Moshe Bar Siman Tov

Near-miss massacre: How one order saved Soroka’s patients under missile fire

Thanks to Bar Siman-Tov’s pre-emptive order, only one patient suffered a minor injury after an Iranian missile slammed into Soroka hospital.

Saved the lives of medical staff and patients. Director General of the Health Ministry Moshe Bar Siman Tov during Covid-19 crisis in 2019
 L TO R: Dr. Osnat Luxenburg, Prof. Dina Ben-Yehuda, Health Minister Arye Deri and Health Ministry Director General Mshe Bar Siman Tov

Internist doctors blast Health Ministry ‘neglect, failure to keep promises’

 Cigarette packets highlighting the health risks of smoking shown at a convenience store in Tzfat, northern Israel, December 20, 2019.

Significant increase in number of smokers in detoxification programs - report

 Shas leader MK Arye Deri is seen at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on February 6, 2023.

Arye Deri was personally involved in budget negotiations, Health Ministry says


Israel's 2023 health basket set to include over 120 new drugs, treatments

The recommendations are sent to Israel's health and finance ministers and the National Health Council, which always give their approval before the additions go into effect. 

 L TO R: Dr. Osnat Luxenburg, Prof. Dina Ben-Yehuda, Health Minister Arye Deri and Health Ministry Director General Mshe Bar Siman Tov

Israeli doctor attacked by parents who don't want to stand in line

The doctor was slightly injured and the parents were both arrested. The incident took place at Soroka-University Medical Center in Beersheba, Israel.

Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba

Arye Deri begins battle against obesity after nixing soda tax

Health Minister Deri ordered the rapid implementation of a number of steps meant to combat obesity and diabetes.

 Health and Interior Minister Arye Deri at the handover ceremony for the Interior Ministry, January 1, 2023.

Bar Siman Tov to 'Post:' Gov't must move fast in times of crisis

To gain public trust, you have to make fast and professional decisions.

OUTGOING HEALTH Ministry director-general Moshe Bar Siman Tov appears at a press briefing at the Prime Ministers office last month

Bar Siman Tov gets 'hundreds of requests' for isolation exemption

"A culture of bypassing the mechanism may have been created," he said. Sagi allegedly asked him for permission not to go into quarantine, then spoke with Grotto when he was refused.

Health Ministry Deputy Director-General Prof. Itamar Grotto

Chezy Levy's appointment as D-G of Health Ministry approved

Levy replaces outgoing director-general Moshe Bar Siman Tov, who held the post since 2015.

Prof. Chezy Levy, designated to be the Health Ministry's director-general

The government's response to coronavirus is a national embarrassment

The government of the State of Israel was caught completely unprepared and unequipped with the prospect of a pandemic.

OUTGOING HEALTH Ministry director-general Moshe Bar Siman Tov appears at a press briefing at the Prime Ministers office last month

Confounded by coronavirus? The 'legacy' of D-G Bar Siman Tov

Senior medical officials and others are beginning to grade Moshe Bar Siman Tov's management of the crisis.

OUTGOING HEALTH Ministry director-general Moshe Bar Siman Tov appears at a press briefing at the Prime Ministers office last month

Health Ministry retracts ease of coronavirus regulations on trains

"We are aware of the need for public transportation, but unfortunately we are not at a stage where we can approve such large crowds congregating."

Direct Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Savidor train services

Health Ministry director-general Moshe Bar Siman Tov resigns

He held his role for the last five years, and worked in public service for the last 20.

Health Ministry Director-General Moshe Bar Siman Tov

Which students and teachers still need to stay home from school?

Children who have had recurrent hospitalizations due to complex illnesses will not be allowed to return to school without first

Anais, a student at the International Bilingual School (EIB), attends her online lessons in her bedroom in Paris as a lockdown is imposed to slow the rate of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread in France, March 20, 2020.