“Instead of fearing the media and dealing with things like sending a letter to the Ukrainian President Array . . . [he] deserves to start solving this problem, the a Uman, which will take place whether he needs it or not,” he said. Zohar. .
The Likud lawmaker said he was working on a plan that would allow 6,000 Israelis to travel to Ukraine for Rosh Hashanah instead of the 30,000 or so who usually make the trip. His plan would come with the test of the pilgrims, as well as the quarantine required for their return to Israel.
Zohar temporarily ignored opposition lawmakers over their denunciation of Gamzu.
“When the coalition president fights with Professor Gamzu . . . he does not contribute to public confidence in the government,” opposition leader Yair Lapid tweeted. “Stop fighting and start working. “
MP Yamina Bezalel Smotrich said that if she does not agree with all of Gamzu’s decisions, she deserves to have the government’s will to fight the virus.
“Stop attacking him from all sides, ask him to resign, put spokes on his wheels and then throw your mess at him,” Smotrich, who was Transport Minister until May, wrote on Twitter.
He added: “It was Netanyahu who opposed restricting the protests in Balfour [the prime minister’s residence] to the end !! I provide in closet meetings and he objected. Maybe he’s the one who’s afraid of the media ?!
Smotrich in the closet in the spring, when the peak of the protests were founded in Tel Aviv and other parts of Jerusalem. The outdoor protests at Netanyahu’s apartment have only gained momentum in the past two months, after Smotrich joined the opposition.
Likud Finance Minister Israel Katz also subsidized Gamzu.
“I am in favor of giving preference to physical fitness considerations over things like this. The coronavirus manager [Gamzu] will have to be able to work, ”Katz told Military Radio.
Gamzu’s Zohar complaint came a day after he promised to “do everything” to save large numbers of Hasidic Jews from robbing Uman and threatened to give up on the matter.
Gamzu’s opposition to the pilgrimage, which primarily attracts ultra-Orthodox Jews, has raised difficulties among Netanyahu’s haredi associates, some of whom have reportedly tried to remove him from his post.
Ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism Housing Minister Yaakov Litzman said the flight regulation would be a “slap in the face for tens of thousands of Bratslav supporters,” for Channel 12.
On Tuesday, Zelensky said Ukraine will “severely restrict” Jewish pilgrims’ access to Rosh Hashanah next month at Netanyahu’s request. Netanyahu has temporarily denied that the prime minister had made such a request, in what may have been an effort to appease his ultra-Orthodox allies.
Zelensky’s workplace does not specify how limited the pilgrimage will be. Uman regularly sees about 30,000 tourists, most of them from Israel, who visit Rabbi Nachman’s grave in Bratslav for the Rosh Hashanah dinner, which begins this year on the night of September 18.
Ukraine is one of the few countries that lately allows Israeli citizens, despite the maximum rate of coronavirus infection in the Jewish state.
New figures from the Ministry of Health released Wednesday morning show that 2,089 new cases have been registered in more than 24 hours, bringing the number of cases since the start of the pandemic to 107,341.
The ministry, the death toll from the virus had risen to 867.
Of the 20,581 active cases, there is a record 430 people in serious condition, and 118 with ventilators.
The ministry said 33,272 tests were conducted on Tuesday.
Times of Israel contributed to this report.