Residents of Beitar Illit on the prestige of the city as a ‘red’ city, like Ministry of Health officials, notice violations of guidelines, low verification rates.
Residents of the Haredi city of Beitar Illit expressed their anger Tuesday for the city’s classification as “red,” Kikar Hashabbat reported.
On Monday, the city had been classified as “orange”, with the highest infection rates still allowing schools to open. However, until the night, the prestige of the city had been replaced by “red”, forcing schools to remain closed.
“No one tells us why we have become a red city,” said a resident of KIkar Hashabbat. “It’s like scoring a target in advance. [The tsar of the coronavirus] Ronni Gamzu does not explain, make decisions and receive approval from the cupboard. There is no religion in this formula that, in an hour, transforms the village of Beitar from an orange village to a red people. “
A haredi from Gamzu’s advisory team told Kikar Hashabbat: “On the Ministry of Health’s online page, the city’s colors are gone. Possibly it would be similar to the contradiction that happened yesterday. On the site, Beitar Illit presented himself as an orange city, and in the slideshow it was presented as a red city. We put them on the spot. “
“We’re also looking to understand. It is widespread to classify Beitar as a red city, but what are the criteria?Who makes the decision of which villages are red and which oranges?They have no answers. We were told that in the long run there will be calculators. Someone there to put Beitar in the slideshow, without any explanation. “
Meanwhile, resources from the Ministry of Health said that any attempt to explain things to the municipality and the public was flatly rejected through the municipality; In addition, a source of the ministry said that the number of evidence in Beitar was low and that there were violations of the guidelines. , from marriages to mass prayer sessions in synagogues.