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


COVID: Entrance of vaccinated to Israel postponed again amid outbreak

Amid concerns over the rising number of coronavirus cases, police to employ an SMS-based system to verify location of those quarantining.

THE ALMOST empty Ben-Gurion Airport last week.

Thousands of medical support staff end strike

Health minister promises to keep workers employed at least until the state budget is passed

Assuta medical staff protest during a visit of Minister of Health Yuli Edelstein at the Assuta hospital in Ashdod on August 20, 2020.

Israel's new government makes history while facing many challenges

Israel’s first political invention was the rotational government, introduced in 1984 when Yitzhak Shamir and Shimon Peres, following an inconclusive election.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett convenes a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on July 11.

Coronavirus ‘czar’ Nachman Ash named new Health Ministry director-general

Israel is working on vaccine deal with several foreign countries, current DG says * Some 213 coronavirus cases were identified as of 7 p.m. Monday, but no increase in serious patients

Prof. Nachman Ash, Israel's next Health Ministry director-general.

Israel's COVID cabinet to meet Sunday on possible new restrictions

Some 229 new cases were reported on Friday

A mall in Israel opens up after the country's third coronavirus lockdown.

Can the new health minister end Israel’s mental health stigma?

Mental health and psychological issues could have much harder and much longer-term effects than COVID-19 itself.

Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz speaking at he Yehuda Abarbanel Mental Health Medical Center.

Bennett: We are treating the situation like a new coronavirus outbreak

“In order to maintain our routine in Israel, we have to closely monitor entrances,” Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz said.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at Ben-Gurion Airport on Coronavirus developments, June 22.

Israel's new government can begin healing a divided society - opinion

The coalition’s very existence says that particular interests, or those of political lobby groups, now come second to the national interest.

YESH ATID leader Yair Lapid, Yamina head Naftali Bennett and Ra’am leader Mansour Abbas sign coalition agreements at the Kfar Maccabiah hotel Wednesday night.

COVID-19 and beyond: Health minister Horowitz’s top five challenges

MK Nitzan Horowitz is inheriting a ministry that suffered through a nearly year-and-a-half battle against a global pandemic.

Meretz Party chairman Nitzan Horowitz in Knesset preparations on April 5th.

Smotrich: Bennett, Shaked forming left-wing government

Smotrich claims that Bennet and Shaked misled right-wing voters when they said a government with Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid was off the table.

Ayelet Shaked at a Knesset press conference.