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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 531

Moshe Bar Siman-Tov

Health officials at the announcement of the 2024 health basket recommendations. The center three are (left to right): Health Ministry Director-General Moshe Bar Siman Tov, Health Minister Uriel Busso, and health basket committee chair Prof. Dina Ben-Yehuda, February 22, 2024. (Courtesy of Health Ministry)
February 23, 2024, 5:46 pm
Israel’s 2024 health basket gets 110 new medications and technologies
This year will see an expansion of genetic testing, treatment for adult ADHD, innovative diabetes management, and new drugs for cancer and chronic and rare diseases
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at a conference in Jerusalem, January 11, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 12, 2024, 7:48 pm
Local councils urge ministers to nix planned cross-ministry budget cuts: ‘Unimaginable’
In letter to Netanyahu and Smotrich, authorities warn proposal will impact their ability to provide crucial services amid Israel-Hamas war, including in education and welfare
By Sharon Wrobel and Michael Horovitz
Health Ministry Director-General Moshe Bar Siman-Tov at a press conference about the coronavirus COVID-19, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on March 11, 2020. (Flash90)
July 26, 2023, 10:17 pm
Top Health Ministry official beseeches doctors considering leaving Israel to remain
WhatsApp group of medical workers seeking relocation advice has attracted some 3,000 since Knesset passed first overhaul law Monday, prompting emergency meeting
By Michael Horovitz
View of Assuta Hospital, Ramat Hahayal, Tel Aviv, May 20, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/ FLASH90)
May 22, 2023, 9:17 pm
Health Ministry summons top Assuta officials over IVF baby mix-ups
Ministry mulls closing hospital’s in vitro fertilization clinic after latest case, sets up team to examine changes to broader IVF system in country
By ToI Staff
Health Ministry Director-General Moshe Bar Siman-Tov at a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, March 11, 2020. (Flash90)
January 22, 2023, 6:57 pm
Health Ministry chief: Strike over violence against medical staff will harm patients
Bar Siman-Tov urges head of doctors union to call off Monday’s strike, vows to use all available means to ensure a safe health system for all
By ToI Staff
Miri Regev and Moshe Ben Zaken, right, at the Likud party headquarters on March 2, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 8, 2023, 2:10 pm
Amid AG pushback, cabinet delays appointment of new Transportation Ministry chief
Legal officials say there’s obstacle to approving appointment of Miri Regev confidant; former Levin adviser with no legal qualifications okayed as Justice Ministry director general
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
A Palestinian worker gets vaccinated by Israeli Magen David Adom staff at the Sha'ar Efraim checkpoint in the West Bank, March 4, 2021 (COGAT)
March 5, 2021, 7:42 pm
Vaccination drive for Palestinian workers delayed amid reported budget dispute
After 700 inoculated as part of widely publicized pilot, program to vaccinate some 120,000 employees in Israel in limbo as Treasury looks for funding source
By ToI Staff
Palestinian workers enter Israel through the Mitar checkpoint in the West Bank city of Hebron, on May 3, 2020. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
March 3, 2021, 3:34 pm
Israel will start vaccinating Palestinian workers on Sunday
Immunizations for some 120,000 Palestinians legally employed in Israel will be administered by Israeli healthcare workers at West Bank crossings, industrial zones
By Aaron Boxerman and ToI Staff
Palestinian workers enter Israel through the Mitar checkpoint in the West Bank city of Hebron, on May 5, 2020. (Wisam Hashlamoun/ Flash90)
February 28, 2021, 4:59 pm
Israel authorizes plan to vaccinate over 120,000 Palestinian workers
Shots will be administered in next few days by Israeli healthcare workers at border crossings and industrial zones in West Bank, COGAT says; contagion in West Bank hits new highs
By Aaron Boxerman
IDF soldiers perform contact tracing for coronavirus patients. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 23, 2020, 11:40 pm
Health Ministry’s epidemiological chief resigns, claims IDF tracing a failure
Liora Valinsky says army operation to cut chain of infection is weak, unprofessional, ineffective and sending thousands into quarantine for no good reason
By Stuart Winer
(L-R): Then-Health Ministry director-general Moshe Bar Siman-Tov during a press conference announcing the new health basket at the Health Ministry in Jerusalem on January 3, 2019; former director-general of the Health Ministry Prof. Ronni Gamzu speaks at a Finance Committee meeting on February 11, 2014; outgoing housing minister Yifat Shasha Biton at a ceremony at the Housing Ministry in Jerusalem on May 18 2020. (Noam Revkin/Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 4, 2020, 10:33 pm
‘Professionals Party’ of technocrats said poised for run in next election
But two of main candidates in yet-to-be formed faction flatly deny unsourced TV report, which claims party would take away seats from Bennett and be willing to sit with Netanyahu
By ToI Staff
Then Health Ministry director general Moshe Bar Siman-Tov speaks during a press conference about the coronavirus COVID-19, at the Health Ministry in Jerusalem on May 31, 2020. (Flash90)
November 11, 2020, 10:10 am
Former top health official warns government mistakes leading to third virus wave
Previous Health Ministry director Moshe Bar Siman-Tov says afterschool mixing of younger students is a weak point, localized lockdowns aren’t effective enough
By ToI Staff
People walk in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, October 1, 2020 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 1, 2020, 4:17 pm
Gamzu: 40% of new virus cases are ultra-Orthodox, with rise in older patients
Coronavirus czar cites ‘disturbing’ increase in number of diagnosed over age 60 within community, says he will stay on in role if health minister asks him to
By ToI Staff
Ronni Gamzu visits the coronavirus unit at Ziv Hospital in Safed on September 27, 2020. (David Cohen/FLASH90)
October 1, 2020, 11:53 am
Edelstein says coronavirus czar Gamzu should stick around, as early exit mulled
Health minister refuses to be drawn on possible replacements to lead anti-pandemic efforts, with reports indicating incumbent will quit after clashes with Netanyahu
By ToI Staff
Ronni Gamzu at a meeting with Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion at the Jerusalem City Hall, August 12, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)
September 30, 2020, 5:03 pm
Coronavirus czar expected to quit amid clashes with Netanyahu – report
With Gamzu set to depart by end of October, PM has reportedly offered his post to previous coronavirus frontman Moshe Bar Siman-Tov
By ToI Staff
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