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'

 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

 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


Ministerial committee on civilian preparedness convenes

The committee, led by Defense Minister Benny Gantz, included Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev, Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz, Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman and others.

Coalition members at the Knesset, 3 November, 2021.

Gov't agrees on COVID outline for Hanukkah - here’s what you need to know

The Festival of Lights begins this year on Sunday evening, November 28, and lasts eight days. A series of preparatory measures will be taken to enforce the existing Green Pass outline via barcode.

Sufganiyot, traditional treats for Hanukkah, are seen alongside Israelis walking in Jerusalem amid the coronavirus pandemic, on December 13, 2020.

COVID: Outdoor restrictions to be canceled as 4 million Israelis have received booster shot

Committee on children’s vaccine expected to approve inoculation for 5-11 age cohort today.

 Israel's Green Pass validity was extended until Thursday on Sunday after the Health Ministry 'traffic light' website crashed, October 3, 2021.

Thousands mark 26 years since Rabin assassination at Rabin Square

The public gathering was organized by volunteers in protest of the cancelation of the annual national memorial assembly.

 Thousands gather at Rabin Square to commemorate 26 years since Yitzchak Rabin's assassination on November 4, 2021

COVID: PM announces NIS 10b. ‘safety net’ for future waves

Israel, UAE sign ‘green corridor’ agreement • Only 324 new COVID cases recorded since Saturday

 Travelers at the Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on September 6, 2021.

Horowitz donates blood after Israel repeals ban on gay blood donation

Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz, a gay man, donated blood at the Magen David Adom compound in Jerusalem after the ban was repealed.

 Israel's Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz is seen giving blood at the Magen David Adom compound in Jerusalem, on October 25, 2021.

Liberman: Conflict with Iran a matter of time, not far off

Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman said "a confrontation with Iran is only a matter of time, and not a long time."

An IAF fighter jet is seen taking off amid the Vered Hagalil drill in Israel's North.

Strike over: Israel's medical interns, residents accept Horowitz's outline

According to the plan, the first phase will start on March 31, 2022, in 10 hospitals in the periphery.

 Health Nitzan Horowitz attends a press conference about the Coronavirus, in Jerusalem on August 29, 2021.

Bennett, Lapid 'strengthen Hamas' by not meeting Abbas, Meretz warns

Shas and United Torah Judaism tried to persuade Likud chair Yariv Levin to end opposition MKs' boycott of Knesset committees protesting what they deemed an unfair allocation of the committees.

Meretz leader Nitzan Horowitz.

Residents’ union calls minister’s plan to shorten shifts ‘breakthrough’

Young medical staffers have been protesting for weeks over 26-hour shifts.

 Medical personnel demonstrate outside the house of Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz on October 9, 2021.