Published: 28 April 2020
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Health minister denies donations influenced his decision to let IKEA reopen (Times of Israel)
Owners Shulem Fisher and Matthew Bronfman reported to have given millions of shekels to Yaakov Litzman’s Gur Hasidic sect in recent years
Ikea Israel’s owners gave millions to health minister's sect; now it won approval to reopen (Haaretz)
Health Minister Yaakov Litzman is a leading figure in Ger, which has received US$1.1 million in donations in recent years from Ikea Israel's owners
Why Litzman’s tenure in the Health Ministry came to an end (Jerusalem Post)
This last Friday, the grand rabbi summoned Litzman to his residence and told him that he should step down from his beloved health ministry and move over to the housing ministry instead.
Litzman leaves Health Ministry 'sicker' than he found it (Ynet)
A man who will be remembered as one of the most dominating and opinionated people to ever head the ministry, leaves the post he held for nearly a decade as country - which still deals with the coronavirus epidemic - lacks doctors, nurses and medical supplies
Cartoon: Amos Biderman
