Professor Gabi Barabash

Ex-Health Min. chief: Israel must force people to get vaccinated

'Unvaccinated people should be forced to stay at home, make situation so hard for them they have no choice but to get vaccinated.'

Health expert supports plan for opening schools

Former Health Min. Director General supports plan for 48-hour quarantine for schoolchildren with infected classmate. 'It could work.'

'The government is trying to murder the public'

'Government isn't taking careful measures,' former Health Min. official says.

Prof. Barbash: Half of serious COVID-19 cases fully vaccinated

Former director-general of Health Ministry: 'We need lockdown before it's too late.'

Government 'irresponsible' to reopen airport

'The battle is at the airport, no Israeli who isn't vaccinated should be allowed to board a flight,' Prof. Barbash says.

'The government has no control over the haredim'

Former Health Min. Director General talks about whether reopening will affect infection rates, warns of Purim parties.

Former Ichilov Hospital Director: I won't be entering politics

Following reports that he's planning on joining Yamina, Prof. Gabi Barbash confirms had offers but decided to turn them down.

Former Ichilov Hospital director in talks to join Yamina

Yamina wants Prof. Gabi Barbash, who was also Health Ministry director to be its candidate for Health Minister.

Netanyahu to again offer coronavirus czar post to Prof. Barbash

PM will try to persuade Prof. Gabi Barbash to take the post again, even though he refused to do so in the past due to a dispute over powers.

Will Prof. Gabi Barbash join Yamina?

The former director-general of the Health Ministry is one of the "big names" party leader Naftali Bennett would like to recruit.

'1,000 new cases a day? That's a scandal'

Former Health Min. official slams promise to weigh ending lockdown if infections drop to 1,000 per day. 'Waste of billions of shekels.'

'Leadership is too attentive to what public wants'

Former Health Min. official Prof. Gabi Barabash slams gov't, says decisions are made based on 'what public wants, instead of what it needs.'

Prof. Barbash relinquishes appointment as coronavirus leader

Leading candidate for coronavirus project manager steps aside in wake of argument between Prime Minister and Health Minister.

'I would not send my children back to school'

Former Health Ministry Director-General explains why the education system is not yet ready for schools to reopen.

'People need to know that the inconvenience is paying off'

Professor Gabi Barbash sees a downward trend in the number of new cases, but cautions that no one knows if it will continue.

'Prepare for a full lockdown'

Public Security Min. Gilad Erdan says lockdown is 'difficult decision' but 'unavoidable,' orders police to prepare for enforcement.

Bereaved Father: Why Are We Treating Haniyeh's Daughter?

Ofer Mendelovich, who lost his son Oz in Gaza, wonders why Israel is "so stupid" to treat Haniyeh's daughter in a Tel Aviv hospital.