Background and career
Nitzan Horowitz (Hebrew: ניצן הורוביץ; born 24 February 1965) is an author, journalist and former politician who served as Israel's Minister of Health from 2021 to 2022. A former leader of Meretz, he previously served as the chief U.S. correspondent and commentator for Haaretz and Channel 2 News.
He served five terms in the Knesset (2009–2015, 2019-2022) on the Meretz list. Before being elected to the Knesset, he was the Foreign Affairs commentator and head of the International desk at Haaretz and Hadashot 10, the news division of TV Channel 10. In 2013, he ran for mayor of Tel Aviv. In June 2019, he won the Meretz leadership election, and served as the Minister of Health in the "government of change". In July 2022, he announced that he would step down as Meretz's leader.
He is the author of three books on the October 7, 2023, war.
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