Haim Katz

Sheba hospital director Yitshak Kreiss to temporarily serve as Health Ministry director-general

Katz’s request followed the announcement that Health Ministry Director-General Moshe Bar Siman Tov would step down after serving in the role for about nine years across two terms.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Yitshak Kreiss, Director of the Sheba Medical Center speaks during a cornerstone laying ceremony at the Safra Children Hospital, in Ramat Gan, February 6, 2023.
Health Ministry Director General 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
Minister of Health Haim Katz arrives to a press conference announcing the health basket.

Health minister’s intervention highlights Israel’s protekzia problem, healthcare gaps - editorial

The question raised by this story is not whether Katz helped a sick Israeli. He did. The question is what happens to the sick Israeli who does not have access to the health minister.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem, March 19, 2026.

Netanyahu won the Likud primary. Can Likud win beyond its base? - opinion

Likud is walking out of this primary further to the Right, unmistakably built around Netanyahu, security-minded to its core, still ready to sit with the ultra-Orthodox parties.

|ByDOV MAIMON

Beduin dig in against government’s intention to crack down on polygamy

Polygamy has been illegal in Israel since 1977, but in practice, authorities have looked the other way. Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked has spearheaded a cabinet plan against it.

NOVEMBER 10, 2017ByBEN LYNFIELD
Women prepare traditional flat bread in the Beduin village of Umm al-Hiran, northeast of Beersheba.

Labor minister questioned for the third time in IAI corruption probe

Yair Katz was arrested on March 22, on suspicion of granting benefits to IAI employees in exchange for their joining the Likud party.

AUGUST 10, 2017ByUDI SHAHAM
MK Haim Katz (Likud) 311